MEETING 12

DISCUSSION
 Grouping & Discussion
 You should work in groups of three to
conduct a mini-research related to
linguistics matters. You will be given a
week to get data and analyze them based
on theories that you have learnt and
theories from other linguistics books.

 Be ready to present the results of your

analysis next week.
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 Below are some possible topics you can
choose for the research. You may consult
your lecturer for other optional topics.
Each group should not do the same
research.

 Feel free to decide the aim(s) of your

research, the data you will use, and the
method of the analysis.
 Phonology
The options:
1. Analyzing allophones (aspirated, unaspirated,
unreleased)
Record a three-minute dialogue occurred in the
‘conversation for specific purposes’ class. Transcribe the
audio sample to a text. Then, analyze whether your
classmates has applied the allophones correctly in that
dialogue.
2. Analyzing stress (primary stress falls on the first syllable,
the second syllable, or the third syllable)
Provide a list of words (simple & complex words). Ask
three English students to pronounce the words and
record their voice. Then, analyze the audio sample and
identify whether they pronounce those words with the
correct stress.
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3. Analyzing intonation (rising & falling intonation)
Provide a script of short dialogue. Ask two pairs
of English students to read the dialogue and
record their voice. Analyze the intonation in the
audio sample.
 Morphology

The options:
1. Take an academic text as your data. Then,
analyze whether it consists of more simple
words or complex words. If it contains more
simple words, are they mostly lexical or
functional? If it contains more complex words,
are they formed with derivational morphemes,
inflectional morphemes, or both derivational and
inflectional morphemes?
2. You could use one or two songs as your data.
Then do the same analysis as described above.
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3. Compare a short academic text with another
short text such as comic strips, a leaflet, or a
brochure. Then, find out which text consists of
more simple words or complex words. Do the
same analysis as described above.
4. Analyzing allomorphs (-d, -t, -id)
Provide a short text containing irregular past
verbs. Ask your friends/other English students to
read the text and record their voice. Then,
analyze the audio sample and find out whether
or not they mostly pronounce the irregular past
verbs correctly.
 Syntax

The options:
1. Take a text from any sources such as a
magazine, newspaper, or leaflet. Indicate the
syntactic category.
2. Take any text for your data. Do the analysis of
word formation (blending, clipping, coinage,
borrowing, acronym, etc.)
 Semantics

The options:
1. Analyzing ambiguity
Use an Indonesian translation text or an
English translation text with its source text as
your data. Analyze the ambiguity occurred in
the text.
2. Analyzing idioms
 Pragmatics
1. Analyzing utterances: request, offer, suggestion,
complaint.
Use the felicity condition as the basis of your
analysis. The sample of your data can be taken
from a novel, a movie, comic strips, daily
conversations, etc.
2. Analyzing implicatures
Use the theory of Grice, Sperber & Wilson
3. Analyzing presupposition
 Sociolinguistics & Ethnography

1. Analyzing code-switching

2. Analyzing politeness (direct & indirect)

3. Analyzing language change

4. Analyzing style shifting