ENG1502 SUMMARY FOR EXAMS 2021

SummaryforENG1502exams Unit1: Text– (Microaspect)itcanbewritten,spoken,visual–itislanguagethatiscohesivelyputtogether. SAMPLES–Newspaperreportsaretextandvisual.ArtPaintingsonlyvisual. Domain– (Macroaspect)thedomainreferstowherethislanguagethathangstogetheris.Iamsureyou haveheardoftheterm‘context’.Well,thisreferstothe‘where’inasensethatthe text/languagewillbeorbeused.Aniceexampleisabroadcastadvert,itsdomainwouldbe thebroaderdomainofadvertising. SAMPLESofDomains: RomanceNovel–Literature/EducationDomain SBADocument-School/EducationDomain Bibleverse-Church/ReligionDomain Lettertonewspaper-MediaDomain MedicationInformationbooklet–Health/MedicalDomain LANGUAGESYSTEM Phonetics– Studyofspeechsounds. Phonology– Systemofspeechsoundspatterningsysteminalanguage. Lexis– Studyofactualwordswriterorspeakerchoosestouse. Morphology– Howwordsareformed. Syntax– Thewayinwhichwordsarearrangedtoformsentencesorphrases,ortherulesofgrammar whichcontrolthis? Orthography– Thewayinwhichwordsarespelt.Writingsystems. Semantics– Thestudyofthemeaningofwordsandphrases. Pragmatics– Thestudyofhowwordsandphrasesareusedwithspecialmeanings. Discourse– Thelanguageusedinparticulartypesofspeechorwriting. . Unit2: DefinitionofLanguage Viewlanguageasasytemofrelatingformstofunctions.A toolthathumansuseinordertoexchangemeaningful messageswithothersbymeansoftext,whicharestructured accordingtotherulesandconventionsoftheparticular