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BM3Introduction to English Linguistics
Part II
Session 4: (Lexical) SemanticsPhonology
REBECCA CARROLLREBECCA CARROLL
Contact options:
• A 10 1-103 mail box across the hall (A10)• phone 0441-798 3181• Email: [email protected]
All information can be found on my homepage:
www.staff.uni-oldenburg.de/rebecca.carroll
Overview: Where are we?
• Phonetics/ Phonology • Morphology• Syntax• Semantics• Pragmatics• Applied Linguistics
(Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Textlinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics, Computational Linguistics, …)
Phonology ctd.
stress
weak forms
connected speech
Literature
Fromkin, V., Rodman, R., Hyams, N. (2006). An Introduction to Language. 8th ed. Wadsworth.
Handke, J. (2001). The Mouton Interactive Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology. CD ROM. DeGruyter.Handke, J. & Intemann, F. (2000). The Interactive Introduction
to Linguistics. CD ROM. Version 2.0. München: Hueber.
See Handapparat for further introductory books
IPA FontIPA Font
• Download fonts to use for transcription in portfolio: Doulos SIL Font:http://www.sil.org/computing/catalog/show_software.asp?id=91
– Download/ install to your fonts folder– Choose font in your text document – Insert symbols (or define a key combination as short
cut)
Connected Speech
• Pronunciation of individual words changes in context
• Depending on the sentence stress, some words are „weakened“ (so-called weak forms)
• Assimilation, elision & linking of sounds (at word boundaries)
Stressed out about stress?
• Stressed = more „effort“ (amplitude, pitch, length)
• perception: relatively greater prominence
• change in stress = change in vowel quality (?) Compare: Canada/ˈkænəˌdɑː/ to /kəˈnɑˌdɑː/ to /ˌkænə
ˈdɑː/
Stressed out about stress?
• primary stress: / ˈ / as in /əˈbaʊt/, /ˈbeɪ.sɪk/, /bəˈnæ.nɑ/
• secondary stress: /ˌ / as in /ˌlɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪks/, /ˈaɪsˌkɹiːm/ vs. /ˌaɪˈskɹiːm/‿
Weak Forms
• Appear in unstressed (monosyllabic?) words• Often function words and pronouns
• Vowel reduced to more central tongue position:/ə/ and /ɪ/
• Compare list of BE and AE weak forms
Assimilation
• „A phonological process whereby a sound becomes phonetically similar to a neigh-boring sound.[…]“ Finegan (1999), p.586
• e.g. don‘t be silly (BE)/ˌdəʊnt bɪ ˈsɪli/ /ˌdəʊm bɪ ˈsɪli/
• e.g. horseshoe (AE)/ˈhɔɹzˌʃuː/ /ˈhɔɹsˌʃuː/ /ˈhɔɹ‿ˌʃuː/
Other examples {in-} im-perfect; il-legal
Linking
• Absence of a „gap“ between words
Resyllabification• These are old eggs
– /ˈðiːz ɑɹ ˌoʊld ˈegz/ /ˈðiː‿zɑ‿ˌɹoʊl‿ˈdegz/ • Linking R (BE): a postvocalic /r/ that would normally
not be pronounced in non-rhotic varieties is pronounced when it occurs between two vowels: /hɪə‿ɹ‿ən‿ðɛː/
• (intrusive R; BE: law and order /ˈlɔː‿ɹ‿ən‿ˈdɔːdə/)
Elision (Deletion)
• Sometimes sounds are elided in fast speech when they stand in a line of similar/ very different sounds (easier to pronounce)
• Occurs at word & morpheme boundaries• Dental plosives are at risk
• So are weak vowels (schwa dropping)button /ˈbʌtən/ /ˈbʌtn)/
•/n)/ = syllabic /n/• Nasals, laterals can be syllabic
The North Wind & the Sun ðə ˈnɔɹθ ˌwɪnd ən ə ˈsʌn wɚ dɪsˈpjuɾɪŋ ˈwɪtʃ wəz ðə ˈstɹɑːŋgɚ, wɛn ə ˈtɹævlɚ ˌkeɪm əˈlɑːŋ ˈɹæpt ɪn ə ˈwɔɹm ˈkloʊk.ˌðeɪ əˈgɹiːd ðət ðə ˈwʌn hu ˈfɚst səkˈsiːdəd ɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə ˈtɹævlɚ ˈteɪk ɪz ˈkloʊk ˌɑf ʃʊd bi kənˈsɪdɚd ˈstɹɑːŋgɚ ðən ðɪ ˈʌðɚ.ðɛn ðə ˈnɔɹθ ˌwɪnd ˈbluː əz ˈhɑɹd əz hi ˈkʊd, bət ðə ˈmɔɹ hi ˈbluː ðə ˈmɔɹ ˈkloʊsli dɪd ðə ˈtɹævlɚ ˈfoʊld hɪz ˈkloʊk əˈɹaʊnd ɪm;ˌæn ət ˈlæst ðə ˈnɔɹθ ˌwɪnd ˌgeɪv ˈʌp ði əˈtɛmpt. ˈðɛn ðə ˈsʌn ˈʃaɪnd ˌaʊt ˈwɔɹmli ənd ɪˈmiːdiətli ðə ˈtɹævlɚ ˈtʊk ˌɑf ɪz kloʊk.ən ˈso ðə ˈnɔɹθ ˌwɪnd wəz əˈblaɪdʒ tɪ kənˈfɛs ðət ðə ˈsʌn wəz ðə ˈstɹɑŋgɚ əv ðə ˈtuː.
The North Wind & the Sun The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak.
They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other.
Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveler fold his cloak around him;
and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveler took off his cloak.
And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two.
• Identify the weak forms• Identify (possible) positions for assimilation
and elision• Identify (possible) linking
The North Wind & the Sun
The North Wind & the Sun ðə ˈnɔɹθ ˌwɪnd ən ə ˈsʌn wɚ dɪsˈpjuɾɪŋ ˈwɪtʃ wəz ðə ˈstɹɑːŋgɚ, wɛn ə ˈtɹævlɚ ˌkeɪm əˈlɑːŋ ˈɹæpt ɪn ə ˈwɔɹm ˈkloʊk.ˌðeɪ əˈgɹiːd ðət ðə ˈwʌn hu ˈfɚst səkˈsiːdəd ɪn ˈmeɪkɪŋ ðə ˈtɹævlɚ ˈteɪk ɪz ˈkloʊk ˌɑf ʃʊd bi kənˈsɪdɚd ˈstɹɑːŋgɚ ðən ðɪ ˈʌðɚ.ˌðɛn ðə ˈnɔɹθ ˌwɪnd ˈbluː əz ˈhɑɹd əz hi ˈkʊd, bət ðə ˈmɔɹ hi ˈbluː ðə ˈmɔɹ ˈkloʊsli dɪd ðə ˈtɹævlɚ ˈfoʊld hɪz ˈkloʊk əˈɹaʊnd ɪm;ˌæn ət ˈlæst ðə ˈnɔɹθ ˌwɪnd ˌgeɪv ˈʌp ði əˈtɛmpt. ˈðɛn ðə ˈsʌn ˈʃaɪnd ˌaʊt ˈwɔɹmli ənd ɪˈmiːdiətli ðə ˈtɹævlɚ ˈtʊk ˌɑf ɪz kloʊk.ən ˈso ðə ˈnɔɹθ ˌwɪnd wəz əˈblaɪdʒ tɪ kənˈfɛs ðət ðə ˈsʌn wəz ðə ˈstɹɑŋgɚ əv ðə ˈtuː.
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Lexical Semantics
semantic features
semantic relations
synonymy
Semantic Features
• Semantic Primitives
husbandhusband mother mother girl girl[+ human] [+ human] [+ human]
[+ adult] [+ adult] [- adult]
[+ married] [± married] [- married]
[± …] [± …] [± …]
What are the distinctive semantic features in (a) vs. (b)?
AA (a) bachelor, man, son, paperboy, pope, chief(b) bull, rooster, drake, ram
BB (a) table, stone, pencil, cup, house, ship, car(b) milk, alcohol, rice, soup, mud
C (a) book, temple, mountain, road, tractor(b) idea, love, charity, sincerity, bravery, fear
DD (a) pine, elm, ash, weeping willow, sycamore(b) rose, dandelion, aster, tulip, daisy
What are the distinctive semantic features in (a) vs. (b)?
EE (a) book, letter, encyclopedia, novel, notebook, dictionary(b) typewriter, pencil, pen, crayon, quill, charcoal, chalk
FF (a) walk, run, skip, jump, hop, swim(b) fly, skate, ski, ride, cycle, canoe, hang- glide
GG (a) ask, tell, say, talk, converse(b) shout, whisper, mutter, drawl, holler
Semantic Relations
• Coordination– Conjuncts– Antonyms
• Homonymy (Homophones, Homographs) • Polysemy• Hyponymy
– Hyponyms– Hyperonyms– Co-hyponyms
• Synonymy (hungry ≈ starved; couch ≈ sofa)
Coordination
salt pepper mustard
conjunctsconjuncts
left right
hot cold
poor rich
parent child
antonymsantonyms
Antonyms
• Complementary dead - alive
left – right
• Gradable hot – cold
large – small
• Relational parent – child
employer – employee
Hyponymy
Hyperonym
Hyponym
Hyperonym
Hyponym
Are the following pairscomplementary, gradable, or relational
opposites?
good badexpensive cheapparent offspringbeautiful uglyfalse truelessor lesseepass failhot cold
legal illegallarger
smallerpoor richfast slowasleep awakehusband wiferude polite
Explain the semantic ambiguity by paraphrasing the following sentences:
a. He waited by the bank.
b. Is he really that kind?
c. The proprietor of the fish store was the sole owner.
d. The long drill was boring.
e. When he got the clear title to the land, it was a good deed.
f. It takes a good ruler to make a straight line.
g. He saw that gasoline can explode.
h. You should see her shop.
i. Every man loves a woman.aEvery
can
bankkind
drill
deedruler
shop
that
sole
aEvery