A Linguistics Workbook, 4th Edition

(Nancy Kaufman) #1

Questions


A. Match each caption with the most appropriate picture. In some cases the
caption needs to be modified somewhat to make it appropriate (often this will
involve recognizing ambiguities and/or homophony).

Captions Cartoon


  1. pitcher of beer

  2. butterballs

  3. royal pain

  4. hopscotch

  5. bird dog

  6. catfish

  7. fly-by-night

  8. a tale of two cities

  9. rugby

  10. Popeye


B. Discuss possible problems each expression in question A poses for the Message
Model of linguistic communication. (See appendix 6 and chapter 9 of
Linguistics for discussion of the Message Model.)
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