ENG1502 Exam Prep
Unit 1 : What is Language?
Texts & domains –
Meaning is obtained in the context/domain
Domains : business, law, media, politics, advertising, science, technology – social
categories which locate all instances of language use in various situations or
contexts
Texts : lexis, syntax, grammar, phonology – piece of writing that hangs together
from the beginning to the end – written, spoken, visual
Phonetics – the study of speech sounds
Phonology – the study of the sound patterning system
Lexis – the study of the actual words a writer or speaker chooses to use
Morphology – the study of how words are formed
Syntax – the study of how words combine to form sentences and the rules that
govern the formations
Orthography – writing systems
Semantics – the study of meaning, how meaning is made & understood
Pragmatics – The study of the use of language in communication – sentences as
used in contexts & situations
Discourse – how language is organized beyond the sentence, in larger texts – P5
Unit 2 : Let’s listen to the sounds of the English language
Homophones – words spelt differently & convey different meanings but sound
similar eg rite, write & right – wordplay used to create rhythm, rhyme echo &
humour – P8
P9 – English spelling does not always reflect how the word is pronounced
Homophones – 2 words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but
differ in meaning or spelling or both eg bare and bear – also p63 (in ambiguity) –
rose – flower & past tense rise
Homonyms – 2 words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same
way but have different meanings eg bank (embankment) and bank (place where
money is kept)
Heteronyms – 2 words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ
in pronounciation eg row (a series of objects arranged in a line) & row (a fight) – p22
– spelled the same but different in meaning – difference signaled by stress
placement
Homographs – 2 words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ
in meaning – tear (water from the eyes) and tear (rip-apart).
, Stress – p10 – aGREEment
Phonemes – symbols – don’t call them letters or alphabets – IPA International
Phonetic Alphabet
p11
P11 – phonetics – speech sounds
P12 – phonology – ways sounds are combined and patterned – have syllable
structures & suprasegmental features of stress, intonation, pitch & length
Morpheme – smallest segment of a word
Phoneme – smallest segment of a sound – when represent phoneme we put it
between slashes /d/
Phonemic symbols -
Phonetic symbols – enclosed in square brackets – more precise & complex than
phonemic
Are not interchangeable – p13
Unit 1 : What is Language?
Texts & domains –
Meaning is obtained in the context/domain
Domains : business, law, media, politics, advertising, science, technology – social
categories which locate all instances of language use in various situations or
contexts
Texts : lexis, syntax, grammar, phonology – piece of writing that hangs together
from the beginning to the end – written, spoken, visual
Phonetics – the study of speech sounds
Phonology – the study of the sound patterning system
Lexis – the study of the actual words a writer or speaker chooses to use
Morphology – the study of how words are formed
Syntax – the study of how words combine to form sentences and the rules that
govern the formations
Orthography – writing systems
Semantics – the study of meaning, how meaning is made & understood
Pragmatics – The study of the use of language in communication – sentences as
used in contexts & situations
Discourse – how language is organized beyond the sentence, in larger texts – P5
Unit 2 : Let’s listen to the sounds of the English language
Homophones – words spelt differently & convey different meanings but sound
similar eg rite, write & right – wordplay used to create rhythm, rhyme echo &
humour – P8
P9 – English spelling does not always reflect how the word is pronounced
Homophones – 2 words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but
differ in meaning or spelling or both eg bare and bear – also p63 (in ambiguity) –
rose – flower & past tense rise
Homonyms – 2 words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same
way but have different meanings eg bank (embankment) and bank (place where
money is kept)
Heteronyms – 2 words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ
in pronounciation eg row (a series of objects arranged in a line) & row (a fight) – p22
– spelled the same but different in meaning – difference signaled by stress
placement
Homographs – 2 words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ
in meaning – tear (water from the eyes) and tear (rip-apart).
, Stress – p10 – aGREEment
Phonemes – symbols – don’t call them letters or alphabets – IPA International
Phonetic Alphabet
p11
P11 – phonetics – speech sounds
P12 – phonology – ways sounds are combined and patterned – have syllable
structures & suprasegmental features of stress, intonation, pitch & length
Morpheme – smallest segment of a word
Phoneme – smallest segment of a sound – when represent phoneme we put it
between slashes /d/
Phonemic symbols -
Phonetic symbols – enclosed in square brackets – more precise & complex than
phonemic
Are not interchangeable – p13
