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  • ENG1502 - Foundations In English Language Studies (ENG1502)
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ENG1502 Summary For Exams. ENG1502 - Foundations In English Language Studies. LANGUAGE SYSTEM Phonetics– Study of speech sounds. Phonology– System of speech sounds pattern in system in a language. Lexis– Study of actual words writer or speaker choosestouse. Morphology– How words are for...

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  • October 8, 2021
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  • University of South Africa
  • ENG1502 - Foundations In English Language Studies (ENG1502)
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Unit1:
Text– (Microaspect)itcanbewritten,spoken,visual–itislanguagethatiscohesivelyputtogether.
SAMPLES–Newspaperreportsaretextandvisual.ArtPaintingsonlyvisual.
Domain– (Macroaspect)thedomainreferstowherethislanguagethathangstogetheris. Iamsureyou
haveheardoftheterm‘context’. Well,thisreferstothe‘where’inasensethatthe
text/languagewillbeorbeused. Aniceexampleisabroadcastadvert,itsdomainwouldbe
thebroaderdomainofadvertising.
SAMPLESofDomains:
RomanceNovel–Literature/EducationDomain
SBADocument-School/EducationDomain
Bibleverse-Church/ReligionDomain
Lettertonewspaper-MediaDomain
MedicationInformationbooklet–Health/MedicalDomain
LANGUAGESYSTEM
Phonetics–Studyofspeechsounds.
Phonology–Systemofspeechsoundspatterningsysteminalanguage.
Lexis– Studyofactualwordswriterorspeakerchoosestouse.
Morphology–Howwordsareformed.
Syntax– Thewayinwhichwordsarearrangedtoformsentencesorphrases,ortherulesofgrammar
whichcontrolthis?
Orthography–Thewayinwhichwordsarespelt.Writingsystems.
Semantics–Thestudyofthemeaningofwordsandphrases.
Pragmatics–Thestudyofhowwordsandphrasesareusedwithspecialmeanings.
Discourse–Thelanguageusedinparticulartypesofspeechorwriting.
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Unit2:DefinitionofLanguage
Viewlanguageasasytemofrelatingformstofunctions.A
toolthathumansuseinordertoexchangemeaningful
messageswithothersbymeansoftext,whicharestructured
accordingtotherulesandconventionsoftheparticular
language Phonologyreferstotheprocessofcombiningsoundsintowords.Itlooksathowsoundsareorganized and
usedinlanguage.
Spellingandsound:
Homophone
Eachoftwoormorewordshavingthesamepronunciationbutdifferentmeanings,origins,orspelling(e.g.new
andknew,hourandour,bear(animal)andbare(naked)andbear(tolerate)).
Homonyms
Eachoftwoormorewordshavingthesamespellingorpronunciationbutdifferentmeaningsandorigins(e.g.
pole1andpole2).
Heteronyms
Eachoftwoormorewordswhicharespelledidenticallybuthavedifferentsoundsandmeanings,suchastear
meaning‘rip’andtearmeaning‘liquidfromtheeye’
Eachoftwoormorewordswhichareusedtorefertotheidenticalthingindifferentgeographicalareasofa
speechcommunity,suchasnappyanddiaper.
Homographs
Eachoftwoormorewordsspelledthesamebutnotnecessarilypronouncedthesameandhavingdifferent
meaningsandorigins(e.g.bow1andbow2).
Synonyms
Differentwords=similarmeaning.Questionableandarguableanddebatable,
Pronunciation
Pronunciationreferstothemannerinwhichwordsarespoken.ThesoundsintheEnglishlanguageare
representedbyletters,wecalltheselettersphonemes. Articulation
Articulatoryphoneticsreferstoproductionofsoundsbythemovementofairinthevocaltract. YesterdayI
askedyoutonametheareasinthevocaltractresponsibleforsoundproductions.
Mannersofarticulationwithregardtoconsonants
Theareasthatisresponsibleforconsonantsounds. Consonantsoundsareproducedwhenrestrictionorclosure
occursinthevocaltract. Theflowcanbelimited. Theyareclassifiedaccordingtothepositionofairflow. Movementofthelipsandtonguemaketheserestrictions,theoralcavityisthusreshapedtomakethevarious
sounds.
oBilabials–p,b,m–whenwemakethesesounds,webringthelipstogether.
oLabiodentals–f,v–useourlips,wetouchtheupperteethandlowerlip.
oInterdentals–th(ᶞᶱ)sound–tipoftongueisplacedbetweentheteeth.
oAlveolars–t,d,n,s,z,l,r–thesesounds:tongueisraisedinanumberofways.Articulateswith
forwardpartofalveolarridge.
oPostalveolar/Palato–ʃ,ʒ,tʃ,dʒ-Tipoftonguearticulateswithbackofalveolar.(fish,garage,
rich,ridge)
oPalatal–(j)–constrictionhappenswhenfrontpartoftonguetoucheshardpalate.
oVelar–k,g,ᶯ-thebackofthetonguetouchessoftpalate
oGlottal–h–Vocalfoldsbroughttogether.

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