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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)


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]


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



•  bad •  lad •  flash•  pat •  cattle •  band •  mash •  bag•  man•  land •  tamper

[ɛ]•  bed •  led •  flesh •  pet •  kettle •  bend •  mesh•  beg •  men •  lend •  temper



•  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


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


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


Practiceyourvowels

Disclaimer:Thisvideohasbeenusedforpedagogicalpurposesonly


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


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


Morphology

Inlinguistics,morphologystudieswords:theirstructure,theirparts.

ThefollowingverbforminItalian:Incominciassimo

Canberoughlyanalysedas:In+cominc+iass+imo


Italianverbanditscomplexmorphology(1)


Italianverbanditscomplexmorphology(2)


live

-S

-ed

shall/will

should/would

to

Englishverbhasalesscomplicatedmorphology


toruntogoforarun

tochattohaveachat

salttosalt

peppertopepper

watertowater

texttotext

dentalflosstodentalfloss

shoehorntoshoehorn

spoontospoon(1)tospoon(2)

Manynounsfunctionasverbsbyadding“to”


noun/verbs

•  dentalfloss•  todentalfloss

•  water•  towater

•  spoon•  tospoon(1)•  tospoon(2)


AdjectivesbehavedifferentlyinEnglishandItalian.

InEnglish:

• Theyusuallygobeforethenoun.

• Anouncanbeprecededbymultipleadjectives.

Inordertospeak,understandandwriteadjectivescorrectlywemustremembertheorderinwhichtheyareplacedinsidethesentence.

AdjectivesinEnglish(1)


AdjectivesinEnglish(2)


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.


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


me

pizzadozen

square

cardboardwhite

three

sturdy

pleasesend

boxes

Exercise:Arrangetheadjectiveswithinthecircleaccordingtotheorderprovidedtoyourright(solutionattheend

ofpresentation)



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)



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.


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


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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