Linguistics 23/24

Read each scenario carefully and state the correct level of language analysis in each scenario ( e.g., phonology). 

a. If we see the word ʻtalks' alone, outside of any context, we could consider it to be composed

of the root ʻtalk' and a plural -s to make a noun (more than one talk/discussion/address), or we

could consider it to be made up of the root ʻtalk' and a third person -s to make a conjugated

verb (like ʻhe talks', ʻshe talks', or ʻit talks'). ..........................................

b. The English word ʻtalk' has near synonyms like ʻspeak', ʻsay', ʻexpress', ʻshout', ʻyell', and

ʻwhisper'...................................................

c. How and where the ʻt' is pronounced in the English word ʻt-alk'...........................................

d. The sound ʻt' is produced differently depending on its location in a given word, e.g., till vs

still.....................................................

e . In English, appropriate word order is Subject-Verb-Object, like saying ʻThe man was talking to

the child.' In Japanese, word order is Subject- Object-Verb, so one would say ʻThe man the child

to was talking.......................................................