Introduction to the Study of Language
Dr. Robert D. King
Fall 1997
Answers to Socio Homework (Week 9)
5.
| British |
American |
| clothes peg |
clothes pen |
| braces |
suspenders |
| lift |
elevator |
| pram |
baby buggy |
| waistcoat |
vest |
| shop assistant |
clerk |
| sweets |
candy |
| bobby |
cop |
| spanner |
wrench |
| biscuits |
crackers (NOT!) |
| queue |
line |
| torch |
flashlight |
| underground |
subway |
| high street |
main street |
| crisps |
potato chips |
| lorry |
truck |
| holiday |
vacation |
| tin |
can |
| knock up |
wake up (or visit) |
7.a. I took my dog outside. "add -o after every syllable"
b. Here is a more complicated game. "add -li after every syllable\"
c. Mary can talk in rhyme. "add shm- plus the coda (the last part of the word
after the initial consonant) to every word. If the word begins not with a consonant
but a vowel, like in, then add shm- plus the whole word"
d. Better late than never. "add p- plus coda after every syllable"
e. Can you speak this kind of English? "infix [ b] after the initial consonant
of a syllable. Prefix [ b] before syllables beginning with a vowel"