ENG1502 2018 / Sem1 Questions and Answers update 2025
Semantics - ANSWERThe study of meaning, how meaning is made and understood
Pragmatics - ANSWERThe study of the use of language in communication - i.e. sentences as used in
contexts and situations.
Discourse - ANSWERHow language is organized beyond the sentence, i.e. in larger texts
homophones - ANSWERtwo words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in
meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
homonyms - ANSWERTwo words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but
have different meanings. (e.g. bank (embankment) and bank (place where money is kept)).
heteronyms - ANSWER:two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in
pronunciation (e.g. row (a series of objects arranged in a line), pronounced (r), and row (a fight),
pronounced (rou)).
homographs - ANSWERtwo words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in
meaning (e.g. tear (water from the eyes) tear (rip -apart)).
phoneme - ANSWERWhen studying the symbols at this level we don't call them letters or alphabets, but
phonemes.
B[i]g; br[i]ttle, b[u]sy; br[i]tain - ANSWERShort vowel [I]
D[e]sk; fr[ie]nd; w[ea]ther - ANSWERShort vowel [e]
, C[a]t, l[a]nguage, ex[a]ctly - ANSWERShort vowel [æ]
H[o]t; acr[o]ss; c[o]ntinent - ANSWERShort vowel [ɑ]
B[oo]k, w[o]man, f[u]ll - ANSWERShort vowel [ʊ]
C[u]t; b[u]tter; c[o]lourful - ANSWERShort vowel [ʌ]
D[ay]; afr[ai]d; gr[ea]t - ANSWERDiphthong [ei]
Jul[y]; dec[i]de; b[u]y - ANSWERDiphthong [ɑi]
B[oy]; v[oi]ce; enj[oy] - ANSWERDiphthong [ɔi]
Cl[o]se; kn[o]w; m[o]ment - ANSWERDiphthong [əʊ]
T[o]wn; fl[o]wer; m[ou]ntain - ANSWERDiphthong [ɑʊ]
H[ea]r, h[ere]; app[ea]r - ANSWERDiphthong [iə]
H[ai]r; w[ea]r; p[a]rents - ANSWERDiphthong [eə]
S[ure], Jan[ua]ry - ANSWERDiphthong [ʊə]
Semantics - ANSWERThe study of meaning, how meaning is made and understood
Pragmatics - ANSWERThe study of the use of language in communication - i.e. sentences as used in
contexts and situations.
Discourse - ANSWERHow language is organized beyond the sentence, i.e. in larger texts
homophones - ANSWERtwo words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in
meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
homonyms - ANSWERTwo words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but
have different meanings. (e.g. bank (embankment) and bank (place where money is kept)).
heteronyms - ANSWER:two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in
pronunciation (e.g. row (a series of objects arranged in a line), pronounced (r), and row (a fight),
pronounced (rou)).
homographs - ANSWERtwo words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in
meaning (e.g. tear (water from the eyes) tear (rip -apart)).
phoneme - ANSWERWhen studying the symbols at this level we don't call them letters or alphabets, but
phonemes.
B[i]g; br[i]ttle, b[u]sy; br[i]tain - ANSWERShort vowel [I]
D[e]sk; fr[ie]nd; w[ea]ther - ANSWERShort vowel [e]
, C[a]t, l[a]nguage, ex[a]ctly - ANSWERShort vowel [æ]
H[o]t; acr[o]ss; c[o]ntinent - ANSWERShort vowel [ɑ]
B[oo]k, w[o]man, f[u]ll - ANSWERShort vowel [ʊ]
C[u]t; b[u]tter; c[o]lourful - ANSWERShort vowel [ʌ]
D[ay]; afr[ai]d; gr[ea]t - ANSWERDiphthong [ei]
Jul[y]; dec[i]de; b[u]y - ANSWERDiphthong [ɑi]
B[oy]; v[oi]ce; enj[oy] - ANSWERDiphthong [ɔi]
Cl[o]se; kn[o]w; m[o]ment - ANSWERDiphthong [əʊ]
T[o]wn; fl[o]wer; m[ou]ntain - ANSWERDiphthong [ɑʊ]
H[ea]r, h[ere]; app[ea]r - ANSWERDiphthong [iə]
H[ai]r; w[ea]r; p[a]rents - ANSWERDiphthong [eə]
S[ure], Jan[ua]ry - ANSWERDiphthong [ʊə]
