Lingua Inglese 2A. Sounds, modals, and Variation across gender and age

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1 Lingua Inglese 2A Sounds, modals, and Variation across gender and age

2 Plan of the day A few more sounds Modal verbs Contents Getting started with speech acts (Fill-in-theblanks) EXTRA-CLASS WORK: Read Cutting, section A3 (pp.15-23) Extra-class work: Cutting, Activity, on Text C (p 89), letter (a) under Looking at... and letter (a) under Speech acts are... (p 90); on Text D (p.91) only activity under Text D lists (pp 91-2) [in your portfolio]

3 Survey & Course registration Please, make certain that you complete this survey

4 IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) LEAVE song LIVE BUT FATHER MEN MAN STOP See pp

5 Consonants Listen, buddy, I m not too thrilled about this either All right, let s get this over with Full

6 IPA - Consonants Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal m n ŋ Stop p b t d k g Affricative ʧ ʤ Fricative f v Ɵ ð s z ʃ ʒ j w h Approximant r(ɾ)

7 IPA - Consonants thunder, thin, thousand the, there, they, other If a symbol is NOT connected to any example, it represents the sound that is pronounced as the letter would be pronounced in Italian. zebra, pizza, zoo (IT: erosione) church, patch can, doctor judge, job sing, working [IT: anche] Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal m n ŋ Stop p b t d k g Affricative ʧ ʤ Fricative f v Ɵ ð s z ʃ ʒ j w h Approximant r(ɾ) she, fish, ship NB: they do not roll / trill their r as we do measure, garage [pronounced the French way] one, win, well yesterday, you, universe house, hotel, hall

8 A particular type of verbs 0 I ask a question. I do ask a question. Do I ask a question? I do not ask a question.

9 A particular type of verbs 1 This vid consists of just two lines. In the first line, the first actress, Rose, asks a question, which you will read. In the second line, the second actress, Dorothy, answers Rose s question with a humorous pun. Try to grasp the second actress s answer. Jot it down on your worksheet. clip

10 A particular type of verbs 2 I ask a question. I do ask a question. Do I ask a question? I do not ask a question. Rose: Can I ask a dumb question? Dorothy: Let s break down the humor of this skit. clip

11 A particular type of verbs 2 I ask a question. I do ask a question. Do I ask a question? I do not ask a question. Rose: Can I ask a dumb question? Dorothy: Better than anyone I know! Let s break down the humor of this skit. clip

12 Two contrasting meanings 1 Rose: Can I ask a dumb question? What is the meaning/function of can in Rose s intention? What should Dorothy s answer be according to this meaning?

13 Two contrasting meanings 2 Rose: Can I ask a dumb question? Rose: Do I have permission to ask a dumb question? Dorothy: Of course! Go ahead! There s no such thing as a dumb question.

14 Two contrasting meanings 3 Rose: Can I ask a dumb question? Do I have permission to ask a dumb question? Dorothy: Of course! Go ahead! There s no such thing as a dumb question. What is the meaning/function of can for this humorous answer? Dorothy: Better than anyone I know!

15 Two contrasting meanings 4 Rose: Can I ask a dumb question? Do I have permission to ask a dumb question? Dorothy: Of course! Go ahead! There s no such thing as a dumb question. Am I able (how good am I) to ask a dumb question? Dorothy: Better than anyone I know! So, what are the two meanings of can?

16 Two contrasting meanings 4 Rose: Can I ask a dumb question? Do I have permission to ask a dumb question? Dorothy: Of course! Go ahead! There s no such thing as a dumb question. Am I able (how good am I) to ask a dumb question? Dorothy: Better than anyone I know! PERMISSION ABILITY

17 In-class activity: Introductions across different situations Start a worksheet. Use the back of the Frost poem. It MUST be a small notebook size sheet (A5) On top of the page, write: LAST NAME & first name (BLOCK LETTERS, please) ID# today s date Rossi Mario signature

18 What other ONE-word verbs like can or do fit in the blank below? I ask a dumb question. I do ask a dumb question. I can ask a dumb question. I ask a dumb question.

19 The basic, core modals I can could may might shall should will would must ask a dumb question

20 Social strata and space My Fair Lady (1964) movie George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion (1913) stage play Go over the script in Fixin to (p 23) report on your worksheet: a) linguistic features Dr. Higgins emphasizes to mark the lower class variety b) the intersections with variation across space Full

21 Gender Let s correlate linguistic features (pp 31-2) to linguistic strategies (p 32) Not all linguistic items need to be related to a strategy. Jot down how some of them are a function of the strategies. Discuss 2 or 3 examples. E.g. speaking in italics is a function of topic raising because it is a way to intrude in the flow of a conversation with a new topic making certain to be followed by other interlocutors.

22 Gender Let s correlate linguistic features (pp 31-2) to linguistic strategies (p 32) Not all linguistic items need to be related to a strategy. Jot down how some of them are a function of the strategies. Discuss 2 or 3 examples. E.g. speaking in italics is a function of topic raising because it is a way to intrude in the flow of a conversation with a new topic making certain to be followed by other interlocutors.

23 Age - Let s reconsider Miss South Carolina s speech. There are at least two features that we have already discussed in class and that cast her parlance as teenager s. What are they? - Think of the short hand/stenographic writing in texting on the phone. Rewrite the following exchange as it would be texted by youngsters (not only them). You might want to delete words altogether. A: I can t see you? where are you? B: Exit the cafeteria and walk straight ahead. - Come up with a couple more examples of stenographic writing.

24 About speech acts Let s consider the meaning and speech function of the construction Take your time START A WORK-SHEET (name, last name, st. ID#, date) and number 1 to 22 lines, as follows 1) 2) Fill in the numbered blanks in the captions 3).. 22) Full Fill in the blanks