, ENG1502 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2025 -
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Question 1 Language as a semiotic system “… is thought of as a
system where the individual elements – signs – take their overall
meaning from how they are combined with other elements”
(Carter & Goddard, 2016, p. 45). Bearing this quotation in mind,
study TEXT A before you answer the questions that follow. You
may also refer to Table 1 (Aspects of language) which is
attached but can also be found on page 8 of Tutorial Letter 501.
TEXT A What will 2021 bring? Never before have we started a
new year with so many questions, to which there are so little
answers (or are there)? A friend gave my 10-year-old grandson a
little round grey object as a birthday present recently, and I just
could not figure out what it was, or why he was so excited about
it than the new swimming trunk decorated with huge and
colourful toucans that I gave him. It turned out to be a mini
smart speaker, or more precisely, an Artificial intelligence
voice-controlled assistant called a Google Home Speaker,
apparently designed to control the home by voice command,
leaving your hands free to do other things. After a swift little
DIY procedure requiring a small screwdriver, he connected
another small device between the speaker and his bedside lamp .
. . After my bewildered questions . . . , he informed me that this
little critter can communicate with Google and is activated by
him saying, “Hey Google”. He can then ask Google whatever he
DUE April 2025; 100% TRUSTED Complete, trusted
solutions and explanations…WE WISH YOU ALL THE
BEST
ALL QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Question 1 Language as a semiotic system “… is thought of as a
system where the individual elements – signs – take their overall
meaning from how they are combined with other elements”
(Carter & Goddard, 2016, p. 45). Bearing this quotation in mind,
study TEXT A before you answer the questions that follow. You
may also refer to Table 1 (Aspects of language) which is
attached but can also be found on page 8 of Tutorial Letter 501.
TEXT A What will 2021 bring? Never before have we started a
new year with so many questions, to which there are so little
answers (or are there)? A friend gave my 10-year-old grandson a
little round grey object as a birthday present recently, and I just
could not figure out what it was, or why he was so excited about
it than the new swimming trunk decorated with huge and
colourful toucans that I gave him. It turned out to be a mini
smart speaker, or more precisely, an Artificial intelligence
voice-controlled assistant called a Google Home Speaker,
apparently designed to control the home by voice command,
leaving your hands free to do other things. After a swift little
DIY procedure requiring a small screwdriver, he connected
another small device between the speaker and his bedside lamp .
. . After my bewildered questions . . . , he informed me that this
little critter can communicate with Google and is activated by
him saying, “Hey Google”. He can then ask Google whatever he
