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ELA Assignment 1

This document provides an analysis of an English language assignment comparing the morphology, semantics, and syntax of a news broadcast and advertisement poster. Key details analyzed include the use of suffixes in words from the news and ad, referential and social meaning of phrases, and examples of ambiguity, synonyms, antonyms, gradable and non-gradable words. Syntax trees are also provided to illustrate the sentence structures of the news broadcast featuring long sentences, and the concise structures of the advertisement poster's direct message to customers.

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ELA Assignment 1

This document provides an analysis of an English language assignment comparing the morphology, semantics, and syntax of a news broadcast and advertisement poster. Key details analyzed include the use of suffixes in words from the news and ad, referential and social meaning of phrases, and examples of ambiguity, synonyms, antonyms, gradable and non-gradable words. Syntax trees are also provided to illustrate the sentence structures of the news broadcast featuring long sentences, and the concise structures of the advertisement poster's direct message to customers.

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BIL3323 (A) - English Language Analysis

Assignment 1

Critical Analysis
Presented by: Group 10
Materials
News Broadcast Advertisement Poster
Morphology
from news broadcast from advertisement poster

happen (v) + ing (suffix) special (adj) + ly (suffix)


Semantic Analysis
Referential meaning
Cleanliness is Godliness, soap must be considered as a means of grace and a clergyman who recommends moral things should be
willing to recommend soap.
Refers to Pears's soap (an object)

Social meaning
The phrase 'cleanliness is next to Godliness' and 'A clergyman who recommend moral things should be able to recommend soap
suggests that the issue of clealiness relates deeply with ones religious values which in the victorian era was viewed as the highest
value of all.
Homonymy
“NASA’s webb telescope captures new high-definition image of exploded star”
The word “capture” can bring two different meaning
Seizing someone
Taking picture

Hyponymy
“Rescue crews search through scene of partial building collapse in The Bronx”
The word “building” is the hypernym
The hyponyms of builing can be house, school or factory
Semantic Analysis
Ambiguity (lexical ambiguity)
“...facing more pressure for her to step down”
Someone with a position need to step down in their job.
Someone from higher ground needs to take a step down.

Synonym
“People who are desperate for food are lining up by the trucks”
Urgent, critical, dire
Determined, wild, furious
Antonym
GRADABLE
“We are expecting some pretty warm weather for this time of the year.”
Warm
Cold
Non-gradable
“The fear to turn into violence and we have a very terrifying story.”
Fear
courage
2023 | @reallygreatsite

n E G A T I V E “It’s agreeable and


lasting perfume,
CON N O T A T I V E beautiful appearance
and soothing properties
M E A N I N G commend it as the
greatest luxury of the
“Af t e r c o m m u n it ie s toilet”
the r e w e r e s la m m e d b y
d e a d ly t o r n a d o e s t h is -beautiful
we e k e n d s ix p e o p le -soothing
confirmed dead -greatest
including a child.”
-deadly tornadoes
positive
-confirmed dead
connotattve
meaning
Syntax Tree
News Broadcast
In the news broadcast, the news anchor usually reads or shares the happenings of an
event or report in a long sentence.
However, due to their good structure on sentence news watchers and listeners are
still able to grasp the message.
Syntax Tree
News Broadcast
Syntax Tree
Advertisement Poster
In the advertisement poster, the sentence structures on the content were concise
and clear.
This is to provide a direct message to potential customers on the greatness of
the product.

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