UNIVERSITY cEXAMINATIONS
OCT/NOV c2021
ENG1502
Foundations cin cApplied cEnglish cLanguage cStudies
100 cMarks
Duration c48 cHours
18 c– c20 cOctober c2021
This cpaper cconsists cof c9 cpages.
Instructions:
The cexamination cpaper cconsists cof cThree csections cand cSix cquestions. cYou cmust
canswercALL cquestions.
Carefully cread cthe cinstructions cgiven cfor ceach cquestion.
You cmay cuse cyour cstudy cmaterial cfor creference.
We crecommend cthat cyou cdownload cthe cpaper cearly cto cgive cyourself ctime cto canswer cthe
cquestions.cYou cmust calso cupload cyour canswer csheet cbefore cthe ccut-off ctimes.
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Question c1
Language cas c a csemiotic c system c “… cis c thought cof cas ca csystem c where cthe
cindividualcelements c– csigns c– ctake ctheir coverall cmeaning cfrom chow cthey care
ccombined cwith cother celements” c(Carter c& cGoddard, c2016, cp. c45). c Bearing cthis
cquotation cin cmind, cstudy c TEXT
A cbefore cyou canswer cthe cquestions cthat cfollow.
You cmay calso crefer cto cTable c1 c(Aspects cof clanguage) cwhich cis cattached cbut ccan
calso cbecfound con cpage c8 cof cTutorial cLetter c501.
TEXT cA
What cwill c2021 cbring? cNever cbefore chave cwe cstarted ca cnew cyear cwith
cso cmanycquestions, cto cwhich cthere care cso clittle canswers c(or care
cthere)?
A cfriend cgave cmy c 10-year-old c grandson c a clittle c round cgrey c cobject cas c a
cbirthdaycpresent crecently, cand cI cjust ccould cnot cfigure cout cwhat cit cwas, cor cwhy
che cwas cso cexcited cabout cit cthan cthe cnew cswimming ctrunk cdecorated cwith chuge
cand ccolourful ctoucans
that cI cgave chim.
It cturned cout cto cbe ca cmini csmart cspeaker, cor cmore cprecisely, can cArtificial
cintelligence cvoice-controlled cassistant ccalled ca cGoogle cHome cSpeaker,
capparently cdesigned cto ccontrol cthe chome cby cvoice ccommand, cleaving cyour
chands cfree cto cdo cothercthings. cAfter ca cswift clittle cDIY cprocedure crequiring ca
csmall c screwdriver, che cconnected canother csmall cdevice cbetween cthe cspeaker
cand chis c bedside clamp c. c. c.
After cmy cbewildered cquestions c. c. c. c, che cinformed cme cthat cthis clittle
ccritter ccanccommunicate cwith cGoogle cand cis cactivated cby chim csaying, c“Hey
cGoogle”.
1.1 The cwords
cHe cin cthe
can csub-title
cthen cof c TEXT
cask cGoogle cA: cNever
cwhatever checcbefore have
wants cto cwe cstarted ca cnew
cknow.
cyear cwithcso cmany cquestions, cto cwhich cthere care cso clittle canswers c(or care
Source: cCelliers, cA. c(2021). c The cGardener. c(p.96)
cthere?) c could cbe carranged cin ca cdifferent cway cwhile cmaintaining cthe csame
cmeaning cof cthe csentence. cRearrange cthe corder cof cthe cwords cin cthis csub-title
cwithout cchanging cthe cmeaning. cThecre-arranged csentence cmust cbe
cgrammatically ccorrect.
(2 cmarks)
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, 1.2 Which clanguage caspect chas chelped cyou cto cre-arrange cthe cwords cin c1.1?
(1 cmark)
1.3. cIn cyour cown cwords, cexplain cthe clanguage caspect cyou cused
cin c1.1?
(2 cmarks)
1.4 Construct ctwo cdifferent csentences cusing cthe csame cwords cfrom cthe coriginal
csentence.cThe cwords cin cthe cnew csentences cmust cbe carranged cdifferently cfrom cthe
coriginal csentence. cThe csentences cmust cbe cgrammatically ccorrect.
(4 cmarks)
1.5 Refer cto c TEXT cA. cThe cbolded cwords, ceach cconsist cof c two cwords cconjoined cinto cone.
(i) Screwdriver, c(ii) clampside
1.5.1 Identify cthe c two cwords cthat cmake cup ceach cword cin c(i) cand c(ii). (4 cmarks)
1.5.2 Using cTable c1 cexplain cthe clanguage caspect cthat cassisted cyou cto canswer c1.5.1.
(2 cmarks)
TABLE c1
Language Meaning
cconcept
Phonetics The cstudy cof cspeech csounds.
Phonology The cstudy cof cthe csound cpatterning csystem.
Lexis The cstudy cof cthe cactual cwords ca cwriter cor cspeaker cchooses cto
c(vocabulary cuse.
)
Morphology The cstudy cof chow cwords care cformed.
Syntax The cstudy cof chow cwords ccombine cto cform csentences cand cthe
crules cthatcgovern cthe cformations.
Orthography Writing csystems
Semantics The cstudy cof cmeaning cand chow cmeaning cis cmade cand
cunderstood.
Pragmatics The cstudy cof cthe cuse cof clanguage cin ccommunication c– ci.e.
csentences cascused cin ccontexts cand csituations.
Discourse The cstudy cof chow clanguage cis corganized cbeyond cthe csentence,
ci.e. cinclarger ctexts.
[15 cMarks]
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OCT/NOV c2021
ENG1502
Foundations cin cApplied cEnglish cLanguage cStudies
100 cMarks
Duration c48 cHours
18 c– c20 cOctober c2021
This cpaper cconsists cof c9 cpages.
Instructions:
The cexamination cpaper cconsists cof cThree csections cand cSix cquestions. cYou cmust
canswercALL cquestions.
Carefully cread cthe cinstructions cgiven cfor ceach cquestion.
You cmay cuse cyour cstudy cmaterial cfor creference.
We crecommend cthat cyou cdownload cthe cpaper cearly cto cgive cyourself ctime cto canswer cthe
cquestions.cYou cmust calso cupload cyour canswer csheet cbefore cthe ccut-off ctimes.
No clate csubmissions cwill cbe caccepted.
No csubmissions cwill cbe caccepted cvia ce-mail.
IMPORTANT: cDO cNOT cCOPY cOR cASK cOTHERS cTO cWRITE cFOR cYOU cAS
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,cTHIS cIScREGARDED cAS cAN cACADEMIC cCRIME.
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Question c1
Language cas c a csemiotic c system c “… cis c thought cof cas ca csystem c where cthe
cindividualcelements c– csigns c– ctake ctheir coverall cmeaning cfrom chow cthey care
ccombined cwith cother celements” c(Carter c& cGoddard, c2016, cp. c45). c Bearing cthis
cquotation cin cmind, cstudy c TEXT
A cbefore cyou canswer cthe cquestions cthat cfollow.
You cmay calso crefer cto cTable c1 c(Aspects cof clanguage) cwhich cis cattached cbut ccan
calso cbecfound con cpage c8 cof cTutorial cLetter c501.
TEXT cA
What cwill c2021 cbring? cNever cbefore chave cwe cstarted ca cnew cyear cwith
cso cmanycquestions, cto cwhich cthere care cso clittle canswers c(or care
cthere)?
A cfriend cgave cmy c 10-year-old c grandson c a clittle c round cgrey c cobject cas c a
cbirthdaycpresent crecently, cand cI cjust ccould cnot cfigure cout cwhat cit cwas, cor cwhy
che cwas cso cexcited cabout cit cthan cthe cnew cswimming ctrunk cdecorated cwith chuge
cand ccolourful ctoucans
that cI cgave chim.
It cturned cout cto cbe ca cmini csmart cspeaker, cor cmore cprecisely, can cArtificial
cintelligence cvoice-controlled cassistant ccalled ca cGoogle cHome cSpeaker,
capparently cdesigned cto ccontrol cthe chome cby cvoice ccommand, cleaving cyour
chands cfree cto cdo cothercthings. cAfter ca cswift clittle cDIY cprocedure crequiring ca
csmall c screwdriver, che cconnected canother csmall cdevice cbetween cthe cspeaker
cand chis c bedside clamp c. c. c.
After cmy cbewildered cquestions c. c. c. c, che cinformed cme cthat cthis clittle
ccritter ccanccommunicate cwith cGoogle cand cis cactivated cby chim csaying, c“Hey
cGoogle”.
1.1 The cwords
cHe cin cthe
can csub-title
cthen cof c TEXT
cask cGoogle cA: cNever
cwhatever checcbefore have
wants cto cwe cstarted ca cnew
cknow.
cyear cwithcso cmany cquestions, cto cwhich cthere care cso clittle canswers c(or care
Source: cCelliers, cA. c(2021). c The cGardener. c(p.96)
cthere?) c could cbe carranged cin ca cdifferent cway cwhile cmaintaining cthe csame
cmeaning cof cthe csentence. cRearrange cthe corder cof cthe cwords cin cthis csub-title
cwithout cchanging cthe cmeaning. cThecre-arranged csentence cmust cbe
cgrammatically ccorrect.
(2 cmarks)
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, 1.2 Which clanguage caspect chas chelped cyou cto cre-arrange cthe cwords cin c1.1?
(1 cmark)
1.3. cIn cyour cown cwords, cexplain cthe clanguage caspect cyou cused
cin c1.1?
(2 cmarks)
1.4 Construct ctwo cdifferent csentences cusing cthe csame cwords cfrom cthe coriginal
csentence.cThe cwords cin cthe cnew csentences cmust cbe carranged cdifferently cfrom cthe
coriginal csentence. cThe csentences cmust cbe cgrammatically ccorrect.
(4 cmarks)
1.5 Refer cto c TEXT cA. cThe cbolded cwords, ceach cconsist cof c two cwords cconjoined cinto cone.
(i) Screwdriver, c(ii) clampside
1.5.1 Identify cthe c two cwords cthat cmake cup ceach cword cin c(i) cand c(ii). (4 cmarks)
1.5.2 Using cTable c1 cexplain cthe clanguage caspect cthat cassisted cyou cto canswer c1.5.1.
(2 cmarks)
TABLE c1
Language Meaning
cconcept
Phonetics The cstudy cof cspeech csounds.
Phonology The cstudy cof cthe csound cpatterning csystem.
Lexis The cstudy cof cthe cactual cwords ca cwriter cor cspeaker cchooses cto
c(vocabulary cuse.
)
Morphology The cstudy cof chow cwords care cformed.
Syntax The cstudy cof chow cwords ccombine cto cform csentences cand cthe
crules cthatcgovern cthe cformations.
Orthography Writing csystems
Semantics The cstudy cof cmeaning cand chow cmeaning cis cmade cand
cunderstood.
Pragmatics The cstudy cof cthe cuse cof clanguage cin ccommunication c– ci.e.
csentences cascused cin ccontexts cand csituations.
Discourse The cstudy cof chow clanguage cis corganized cbeyond cthe csentence,
ci.e. cinclarger ctexts.
[15 cMarks]
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