ENG 1502 SUPP ANSWERS

Question 1 Nonstandard English refers to any dialect of English other than Standard English and is sometimes referred to as nonstandard dialect or non-standard variety. The term Nonstandard English is sometimes used disapprovingly by non-linguists to describe "bad" or "incorrect" English. A standard language (also standard variety, standard dialect, and standard) is a language variety that has undergone substantial codification of grammar and usage, although occasionally the term refers to the entirety of a language that includes a standardized form as one of its varieties. Essentially, there are two main variants of standard written English used in the world today, British English and American English, with variants subordinate to one or both. Question 2 1.The word Children is in its plural form already so its is incorrect to say Childrens. 2.The use of the word can is incorrect, the word allowed has already replaced “can” so it will be considered as repetition to use the word can after allowed. Question 3 In 'fit', we have /i/ but in feet and feat we have /i:/. This means that when we pronounce 'fit', we don't prolong the sound but do so when we pronounce the other two words. Your ability to indicate this reinforces your standard of articulation. When you pronounce feet, you shouldn't say fit! TEAR (to rip: T-AIR) and TEAR (what comes from your eyes when you cry: T-EAR). These two words are spelled the same but pronounced differently. b) Word, I have a difficulty in pronouncing is feel, The same vowel as the word "feel" sounds the same as in “fill”. Question 4 4A A- UPPER TEETH AND LOWER TEETH B-VELUM C-EPLIGGLOTIS D-LARYNX 4B An interdental sound is produced by putting the tip of the tongue between the upper and the lower teeth. Two sounds in English are Interdental sounds: [θ] voiceless (thin). There are two dental consonants in English, /θ/ and /ð/, as in thing and that, respectively. The two sounds are made in the same way, with the tip of the tongue