ISFD 809 Morfologa y Nam

Sintaxis II e:
Unit 2
ASSIGNMENT 1

1. Imagine you are on a bus and a stranger sitting next to you and
younger than you is listening to music loudly without earphones. You
feel a bit annoyed and would like this person to turn down the volume
or use earphones. Write three ways of asking this
person to do so.

An interrogative
form
A declarative
form
An imperative
form

2. Now, you are out for dinner with the following people:
a. Your mother
b. Your boyfriend/girlfriend youve very recently started dating
c. Your best friend
d. Your mothers best friend
e. Your boyfriend/girlfriends mother who youve just met today!

When the bill comes, you realise that you are short of cash, how would you
ask for money to each of the people above?

Focus on C above, what linguistic choices did you have to make in order to
sound appropriate?

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Unit 2
Now, focus on E above, what linguistic choices did you have to make
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3. Where do you think these texts come from? What textual clues help
you decide? Be as specific as possible.
a. One thing is clear: this book will not go gently into
any good night. b. fbrica factory
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c. ooze n [U] mud or thick liquid, as at the bottom of a river oozy adj
d. CAUTION Fabrics are not fire resistant and will melt or burn if
exposed to extreme heat. Avoid exposing this garment to high
heat, flame or sparks.
e. Please, find attached your Barclays Wealth telephone and online
banking passcode.
Together with your membership card, this five digit number is all you
need to use the
Barclays Wealth telephone and online
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4. From the text below, transcribe examples of the following ranks

shown in the table.

CLAUSE:

GROUP:

WORD:

MORPHEM

E:
5. Go back to the text above, how is the interpersonal metafunction
realised?