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LEARNING ACTIVITY 2

1. Examine the given sentence and then write your observations and ideas as to the levels of
language and branches of language it has. You may explore the sentence in terms of structure, meaning,
and shape.

That puppy’s knocking over those pot plants!

The level of language that’s been used are

1) Phonetics, Phonology This is the level of sounds. ...

In that spoken counterpart, systematic differences in sound sort out the meanings of the words used:
thus, the word-initial /n/ sound at the start of ‘knocking’ will serve to distinguish it from, say, words like
‘rocking’ or ‘mocking’... For instance, many speakers of English will not sound in connected speech thefts
of both ‘That’ and ‘pot plants’ but will instead use thefts ‘glottal stops’ in these positions. This
consequence of the phonetic environment in which the ‘t’ occurs both h cases is followed by a /p/
consonant, and this has the effect of inducing a change, known as a ‘secondary articulation’, in the way
the ‘t’ is sounded.

2) Graphology, inference of character from a person’s handwriting. The theory underlying graphology is
that handwriting is an expression of personality; hence, a systematic analysis of the way words and
letters are formed can reveal traits of personality.

3) MORPHOLOGY- This sentence will probably have different enunciated as to where you originated just
for instance, many English speakers will utilize “glottal pauses” in place of the ‘t’ sound in the words
“That” and “potplants” in connected speech. This is largely due to the phonetic environment in which
the letter “t” occurs: in both instances, it is followed by a/p/ consonant, which has the effect of causing a
change in the way the letter is pronounced known as a “secondary articulation”.

4) Syntax This is the level of sentences. ...

. It has a subject (‘That puppy’), a Predicator (‘’s knocking over), and a Complement (‘those pot plants).
Each of these clause constituents is realized by a phrase that itself has structure. For instance, the verb
phrase which expresses the Predicator has a three-part structure, containing a contracted auxiliary ‘the
main verb ‘knocking’, and a preposition ‘over’ which operates as a special kind of extension to the main
verb. This extension makes the verb a phrasal verb.

5) Semantics This is the area of meaning. ...

The demonstrative words used to express physical orientation in language by pointing to where the
speaker is located relative to other entities specified in the sentence deixis suggests that the speaker is
located some distance away from the referents’ puppy and pot plants.

6) Pragmatics The concern here is with the use of language in specific situations.

In 2 different engagements, this statement will be construed as a call to act on the part of the
addressee. In contrast to "sorry, but I think you might want to keep an eye on that puppy," the same
discourse context can produce a variety of other strategies and telling it to a person politely