Understanding Phrases and Words: Noun Phrases, Homophones, and Polysemy, Sbobinature di Lingua Inglese

Scarica Understanding Phrases and Words: Noun Phrases, Homophones, and Polysemy e più Sbobinature in PDF di Lingua Inglese solo su Docsity! 21.03.2019 Phrase = Sintagma group of serious words and part of a clause The clever [boy] This is the head Clause = It is a part of a sentence and usually can be a sentence If the weather’s good / The weather’s great today -Phonemes make up morphemes -Morphemes make up words -Words make up phrases -Phrases make up clauses -Clauses make up sentences -Sentences make up texts Teach-er = they’re both morphemes and phonemes Phrase types: There’re as many phrase types as words classes: • Noun Phrases • Verb Phrases • Etc.… Phrases and words usually form part of larger units and are not complete in themselves, without either rest of clause or some context: On my chest of drawers near the window, The longest walk I ever did! Absolutely brilliantly Noun is the much important element (irreducible core of NP) Noun phrases can be object or subject ENGLISH VS ITALIAN NPs My carpet (*The my carpet) His new house (*The his new house) Il mio tappeto La sua nuova casa You can use the article to say “all the officers” but you can’t use it for “* No the all officers” At least theatrically there is no restriction on number of adj allowed • A deep, ribbed collar • Medium roast ground coffee • These delicious shortbread Christmas tree shaped [biscuits] head EXS) Quei bellissimi pantaloni rossi di lino indiani La sua lunga gonna verde di seta cinese ▲ Prepositional phrases ▲ Relative clauses ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Homophones= the same sounds but different meanings Polysemy= many different meanings Sea= Homophone [SEE] Break= Homograph (it’s a verb and noun) Provide an example of three or more homophones? Sea See Check Cheque Son Sun