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Task 1

Alexandra Burke - Interview On Loose Women

An interview was taken Alexandra Burke, who is a British R&B and pop recording artist. She gained fame after she won the fifth series of British television series, which is known as The X Factor. In the interview, she talks about “Haiti and the suffering which the people are going through. She mentions that it will be hard, but she was the one who insisted she has been telling her neighbours since two weeks that she wanted to go to Haiti. By saying this, her point was to raise awareness and help the people of Haiti. Burke thinks that this is important because there is still a lot of suffering in Haiti and the people need help to regain what they had previously, before the earthquake.”

IPO

“heti ænd ðo soforoo woto ðo pipol or gooo oru. oi monoonz ðæt ot wol bi hord, bot oi woz ðo won hu onsostod oi hæz bon toloo hor neborz sons tu wiks ðæt oi wontod tu go tu heti. baj seoo ðos, hor pojnt woz tu rez owornos ænd holp ðo pipol ov heti. bork oooks ðæt ðos oz omportont bokoz ðor oz stol o lot ov soforoo on heti ænd ðo pipol nid holp tu rogen wot ðe hæd priviosli, bofor ðo orokwek.”

Phonetic Symbols

Phonetic symbols refer to visual representation of speech sounds. The common ones use alphabets that are phonetic, this is a branch of linguistics that consist of the study of sounds which are used in human speech and the sign language that is used by the people to convey the message. The physical properties of sounds of speech are highlighted by these symbols. During the time Burke was talking about Haiti and the fact that awareness needs to be created, she stressed on the words and she used her hands to stress on the importance of what was saying in the interview (Elton 2006, pp.10).

Task 2

Question 2.1

Examples and Meanings of Free Morphemes

Dog - This is an animal which is a domesticated carnivorous mammal, and belongs to the group of wolves and foxes.

Syntax - This refers to sentence structure and grammar that is used.

Yam - A root vegetable that looks like a long white potato and has a brown skin

House - This refers to the building in which the people reside.

Burn - To reduce to ashes by setting on fire (Oxford University Press 2010, pp. 8).

Bound Morphemes

Is - island

House - housefly

Be - been

Will - willingly

Meanings and Function in Language A

In language A, the words; is, house, be and will can be used in different functions. Since language A crosses the boundaries of traditional disciplines, it is also used in the schools for the means of instruction. Therefore, the word “is” can be used to form other words such as island which means a piece of land that is surrounded with water on all sides. Furthermore, the word “house” can be used as housefly, which means the ...