Introduction to Linguistics - Assignment 15 James Madison University

[This assignment will be marked only as an acceptable or unacceptable effort, but you must do all parts of the assignment.]

1. Do Exercise 15 on the Tok Pisin creole, but just use the links I've supplied below. Listen to part of the first without watching, then watch that same bit with the subtitles. Then, listen to the second, short video, which is overtly instructive. Then answer the questions in the exercise.
   Young Woman Speaking Tok Pisin in NY
   Brief Introduction to some Tok Pisin Phrases
2. Also look at the handout on Liberian Pidgin English, available on CANVAS under FILES. This handout has two pages, start by looking only at the page in phonetic transcription (with no "gloss") and use that to answer the first of the questions below. Then look at the side that does have a written gloss for each word and answer the second question.
   
   1. List at least 5 words that you think you can identify (including the transcriptions and what you think the words are) and also list at 2 that you cannot identity.
   2. Take any two words in the Liberian Pidgin English form that are pronounced differently from SAE but are identifiable as being related to the SAE form. What is different about them?
3. List any three EUPHEMISMS that you use or hear used by others.
4. Write down any one adjective that you think you may be more likely to use in describing a man OR one you think you're more likely to use in describing a woman. Note which gender it is that you're more likely to associate that word with. :) (Just as an example, some people may be more likely to use "ditzy" to describe the personality of a woman than the personality of a man.)
5. Also gender-related, do Exercise 14 at the end of this chapter.
6. Finally, also do the exercise on English language games at the end of that chapter (Exercise 7). Note that only some of the examples are transcribed into IPA!