Class 4-XI-10

Dear all,
Tomorrow I won´t be able to give my class bec my husband is in hospital.

I´ll be contacting you in the next days.

All the best

Class 28-10-10

Hola a tod@s,

El Joaquín no estará cerrado el jueves por el censo (el martes había un cartel a la entrada de Bedelía). Por lo tanto, tendremos clases. Como no pudimos tener nuestra última clase, decidí que pasamos la ejercitación ya planeada para la próxima semana.

Ocurre que hoy, se sumó otro hecho que no sé si alterará nuestro encuentro de mañana. 

Por lo tanto, les pido que nos mantengamos en contacto sobre cualquier novedad a cerca de los funerales del Sr. Kirchner. Deseo que podamos dar clase una vez más.

Un cariño

Class 21-10-10

Dear all,

Considering the situation today (the uncetainty in transportation possibilities), I will not be going to the JVG.

Please check the JVG's official site and our blog for further details. 

Best regards,

Two word units

Dear all, I leave here a link to Prof. Well´s blog about this topic. Read the post as well as the comments - really juicy.

Class Sept, 30, 2010

Dear all,

Tomorrow I´m going to the Joaquín to give my classes.

See you.

Clase 16-9-10

Hola a todos. De acuerdo con la situación en la que se encuentra nuestro Profesorado en estos momentos, he decidido no dictar mis clases de mañana, ya que no están dadas las garantías correspondientes. Los saludo afectuosamente.

Dear all, no class with me tomorrow. I´ll be publishing some guidelines for next class. All the best.

Classes

Dear all,

No classes on Thur. Please check this blog for further planning.

Class July, 8, 2010

Hi everybody,

See you all tomorrow.

All the best,

Laura

Some amendments

To interpret point '2' in the exercise below, please take these lists as the valid ones.

Thanks.

Exercise 2

a)

cheque

recipe

address

telephone

b)

wrapping

writing

note

wall

c)

climbing

football

Wellington

riding

d)

drinks

filing

medicine

china

Word Stressing

Next class bring a copy of this exercise to practise the accentuation notions of mono and polysyllabic words. Please, start working this task out, basing yourselves on Ortiz Lira's and Wells' notes. See you all!

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WORD STRESSING — PRACTICE WORK




1.-Mark the stressing patterns in these combinations:

a) far-reaching / far-reaching effects b) second-hand / second-hand furniture /
/ the furniture was second-hand

c) skyscraper d) woman writer e) training college

f) weeping willow g) tomato juice h) a hangover

i) high spirited / high spirited professor j) noon break

2.-Put one word in each space to make four compound nouns each time. Which word carries the main stress in each case? Mark this:

a) cheque b) wrapping
recipe _____________ writing _____________
address note
telephone wall


c) climbing d) drinks
football _____________ filing _____________
wellington medicine
riding china


e) rolling
drawing _____________
hair
safety



3.-How are the words in italics stressed?

a) Jules Verne wrote some wonderful science fiction stories.

b) Anthony Burgess’s autobiography is an interesting book.

c) Mickey Mouse is a very famous cartoon character.

4.-The primary stress may change according to what is happening in the rest of the sentence. Work on the following sentences marking the primary and secondary stresses on the repeated words:

a) You need a first–class ticket to travel first class.

b) Princess Elizabeth’s a royal princess.

c) I live in Piccadilly, near Piccadilly Circus.

d) My friend’s Chinese, she’s a Chinese cook.

e) Her sixteenth birthday is on the sixteenth.

f) I work outdoors since I’ve got an outdoor job.

g) She works part–time; she’s got a part–time position.

h) It’s nine o’clock, let’s listen to the nine o’clock news.

i) We must be democratic, take a democratic vote!

j) I agree absolutely, I’m absolutely sure.

5.-Mark the primary and secondary stresses in these sentences and mini-dialogues. Please, justify.

1.a.- Mark is coming out of that darkroom with the photographs.
b.- Mark is coming out of that dark room with the photographs.

2.a.- The tour starts at the pink house at 3.
b.- The tour starts at the Pink House at 3.

3.A: Who’s your best neighbour? B: Fisher. Cathy Fisher.

4.-Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know.

5.-To be or not to be. That is the question.

6.a.-That’s a promise he’ll stand by. 6.b.- There were lots of people
standing by.

7.a.-Someone’s coming to the door. 7.b.- A policeman’s coming to the
door.

8.A: Are you going to wear that swimsuit you bought just recently?
B: Of course. Specially if what’s his name is there.

9.A: Where do you live?
B:In Bedford Street.
A: I thought you lived in Bedford Avenue.
B:No, Bedford Street.

10.a.- Negotiations allowed new permits in town. 10.b- He permits new
allowances every year.

11.a.- Bank deposits in cash 4, please. 11.b.-She deposits in four
cashes in the bank.

12.a.- She heard something. 12.b.- She heard some
footsteps.

13.- You want me to help you find your missing cat, but you haven’t given me much to go on. You were saying about the colour. Go on.

14.- For the outcome of this exercise, keep your fingers crossed.

15.a.- We’ll take up your luggage, of course. 15.b.- We’ll take it up.

Students´ Data List

Dear all, this is the list of all the members of this course.

Kind regards.

PW put off

Dear all,

Due to national public "football" affairs, next Thu´s PW is postponed to June 24. In spite of this, I´ll be around at the Joaquín in case any of you would like to discuss any topic.

All the best, and fingers crossed for Argentina!

PW on June, 17

Dear all,

Just a guideline of the activities and topics for the PW we discussed last class. Transcription including stresses as well as these features: aspiration (in its different uses); non-audible release; devoicing; dentalization; "dark /l/". The 7 basic tones to be represented on the staff applied to monosyllables and two-syllable words, with nucleus on the first and on the second syll. Theoretical work: Accent/Prominence (as discussed by Gimson and Wells); Wells' book - chapters 1 & 2.

See you all next class.
Brilliant week!

Laura

Welcome

Welcome to our "common ground", to our working space.

Please note Prof. Wells' blog on "Uptalk" (May, 4, 2010) as well as the comments to it.