Bege 101
NAME : ADRIANO GILBERT JEANNETON
STUDENT IDENTITY NUMBER : 1201820
MODULE CODE : BEGE 102
MODULE : THE STRUCTURE OF MODERN ENGLISH
TUTOR : DR ISHWAR R DHOOWOOAH
ASSIGNMENT : 08 SEPTEMBER 2012
ASSIGNMENT 1
1. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Use appropriate examples, wherever applicable, to illustrate your answer:
i) Phonology
Phonology is the study of how sound system is organized and used in a natural language. The sounds are organized into distinctive units called phonemes, then the phonemes are combined into syllables, and finally the features of length, stress and pitch are organised into patterns. Phonology also scrutinizes the sound patterns of a particular language by determining which phonetic sounds are significant and explaining how these sounds are interpreted by the native speaker. Below are examples of the different unit which constituted phonology: A phoneme is the smallest sound unit in a language that is capable of conveying a distinct meaning, such as the s of sing and the r of ring.
A syllable is one or more letters representing a unit of spoken language consisting of a single uninterrupted sound. For example: what, are, king consist of 1 syllable. Cassette, recipe and English are made of 2 syllables
Stress in phonetics is the degree of emphasis given to a syllable or sound in speech. Its main function is to provide a way of distinguishing degrees of emphasis or contrast in a sentence. For example in the following nouns such as PRESent, SLENder, CLEVer, HAPpy, the stress is on the capital letters.
Intonation implies the tone of the speaker, intention and attitude as well as temperament.
ii) Morpheme
Morphemes are what make up words. It is a combination of sounds which has a meaning. We have words with one single morpheme and also one word with two morphemes. The latter can
STUDENT IDENTITY NUMBER : 1201820
MODULE CODE : BEGE 102
MODULE : THE STRUCTURE OF MODERN ENGLISH
TUTOR : DR ISHWAR R DHOOWOOAH
ASSIGNMENT : 08 SEPTEMBER 2012
ASSIGNMENT 1
1. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Use appropriate examples, wherever applicable, to illustrate your answer:
i) Phonology
Phonology is the study of how sound system is organized and used in a natural language. The sounds are organized into distinctive units called phonemes, then the phonemes are combined into syllables, and finally the features of length, stress and pitch are organised into patterns. Phonology also scrutinizes the sound patterns of a particular language by determining which phonetic sounds are significant and explaining how these sounds are interpreted by the native speaker. Below are examples of the different unit which constituted phonology: A phoneme is the smallest sound unit in a language that is capable of conveying a distinct meaning, such as the s of sing and the r of ring.
A syllable is one or more letters representing a unit of spoken language consisting of a single uninterrupted sound. For example: what, are, king consist of 1 syllable. Cassette, recipe and English are made of 2 syllables
Stress in phonetics is the degree of emphasis given to a syllable or sound in speech. Its main function is to provide a way of distinguishing degrees of emphasis or contrast in a sentence. For example in the following nouns such as PRESent, SLENder, CLEVer, HAPpy, the stress is on the capital letters.
Intonation implies the tone of the speaker, intention and attitude as well as temperament.
ii) Morpheme
Morphemes are what make up words. It is a combination of sounds which has a meaning. We have words with one single morpheme and also one word with two morphemes. The latter can