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ENG 235 Week 2 Word Analysis Worksheet

Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Word Analysis Worksheet.

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Word Analysis Worksheet

Select eight words from the list below and fill in the table. You will select the correct
pronunciation of the word based on its IPA transcription. See the first word for an example.

Example: Monthly (see table below)

a. /mnle/
b. /mnli/

Understanding
a. /ndrstndn/
b. /ndrstnd/
Telephones
a. /tlfonz/
b. /tlponz/
Redistribution
a. /ridstrbjutn/
 b. /ridstrbjun/
Gracefully
a. /grecfli/
b. /gresfli/
Educational
a. /dkenl/
b. /jkenl/
Indescribable
a. /ndscrbbl/
b. /ndskrbbl/
Unimpressed
a. /unmprst/
b. /nmprst/
Plays
a. /plez/
b. /ples/
Teachers
a. /titrs/
b. /titrz/
Dehydration
a. /dehdren/
b. /dihdren/
Security
a. /skjrti/
b. /scjrti/
Unjustly
a. /ndstli/
b. /ndstli/
Rapidly
a. /rapdli/
b. /rpdli/
Absolutely
a. /bslutli/
b. /bslutly/
This
a. /s/
b. /is/
With
a. /w/
b. /w/
Because
a. /bks/
b. /bkz/
She:
 a. /i/
b. /si/

Analyze eight of the above words according to the criteria below:

Word Which IPA What are all of the What are the morphological
transcription correctly possible lexical features of each word?
represents the categories of each Identify all morphemes as
pronunciation of each word? Free or Bound.
word? Identify each bound
Write one sentence to morpheme as
Explain why the demonstrate each Derivational or
transcription you possible lexical Inflectional.
chose is the correct category.
one.

Note: the two

transcriptions
provided for each
word differ by only
one symbol.

Example: b. /mnli/ Adverb: Month= Free

Monthly The y spelling in I run the report Ly=Bound, derivational
this word is monthly.
pronounced /i/. Adjective:
I run the monthly
report.

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ENG 235 Week 2 Phonology Exercise Worksheet
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Week 2 Phonology Exercise Worksheet.

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Week 2 Phonology Exercise Worksheet

Regular Past Tense -ed of

English Verbs
As close to standard American English as possible, transcribe the following words using the
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). To locate the IPA symbols on Microsoft Word, first click
on the Insert tab, then click Symbol and More Symbols. A dialog box should open up, and
in the Font field, select (normal text) and there should be a myriad of IPA symbols to use for
this assignment. For more information, navigate to How to Use IPA in Microsoft Word:
http://www.ehow.com/how_8590018_use-ipa-microsoft-word.html.

Refer to the first row for a completed example for each list, and to your Week 2 reading.

List 1

English Word IPA English Word IPA

Declawed [d'klad] Argued

Followed Partied

Tattooed Relayed

Played Demystified

List 2:

English Word IPA English Word IPA

Killed [kld] Feared

 Sneezed Bombed

Bugged Rained

Plunged Behaved

List 3:

English Word IPA English Word IPA

Fished [ft] Risked

Knocked Tipped

Matched Coached

Boxed Passed

List 4:

English Word IPA English Word IPA

fainted ['fend] Corroded

Outdated Stranded

Transported Coded

ENG 235 Week 3 Phonology Exercise Worksheet

Complete the Week 3 University of Phoenix Material: Phonology Exercise Worksheet,
after reviewing the feedback from your Week 2 Phonology Exercise Worksheet.

Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.

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Week 3 Phonology Exercise Worksheet

Phonological Pattern
Refer to your complete and graded Week 2 Phonological Exercise Worksheet for the following
questions and exercise.

Question 1

What are all possible phonological variations of the pronunciation of the regular English
past tense
-ed from the four lists in your Week 2 Phonological Exercise Worksheet?

<Write your answers here.>

Question 2

What is the generalized environment for the pattern in List 1? In List 2? In List 3? And in
List 4?

<Write your answers here.>

Phonological Rule Exercise

Write a phonological rule that captures the patterns in the Week 2 Phonological Exercise
Worksheet lists.

Past tense /-d/ is realized as:

(1) _____ when _____,

(2) _____ when _____, and
(3) _____ when _____.

ENG 235 Week 3 Syntax Worksheet

Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Syntax Worksheet.

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Syntax Worksheet
Task 1: Parts of Speech
Identify the part of speech of the italicized word for the following sentences.

Parts of Speech:

NOUN, PRONOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE, ADVERB, PREPOSITION,

CONJUNCTION, INTERJECTION

Example: It looks like it is going to rain later today. VERB

1. The concert ticket costs $56 per person.

2. Look! The performers are coming on stage now.

3. I am glad that I had coffee before this concert, because it was sleep-inducing.

4. She played the violin well. I will give her that, but her facial expression was a bit
obnoxious.

5. The program is a bit too new-agey for my taste.

6. Pfft! How about too long? Four and a half hours of non-stop melisma. Who does that?

7. No, I think the band was great, and I think you are all too critical!

Task 2: Syntactic Analysis

Identify the syntactic constituent of the underlined portion in each of the following sentences.

Example: The New York bound train is scheduled to leave at 9:40 a.m. Noun Phrase

1. Some parents feel that teenagers are nowadays spending too much time in social media.

2. Some parents feel that teenagers are nowadays spending too much time in social media.
3. Scientists have discovered that water exists in Mars.

4. Scientists have discovered that water exists in Mars.

5. Point Rosee in Newfoundland, Canada, is a dig site that could potentially show that the
Norse might have reached North America about a thousand years ago.

6. Point Rosee in Newfoundland, Canada, is a dig site that could potentially show that the
Norse might have reached North America about a thousand years ago.

Task 3: Adverbial Phrases

Insert the given adverbial phrase into the sentence below. Create as many natural sentences as you
can.

Example:

Adverbial Phrase: Happily

Sentence: The young girl is singing and swinging at the same time in the park.

Happily, the young girl is singing and swinging at the same time in the park.
The young girl is happily singing and swinging at the same time in the park.

1. Adverbial Phrase: Today

Sentence: John made a tuna salad sandwich.

2. Adverbial Phrase: Only

Sentence: The two-door silver sedan is the car that I want.

3. Adverbial Phrase: In a civilized and equitable manner

Sentence: Political debates are conducted.

4. Adverbial Phrase: Too

Sentence: The doctor is happy to report that both the mother and the twins are all healthy.
ENG 235 Week 4 Synonym and Antonym Worksheet
Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Synonym and Antonym Worksheet.

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Synonym and Antonym Worksheet

Task 1: Synonym and Antonym

Write one synonym and one antonym that corresponds with the category of the given word.

For example:

Category: NOUN Word: Receiver

Sample sentence: The receiver claimed that the package arrived with damages.
Synonym: Recipient Antonym: Giver (Recipient and Giver are both nouns.)

1. Category: ADJECTIVE Word: funny

Sample sentence: Schindlers List is not a funny movie at all.

Synonym: Antonym:

2. Category: VERB Word: kill

Sample sentence: The CEO has just killed the internship program in our company.

Synonym: Antonym:

3. Category: ADVERB Word: skillfully

Sample sentence: The pianist skillfully performed Chopins Etudes while the audience sat
and listened by
the edge of their seats.

Synonym: Antonym:
Task 2: Parts of Speech
Exercise
After working on Task 1, write a 150- to 200-word summary of the following:
Identify other parts of speech that generally may have synonyms and antonyms.
Identify parts of speech that do not generally have synonyms and antonyms.
Conjecture some reasons to explain the differences between the two types of parts of speech.

<Write your summary here.>

Task 3: Identifying Ambiguity

Each of the following sentences are ambiguous. Explain what the ambiguity is, and determine if
the ambiguity is semantic or otherwise.

1. Chris walked by the bank on a daily basis.

2. Pat ate the salad undressed.

3. Tim saw Joe with a telescope.

4. Luckily, my son made the school varsity team and won a medal in the first swim meet.

5. John bought a new boat, and he named it Knot So Fast.

6. For your own good, please have your colon checked.

7. Driver: I should make a left here, correct? Passenger: Right.

8. A: Is the diamond real? B: Oh yeah, its real alright.

9. They finally opened up the bank near the river, and I think it is great.

ENG 235 Week 5 Language and Power

Watch a reality (non-scripted) TV show, such as Judge Judy or Project Runway where
contestants are judged.

Select a short 5- to 10-minute clip that demonstrates the differences in language used by
the powerful versus the powerless.

Transcribe your selected clip.

Write a 750- to 1,050-word essay to document the linguistics features (phonological,

morphological, syntactic, and/or semantic) of the powerful and the powerless, as
demonstrated by your clip.

Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.