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Question 1.a · Language as a system · 3 marks
Language can be described as a semiotic system (Halliday 1979; Carter et al. 1997), meaning that it relies on words, signs and symbols to create meaning. Because of this, studying language means studying its words, signs and symbols. With this claim about language in mind, you are required to explain five different areas of language study and to support each explanation with suitable examples. As a model of what is expected, the paper supplies a worked example for Phonology: Phonology is described as the area of language concerned with sounds and how these sounds combine to form meaningful words, which is why it is also known as the study of sound patterns or the organisation of sounds within a language. For instance, in English the word 'BOOK', phonemically represented as /bʊk/, is built from three sounds — /b/, /ʊ/ and /k/ — which combine to form a one-syllable noun meaning 'a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers'. A second illustration is the word 'MANAGE', phonemically represented as /mænɪdʒ/, a two-syllable verb meaning to be in charge, formed from the sounds /m/, /a/, /n/, /ɪ/ and /dʒ/. Using this same approach — defining the area of language and then substantiating the definition with relevant examples — answer the sub-questions below. Explain what is meant by the area of language study called Phonetics, and support your explanation with relevant examples, following the same style used in the Phonology example (which explained the area and then illustrated it using words such as 'BOOK' and 'MANAGE').Show the full questionShow less
Question 1.b · Language as a system · 3 marks
Language can be described as a semiotic system (Halliday 1979; Carter et al. 1997), meaning that it relies on words, signs and symbols to create meaning. Because of this, studying language means studying its words, signs and symbols. With this claim about language in mind, you are required to explain five different areas of language study and to support each explanation with suitable examples. As a model of what is expected, the paper supplies a worked example for Phonology: Phonology is described as the area of language concerned with sounds and how these sounds combine to form meaningful words, which is why it is also known as the study of sound patterns or the organisation of sounds within a language. For instance, in English the word 'BOOK', phonemically represented as /bʊk/, is built from three sounds — /b/, /ʊ/ and /k/ — which combine to form a one-syllable noun meaning 'a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers'. A second illustration is the word 'MANAGE', phonemically represented as /mænɪdʒ/, a two-syllable verb meaning to be in charge, formed from the sounds /m/, /a/, /n/, /ɪ/ and /dʒ/. Using this same approach — defining the area of language and then substantiating the definition with relevant examples — answer the sub-questions below. Explain what is meant by the area of language study called Morphology, and support your explanation with relevant examples, following the same style used in the Phonology example given in the question (which explained the area and then illustrated it using words such as 'BOOK' and 'MANAGE').Show the full questionShow less
Question 1.c · Language as a system · 3 marks
Language can be described as a semiotic system (Halliday 1979; Carter et al. 1997), meaning that it relies on words, signs and symbols to create meaning. Because of this, studying language means studying its words, signs and symbols. With this claim about language in mind, you are required to explain five different areas of language study and to support each explanation with suitable examples. As a model of what is expected, the paper supplies a worked example for Phonology: Phonology is described as the area of language concerned with sounds and how these sounds combine to form meaningful words, which is why it is also known as the study of sound patterns or the organisation of sounds within a language. For instance, in English the word 'BOOK', phonemically represented as /bʊk/, is built from three sounds — /b/, /ʊ/ and /k/ — which combine to form a one-syllable noun meaning 'a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers'. A second illustration is the word 'MANAGE', phonemically represented as /mænɪdʒ/, a two-syllable verb meaning to be in charge, formed from the sounds /m/, /a/, /n/, /ɪ/ and /dʒ/. Using this same approach — defining the area of language and then substantiating the definition with relevant examples — answer the sub-questions below. Explain what is meant by the area of language study called Syntax, and support your explanation with relevant examples, following the same style used in the Phonology example given in the question (which explained the area and then illustrated it using words such as 'BOOK' and 'MANAGE').Show the full questionShow less
Question 1.d · Language as a system · 3 marks
Language can be described as a semiotic system (Halliday 1979; Carter et al. 1997), meaning that it relies on words, signs and symbols to create meaning. Because of this, studying language means studying its words, signs and symbols. With this claim about language in mind, you are required to explain five different areas of language study and to support each explanation with suitable examples. As a model of what is expected, the paper supplies a worked example for Phonology: Phonology is described as the area of language concerned with sounds and how these sounds combine to form meaningful words, which is why it is also known as the study of sound patterns or the organisation of sounds within a language. For instance, in English the word 'BOOK', phonemically represented as /bʊk/, is built from three sounds — /b/, /ʊ/ and /k/ — which combine to form a one-syllable noun meaning 'a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers'. A second illustration is the word 'MANAGE', phonemically represented as /mænɪdʒ/, a two-syllable verb meaning to be in charge, formed from the sounds /m/, /a/, /n/, /ɪ/ and /dʒ/. Using this same approach — defining the area of language and then substantiating the definition with relevant examples — answer the sub-questions below. Explain what is meant by the area of language study called Semantics, and support your explanation with relevant examples, following the same style used in the Phonology example given in the question (which explained the area and then illustrated it using words such as 'BOOK' and 'MANAGE').Show the full questionShow less
Question 1.e · Language as a system · 3 marks
Language can be described as a semiotic system (Halliday 1979; Carter et al. 1997), meaning that it relies on words, signs and symbols to create meaning. Because of this, studying language means studying its words, signs and symbols. With this claim about language in mind, you are required to explain five different areas of language study and to support each explanation with suitable examples. As a model of what is expected, the paper supplies a worked example for Phonology: Phonology is described as the area of language concerned with sounds and how these sounds combine to form meaningful words, which is why it is also known as the study of sound patterns or the organisation of sounds within a language. For instance, in English the word 'BOOK', phonemically represented as /bʊk/, is built from three sounds — /b/, /ʊ/ and /k/ — which combine to form a one-syllable noun meaning 'a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers'. A second illustration is the word 'MANAGE', phonemically represented as /mænɪdʒ/, a two-syllable verb meaning to be in charge, formed from the sounds /m/, /a/, /n/, /ɪ/ and /dʒ/. Using this same approach — defining the area of language and then substantiating the definition with relevant examples — answer the sub-questions below. Explain what is meant by the area of language study called Pragmatics, and support your explanation with relevant examples, following the same style used in the Phonology example given in the question (which explained the area and then illustrated it using words such as 'BOOK' and 'MANAGE').Show the full questionShow less

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