LING202 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Vowel, Intonation Linguistics, Yoruba Language

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LING202
• Professor: Tsai Ya- Ping

Document Summary

Ex: *i saw several octopuses at the beach. I saw several octopi at the beach: the proper use of who . Whom did you arrest: determiner/article before a common noun. If a syllable does not bear primary or secondary stress, it is unstressed: the u(cid:374)st(cid:396)essed (cid:448)o(cid:449)el of a(cid:374) u(cid:374)st(cid:396)essed s(cid:455)lla(cid:271)le is (cid:373)o(cid:396)e ofte(cid:374) (cid:862)sh(cid:449)a(cid:863, primary stress: main stress/prominence in a word. The pitch does not change during the course of the syllable: when a pitch changes during the course of the syllable, it is called a contour tone. Intonation is often a neglected aspect of learning a foreign language: me, me?, me!, me, me, a simple statement, a question, a strong assertion, a matter of fact assertion, an expression of disbelief. And why: sandy 5 sounds, 2 syllables 3 sounds in first syllable, 2 in second syllable, reply 5 sounds, 2 syllables 2 sounds in first syllable, 3 sounds in second syllable.