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    This document provides assignment questions for an Introduction to Linguistics course offered by the Department of Languages and Literature at the Faculty of Arts Culture and Heritage Studies. It outlines two assignments that are due on September 11, 2022. The first assignment asks students to either assess the view that only humans have language with examples, or to diagram the states of the glottis in speech sound production. The second assignment asks students to either examine behaviorist theory as an explanation for meaning in semantics, or to generate phrase structure trees for five sample sentences.

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    This document provides assignment questions for an Introduction to Linguistics course offered by the Department of Languages and Literature at the Faculty of Arts Culture and Heritage Studies. It outlines two assignments that are due on September 11, 2022. The first assignment asks students to either assess the view that only humans have language with examples, or to diagram the states of the glottis in speech sound production. The second assignment asks students to either examine behaviorist theory as an explanation for meaning in semantics, or to generate phrase structure trees for five sample sentences.

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    FACULTY OF ARTS CULTURE AND HERITAGE STUDIES

    DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE


    BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS IN ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION (BHEC)
    BHEC114: INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
    ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS: AUGUST TO DECEMBER 2022

    ASSIGNMENT 1 DUE DATE: 11 SEPTEMBER 2022


    EITHER

    Assess the view that only humans have language. Support your answer with concrete
    examples. [100]

    OR

    With the aid of diagrams, show the various states of the glottis in speech sound production.
    [100]
    ASSIGNMENT 2

    EITHER
    Examine the behaviourist theory as a sound explanation for meaning in
    semantics.

    OR

    Generate phrase structure trees for the following sentences

    (a) Dustless chalk is easy to use


    (b) Chipo bought the school textbook
    (c) The ball is on the table
    (d) The small car caught fire
    (e) The smart boys from Mutare are coming next week

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