Notes from Class
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Topic: Notes from Class
8-20-2005
phonetics are units of sound, syntax is the combined structure
there are 3 forms of Language: Latin (romance)which are English, French, Spanish, Italian; Germanic (gutteral) German, Russia, they are harsh to the ear; Tonal (Chinese Japanese)
English is flexible
Transformationalists-use of whole language
Structuralists-use of phonics to teach English
Cultural Expectations-appropriate tones and volume of voice. Distance rule-the emotional distance of the conversation is equal in proposition to the emotioanal closeness of the two. Grammar is the basis of communication and has a sociological aspect.
8 parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, conjunction,preposition, pronoun, interjection
there are two subject types: implied and inverted
Five noun types: proper, common, abstract, concrete, collective
there are seven types of pronouns: relative, reciprocal, reflexive, intensive, personal. interrogative,demonstrative
a fragment is missing something that must be there to make a sentence
Cognitivism-thinking, automatic thought processes
September 28, 2005
Today we went over verb terms and passive useage. We also did an exercise out of the text. Page 65 part A
1. has worked
2. was working
3. has been playing
4. was being
5. is having
6. have had
7. has had
8. had been being
Eaton told us that has can be both past and present.
October 3, 2005
p. 69-70
1. subjective
Time, passive
2. Group responses
October 5, 2005
Subjunctive identified by two primary characteristics:
1. that
2. ed ending on the verb
habitual-all in active voice and present tense
present progressive-present action of lmtd. duration
Specific point in time-ed
past perfect: had and ed ending on verb
past progressive: was and ing ending on verb
Det. D.O. VP Past participal DO
The pizza was eaten by the boys.
The boys ate the pizza.
Det noun Verb det. D.O.
October 19, 2005
The word "that" acts as an expletive,
referentials are words which lead to another set or phrase.
passive sentences will make sentences longer as well as words like according to, since, due to the fact
Catanative verbs are links to transitive verbs that can take another verb as its object.
Ex: I decided to try to stop smoking.
I enjoy playing the piano. In this sentence, the verb phrase is playing the piano, and I is the pronoun and enjoy is the verb
These are the sentence types:
Imperative-a command
Declarative-ends in a .
Exclamatory-ends in !
Interrogative-ends in ?
October 24, 2005
Interrogative1.These sentences ask the question who? or where?
2.The subject comes at the end of a sentence.
3.Ends in a ?
4. passive voice
Declarative1. ends in a . , or an ! or a ? (when the sentence is rhetorical.
2. The sentence makes a statement.
3. Subject is at beginning of sentence
4. convey most human emotive range
Comparative1. the sentence compares items
2. can be positive or negative
3. then, and/or superlatives (better, best) or both
4. compound sentence is not a simple sentence, usually longer
5. similies & metaphors
6. by looking at the sentence context, one can learn what the reader takes away from the piece of writing.
Imperative1. Implied subject (you)
2. 1 word sentence
3. ends in a ! or a period.
4. the context is usually demanding.
autoantidisestablishmentarianism is an abstract noun, means to rebel
October 17, 2005
we discussed noun phrase functions (nominals)
a fragment is incomplete, has no subject and verb together
Run on. The implied (you) is the subject and the verb somes first
subject, verb, D.O + IO
A clause has a subject and predicate
A sentence is a word or group of words that and ends with terminating puctuation.
An expletive is a worde that allows the writer
to shift the stress of a sentence or embed one sentence in another.
November 13, 2005
Chapter 14
Sentence Rhythm-cantatative
rhetoric-speech
rhythm-intonation, emotive purpose
controlling rhythm-convey a message in a certain way.
cleft-where you will stress the sentence
use of the passive voice-use it so that we don't betray the agent (who it is) according to , "I was told that", the passive voice is more emotionally distant