ENG1514 - Oct-Nov 2020 Answers

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ENG1514
OCT/NOV 2020


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SECTION A
Question 1: Feature and Function of Human Language
1a) Duality and Structure dependence.
1b) Informational Function
1c) 1. It is a news article.
2. It is written in a more professional way and the target audience is mature and
read these articles, it is written in a formal professional language. It is
characterized using standard English, more complex sentence structures,
infrequent use of personal pronouns, and a lack of slang terms.


Question 2: Grammatical Structures
2a) Repetition: Auxesis. It is used to enhance the importance.
2b) “must”
2c) Allegation: He/she was advised to withdraw their allegation before I contact my
lawyer.
2d) “urgent” – adjective
“with” – preposition
2e) “has commended” – present perfect tense
“had been arrested” – past perfect continuous
“pounced” – past tense
2f) It is a noun phrase:
V D N

in the Western Cape

V = Verb D = Determiner N = Noun



2g) It is a verb phrase:
D V P N

the swift arrest of 21 suspects

V = Determiner D = Verb P = Preposition N = Noun