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Lesson3
TrickyvowelsEnglishmorphology
Syntax,wordorder:multipleadjectives
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Englishvowelsanddiphthongs
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i U
e
ɛ
a
ɔ
ʊ ɪ
o
æ
ʌ
EnglishandItalianvowels(simplified)
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i U
e
ɛ
a
ɔ
ʊ ɪ
o
æ bat
ʌ
EnglishandItalianvowels(simplified)
bet
bait
bid
boot
book
boat
bought
bot
but
bead
Don’t confuse a [æ] and e [ɛ]! [æ]
• bad • lad • flash• pat • cattle • band • mash • bag• man• land • tamper
[ɛ]
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1. Youaresuchabadlad!(Thatdoesn’tsoundgood)
2. Mycamerahasaverybadflash(Ifoundthisontheweb)
3. I’dliketopatthatman(Doyou?Gotit)
4. That’sareallybadband(Idon’tknowwhatyoumeanby….)
5. I’musingsuchabadbag(Ifoundthisontheweb)
6. Hewasaverybadman(I’msorry)
7. Theyboughtalargepieceofbadland(I’msorry)
Note:InparenthesistheanswersIgotwithSiri.
Practicesentenceswithyourintelligentassistant
1. Mybedisverybad(Ok.Here’swhatIfound)
2. I’dliketobuyLEDlights(Doyou?)
3. It’sallfleshandbones(Doyou?Gotit)
4. That’sareallybadbend(Idon’tknowwhatyoumeanby….)
5. Meaningof“fleshandbone”?(Here’swhatIfound)
6. Hewasaverybadman(I’msorry)
7. Theyboughtalargepieceofbadland(I’msorry)
Note:InparenthesistheanswersIgotwithSiri.
Practicesentenceswithyourintelligentassistant
Don’t confuse a [æ] and e [ɛ]! [æ] [ɛ]
• bed • led • flesh • pet • kettle • bend • mesh • beg • men • lend • temper
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Don’t confuse a [æ] and e [ɛ]! [æ]
• bad • lad • flash• pat • cattle • band • mash • bag• man• land • tamper
[ɛ]• bed • led • flesh • pet • kettle • bend • mesh• beg • men • lend • temper
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Don’t confuse a [æ] and e [ɛ]! [æ]
• bad cattivo• lad ragazzo• flashlampo,lucedella
machinafotografica• pat dareunapacca• cattle bestiame• band gruppomusicale• mash miscuglio• bag borsa• man uomo• land terra• tamper daneggiare
[ɛ]• bed letto• led passatodilead• flesh carne,carnaggione• pet animaledomestico• kettle bollitore• bend piegare/piegarsi• mesh maglia,rete• beg supplicare• men uomini• lend prestare• temperumore
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Don’t confuse [ i ] and [ ɪ ] ! [ i ]
• bead • peace • piece • sheet • sheep • keep • seat • read • beach • eat • leap
[ ɪ ]• bid • piss • piss • shit • ship • kip• sit • rid • bitch • it • lip l
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Don’t confuse [ i ] and [ ɪ ] ! [ i ]
• bead perlina• peace pace• piece pezzo• sheet lenzuolo,foglio• sheep pecora• keep conservare • seat sedersi• read leggere• beach spiaggia• eat mangiare• leap balzo
[ ɪ ]• bid offrire• piss pisciare• piss pisciare• shit cacca• ship nave• kip pennichella• sit essereseduto • rid liberareda• bitch cagna,puttana • it lo,la,quello,etc.• lip labbro
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Practiceyourvowels
Disclaimer:Thisvideohasbeenusedforpedagogicalpurposesonly
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Thelinktothisvideoisattheendofthepresentation
• bit pochino• beet barbabietola• bet scomessa
• bed letto• bad cattivo,a
• flesh carne,polpa• flash flash
• band gruppomusicale• bend piegare
• Sid Sidney• seed seme
• peat torba• pit buco
• peep sbirciare• pip semino
• pep vigore
• bat pipistrello• bet scomessa
Practice the following words. Italian-speakers tend to confuse them!
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Summaryofmispronunciations
Donotaffectmeaning
• rvariations• p,t,kvariations• ?(glottalstop)/t(fountain
vs.faun?)
Affectmeaning
• th/s,t,• i/ee• a/e• h/h
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Anylanguageonearth:Ø Phonetics(sound)house[h][a][u][z]
Ø Morphology(word,roots)lived<live+ed
Ø Syntax(wordorderinsentences):Thewolfkilledthehunter/Thehunterkilledthewolf
Ø Semantics(meaning,sense):bank(oftheriver,clouds,switches,money,etc.)
Ø Pragmatics(use):Ø thanks/anytime,mypleasure
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Morphology
Inlinguistics,morphologystudieswords:theirstructure,theirparts.
ThefollowingverbforminItalian:Incominciassimo
Canberoughlyanalysedas:In+cominc+iass+imo
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Italianverbanditscomplexmorphology(1)
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Italianverbanditscomplexmorphology(2)
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live
-S
-ed
shall/will
should/would
to
Englishverbhasalesscomplicatedmorphology
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toruntogoforarun
tochattohaveachat
salttosalt
peppertopepper
watertowater
texttotext
dentalflosstodentalfloss
shoehorntoshoehorn
spoontospoon(1)tospoon(2)
Manynounsfunctionasverbsbyadding“to”
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noun/verbs
• dentalfloss• todentalfloss
• water• towater
• spoon• tospoon(1)• tospoon(2)
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AdjectivesbehavedifferentlyinEnglishandItalian.
InEnglish:
• Theyusuallygobeforethenoun.
• Anouncanbeprecededbymultipleadjectives.
Inordertospeak,understandandwriteadjectivescorrectlywemustremembertheorderinwhichtheyareplacedinsidethesentence.
AdjectivesinEnglish(1)
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AdjectivesinEnglish(2)
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Orderofmultipleadjectives
Quantity:2,100,etc.Generalopinion:good,beautiful,stunning,etc.Size:small,tall,big,etc.Age:ten-year-old,prehistoric,etc.Shape:oval,round,square,etc.Colour:white,green,red,etc.Origin:Chinese,German,Italian,etc.Material:leather,wooden,satin,etc.Purpose:studytable,coffeetable,etc.
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old
lady
interesting
tall
thin middle-aged
Spanish
was
black-haired
she an
Exercise:Arrangetheadjectiveswithinthecircleaccordingtotheorderprovidedtoyourright(solution
attheendofpresentation)
1. quantity2. opinion3. size4. age5. shape6. colour7. origin8. material9. purpose
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me
pizzadozen
square
cardboardwhite
three
sturdy
pleasesend
boxes
Exercise:Arrangetheadjectiveswithinthecircleaccordingtotheorderprovidedtoyourright(solutionattheend
ofpresentation)
1. quantity2. opinion3. size4. age5. shape6. colour7. origin8. material9. purpose
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bread-like
Italianround
cake
panettone
Christmas
is
a
quantityopinionsizeageshapecolouroriginmaterialpurpose
Exercise:Arrangetheadjectiveswithinthecircleaccordingtotheorderprovidedtoyourright
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and
impressivewell-distributed
apartment
200m2 sumptuously-decorated
her
was
father-in-law’s
the
Exercise:Arrangetheadjectiveswithinthecircleaccordingtotheorderprovidedtoyourright(solution
attheendofpresentation)
1. quantity2. opinion3. size4. age5. shape6. colour7. origin8. material9. purpose
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Solutionstothemultipleadjectiveexercise
• Shewasaninteresting,tall,thin,middle-aged,black-hairedSpanishlady.
• Please,sendmethreedozen,sturdy,square,white,cardboardpizzaboxes.
• Panettoneisaround,Italian,bread-like,Christmascake.
• Theimpressive200m2,well-distributedandsumptuously-decoratedapartmentwasherfather-in-law’s.
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Linkstothevideosrecommendedordiscussedinclass
Lesson1:Abouttheconceptoflinguisticdialect:
Learncockneyaccent:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WvIwkL8oLc
SpeaklikeatrueLondoner:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2xQFKwmLoQ
Fiorello:Staserapagoio-dialettihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGR5FrF2XKY
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Linkstothevideosrecommendedordiscussedinclass(cont.)
Lessons2-3:PronunciationofsoundsespeciallydifficultforItalianlearners:
Bedversusbadandothertrickyvowels:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9YZQMH8C_w
ThsoundsinEnglishasinthinandthese:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76Nsqo0utJk
TheRsoundinBritishandAmericanEnglish:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWjcoajXRVghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcsKru3nJS8
Whentopronounce“H”:ItalianEnglishpronunciationproblemshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Do3FEh5ngw
Howtomaketheglottalstopsound/ʔ/asinfountain:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edxwQK1zBxw
Vowelsounds.Improveyouraccenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69DwHUg2f7s
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