{"id":614,"date":"2011-09-25T16:54:41","date_gmt":"2011-09-25T16:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/?page_id=614"},"modified":"2011-09-25T16:56:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-25T16:56:32","slug":"solution-11-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/?page_id=614","title":{"rendered":"Solution 11-1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. The sentence is incomplete. The complete form of the sentence would be Have you got some change, mate?<\/li>\n
  2. The beggar uses the form\u00a0some<\/em>, not\u00a0any<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  3. The beggar uses the form (Have you<\/em>)\u00a0got\u2026?<\/em>, not\u00a0Do you have\u2026?<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. The beggar addresses the passer-by as\u00a0mate<\/em>, not as\u00a0Sir<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  5. The word\u00a0change<\/em> is used to mean `money\u2019, not \u2018alteration\u2019. It is used instead of\u00a0money<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  6. The sentence has the form of a question, but it isn\u2019t meant as a question.<\/li>\n
  7. The vowel in change and mate is pronounced\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 not<\/li>\n
  8. The word some is pronounced\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 not<\/li>\n
  9. The word got is pronounced\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 not<\/li>\n
  10. The words are separated in writing, but not in speaking.<\/li>\n
  11. The letter <e> at the end of some, change and mate is not pronounced.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Now try answering the following questions:<\/p>\n

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    1. Why do speakers make incomplete sentences? In which cases are incomplete sentences particularly frequent? How do you think incomplete sentences are viewed in linguistics?<\/li>\n
    2. It is sometimes believed that\u00a0some<\/em> is used in affirmative sentences andany<\/em> in negative or interrogative sentences. This is an interrogative sentence. What do you think justifies the use of some?<\/li>\n
    3. Although occasionally there is a difference between\u00a0Have you got\u2026? <\/em>andDo you have\u2026?<\/em>, the beggar might as well have chosen the form\u00a0Do you have\u2026?<\/em> In this case, if there is no difference in meaning, what do you think induces the beggar to use\u00a0Have you got\u2026?<\/em><\/li>\n
    4. How would you describe the difference between\u00a0mate <\/em>and\u00a0Sir<\/em>?<\/li>\n
    5. Why does the beggar use\u00a0change<\/em>, not\u00a0money<\/em>? How does the passer-by know which meaning of the word\u00a0change<\/em> is meant? Is it unusual for a word to have more than one meaning?<\/li>\n
    6. If the question is not a question, then what is it? How does the passer-by know it\u2019s not a question if it is a question? What does this say about how communication works?<\/li>\n
    7. What could be the reason for the beggar not to pronounce the words change and mate the way you would probably hear them on the BBC? What does this tell us about language in general?<\/li>\n
    8. Why is\u00a0some <\/em>pronounced<\/li>\n
    9. Where in the English-speaking world would you expect to hear the form \/ \/ and where would you expect to hear the form \/ \/<\/li>\n
    10. If the words are not separated in speaking, what does this mean for the passer-by, the addressee of the utterance?<\/li>\n
    11. What do you think may be the reason why there are letters which are not pronounced at all?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \u00bb\u00a0Solution<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

       <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The sentence is incomplete. The complete form of the sentence would be Have you got some change, mate? The beggar uses the form\u00a0some, not\u00a0any. The beggar uses the form (Have you)\u00a0got\u2026?, not\u00a0Do you have\u2026? The beggar addresses the passer-by as\u00a0mate, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":612,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/614"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=614"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":619,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/614\/revisions\/619"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pregonero.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}