1. Review 1st Midterm LI 2013 Nathalie F. Martin
Prendre le temps de me presenter

2. On the Exam ... Here is what will be on the exam:
Language: A Preview (chap. 1, O’Grady)
Fields of linguistics (handout and Powerpoint)
Phonetics (brief introduction done in class)
Morphology (chap. 4, O’Grady)
... In short, what we saw in class 

3. What you should know: Derivation: Def: Morphology Morphemes:
Free, bound morphemes
Allomorphs
Analysing Word Structure
Root, affix
Base
Affix: prefix, suffix, infixes
Derivation:
English derivational affixes
Complex derivation
Constraints in derivation
Two classes of derivational affixes
MORPHOLOGY
(chap. 4, O’Grady)

4. MORPHOLOGY (continued)
What you should know:
Inflection:
Inflections in English
Inflection vs. Derivation
Compounding:
Properties of compounds
Endocentric and exocentric compounds
Compounding in other languages
 Other Morphological Phenomenon:
Processes: Internal change, suppletion, reduplication, tone placement / cliticization, conversion, clipping, blends, backformation, acronyms, onomatopoeia, etc.
MORPHOLOGY (continued)
(chap. 4, O’Grady)

5. Correction of last week’s homework
Exercise 9 (see p. 117)
a) b)

6. Correction of last week’s homework
Exercise 9 c)

7. Correction of last week’s homework
Exercise 13
Inflectional
Derivational
Inflectional* → lovely, lovelier, loveliest (p. 125)
Derivation

8. Morphology Invent a word using this root : VACUUM
by adding a prefix to this base (make sure that there are no constrains to the combination).
And then adding a suffix.
Draw the structure (tree) of the two words that you have just created.
What are the lexical categories of these words?

9. LANGUAGE: AN INTRODUCTION
What you should know:
How humans are made to speak
What is language
Linguistic competence vs. performance
Descriptive vs. Prescriptive approach to language
Grammar:
Generality, parity, universality, mutability, inaccessibility
LANGUAGE: AN INTRODUCTION
(chap. 1, O’Grady)

10. Things you should know …
What is language?
Definiti0n: language, languages and speech
Linguistic competence vs. performance

11. 1.1 Specialization for Language
Contemporary Linguistics Analysis: p. 2.
1.1 Specialization for Language
Organ
Survival
Speech
Lungs
Exchange CO2 for O2
Air flow
Vocal Cords
Cover tube to lungs
Vibration
Tongue
Move food in mouth
Articulation
Teeth
Chew food
Lips
Seal oral cavity
Nose
Breathing
Nasal resonance

12. Descriptive or Prescriptive?
Newfoundland English retains distinct morphology brought in by the original settlers (e.g. « I goes », « you goes » and « all the people goes »).
It is not proper to use double negatives (e.g. I don’t have nothing).

13. Grammar, as seen through Linguist’s eyes ...
Generality:
Parity:
Universality:
Mutability:
Inaccessibility:
All languages have a grammar
All grammars are equal
Grammars are alike in basic ways
Grammars change over time
Grammatical knowledge is subconscious

14. What you should know: Linguistics
Fields of linguistics (handout and Powerpoint)
Descriptive linguistics
Applied linguistics
FIELDS OF LINGUISTICS
(handout and Powerpoint)

15. early days of the study of language
Philology
Historical linguistics
Comparative linguistics
Objet: ancient civilisations
Objet: language(s) and it’s/their evolution
Objet: comparison between languages

16. Fields of Linguistics ________________ Phonology Morphology Syntax
Semantics 
Pragmatics
________________
Sociolinguistics
Psycholinguistics
Neurolinguistics
Computational linguistics

17. PHONETICS: A Brief Introduction
What you should know:
Introduction to phonetics
Sounds of English
Consonants & vowels
IPA chart (general)
Transcription
PHONETICS: A Brief Introduction
(Handout and Powerpoint)

18. IPA Consonants Chart

19. IPA Vowel Chart

20. IPA Glides (examples)

21. Phonetic Practice
Read these words phonetically and write them out using conventional English spelling.
[mit]
[ ʃuz]
[skul]
[mju zɪk]
Fill in the missing symbols.
Cartoons = [ _ ɑ _ _ u _ _ ]
Singing = [ _ ɪ _ ɪ _ ]
English = [ɪ_ _ _ ɪ_]
Cheese = [_ _ _ _ ]

22. Have a nice day. God bless you
Have a nice day! God bless you! “Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.” (Jud 1:24-25 )