Bege 102
BEGE - 102 Solved Assignment 2012-2013
1. State whether the following statements are true or false. (10)
I. Phonology is a study of the word pattern of a language ans) False
II. According to the British R.P, there are 8 pure vowels and 12 dipthongs ans) False
III. A diphthong is a combination of any two vowels produced one after the other ans) True
IV. There are only two semi-vowels in English ans) True
V. There are only two nasal-consonants in English ans) False
VI. An English word can have only one syllable ans) False
VII. We normally use the falling tone in commands ans) True
VIII.We normally use the rising tone in polite requests ans) True
IX. Complex words are combinations of free morphemes ans) False
X. A stem consisting of a simple free morpheme is a root ans) True
1b What are structure words? How are they different from content words? Support your answer with examples (10)
English words fall into two broad types; those that belong in the dictionary like "storm" and "confabulate", called content words and those that belong in the grammar like "of" and "the", called structure words. There are a lot of difference between structure words and content words.
Content Words:
* They are best explained and listed in dictionary like "book", "teddy bear", or "encapsulate".
* They exist in large numbers, tens or hundreds of thousands as seen in any dictionary.
* Vary in frequency from common words like "beer" to very rare like "adduction"( 6 times in a 100 million words).
* They are used more in written language.
* They are more likely to be preceded by a pause in speech, eg: "I like...... bananas", perhaps because there are more to choose from.
* Consist of nouns (eg: glass), verbs (eg: move), adjectives (eg: glossy) etc.
* They are always pronounced and spelled in essentially the same way, eg: "tree", is always said with the same consonants and vowels.
* Usually have more than two letters, as
1. State whether the following statements are true or false. (10)
I. Phonology is a study of the word pattern of a language ans) False
II. According to the British R.P, there are 8 pure vowels and 12 dipthongs ans) False
III. A diphthong is a combination of any two vowels produced one after the other ans) True
IV. There are only two semi-vowels in English ans) True
V. There are only two nasal-consonants in English ans) False
VI. An English word can have only one syllable ans) False
VII. We normally use the falling tone in commands ans) True
VIII.We normally use the rising tone in polite requests ans) True
IX. Complex words are combinations of free morphemes ans) False
X. A stem consisting of a simple free morpheme is a root ans) True
1b What are structure words? How are they different from content words? Support your answer with examples (10)
English words fall into two broad types; those that belong in the dictionary like "storm" and "confabulate", called content words and those that belong in the grammar like "of" and "the", called structure words. There are a lot of difference between structure words and content words.
Content Words:
* They are best explained and listed in dictionary like "book", "teddy bear", or "encapsulate".
* They exist in large numbers, tens or hundreds of thousands as seen in any dictionary.
* Vary in frequency from common words like "beer" to very rare like "adduction"( 6 times in a 100 million words).
* They are used more in written language.
* They are more likely to be preceded by a pause in speech, eg: "I like...... bananas", perhaps because there are more to choose from.
* Consist of nouns (eg: glass), verbs (eg: move), adjectives (eg: glossy) etc.
* They are always pronounced and spelled in essentially the same way, eg: "tree", is always said with the same consonants and vowels.
* Usually have more than two letters, as