https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub ♡ en-us 2017-02-17 23:32:53 UTC 2025-11-02 01:47:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/154714735 The first day of class.  First of all, we introduce ourselves. It was nice to meet new people and also see some old friends. To break the ice, we did and activity, in a sheet of paper we wrote our names and other people have to write something about us. It was a good way to interact with my classmates. 
We decided what was going to be the evaluation criteria for this semester. So, we are going to present a project, homeworks and create presentations.]]> 2017-02-17 23:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/154714735 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/154715061 We analyzed a song call “What else is there ” by Royksopp. Basically, the song refers to a girl who maybe was high or dead in the middle of a road looking for someone, maybe her boyfriend.

]]> 2017-02-17 23:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/154715061 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/154715603 We saw the concepts of sense, meaning, and concept.
We understood meaning like what is meant or intended to express by a word.
Sense is the ability to understand the meaning of phrases or words. 
Conceptis is an abstract idea formed by mentally combining certain characteristics. 
 ]]> 2017-02-18 00:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/154715603 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/154716549 We compared what is a utterance and a sentence.
An utternace is what you listen, a physical event and sounds.
A sentence is what you read, it is written and abstract.

We also analyzed the signified, sign and signifier.
Example : T A B L E is the signifier and the image is the signified. ]]> 2017-02-18 00:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/154716549 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/154716786 We talked about referring expression. First, we checkedthe concept of refence.
 A reference refer to soemthing in the phisical world.
A referring expression is any expression used in an utterance to refer to something or someone, used with a particular referent in mind. 

]]> 2017-02-18 00:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/154716786 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/154716807 We talked about equative sentences and opaque context. 
Equative senteces are used yo assert the identity of the referents of 2 referring expressions. For example: Peter Parker is spiderman.
The opaque context is the addition of a referring expression to make it complete. For example: Gary took the last banana. Gary took the prize.]]> 2017-02-18 00:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/154716807 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175083843 We talked about definitness. 
Definitness is a feture of a noun phrase where the speaker assumes that the hearer will not understand what he refers to when he´s pointing out something.
Example:
-He is paying attention
-Tag your Crush and your Best Friend
-The earth ¿what we are talking about? the planet 

]]> 2017-06-03 22:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175083843 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175146975 My team presented out topic about words, concept, thinking, denotation and denotation. I talked about words , its definition and the classification. So here is my part.]]> 2017-06-05 00:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175146975 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175147508 The team presented the difference between sarcasm and irony.
Sarcasm is black humor and irony is the opposite way from their literal meaning.]]> 2017-06-05 01:00:07 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175147508 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175148154 The teacher introduced a new topic, we saw some concepts: lexis, lexicon, lexicalization.
Lexis is the stock of words.
Lexicon the vocabulary of a person.
Lexicalization is the process of adding words to a language.]]> 2017-06-05 01:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175148154 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175148692 The topic presented the topic about idioms, proverbs and catchwords.
An idiom is a figurative meaning, for example: speak of the devil.
A proverb gives a wise advice, for example: A tree is known by its fruit.
Catchwords are words or phrases that are memorable like a slogan, for example: just do it.

]]> 2017-06-05 01:17:57 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175148692 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175149781 We talked about the concepts of irony, sarcasm, coinage, eponyms, borrowing, calque, compounding, derivation, blending, conversion, and acronyms. We also saw some examples about each one. For me, the most interesting was blending because for example we use the word emoticon everyday but I did not know that it was the combination of emotion and icon. ]]> 2017-06-05 01:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175149781 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175151271 We saw in the class about the predicators, which is the one that does not belong to the referring expression. And also gives more meaning for example: My dog BIT the postman.

Remainders example: my car IS red.
The reference is my car and the remainder IS.]]> 2017-06-05 01:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175151271 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175152134 The referring expression is something that exist and the hearer needs to have on mind someone. For example: John is tall
John is the referring expression
Is: remainder
Predicator: tall

Another example:
The tall handsome man is speaking.
Predicate: the tall handsome
R.e.: man
Remainder: is
Predicator: Speaking]]> 2017-06-05 02:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175152134 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175152815 The predicate is any word which can function as the predicator of a sentence. 
The degree of a predicate is a number indicating the number of arguments its normally understood. 
For example: My brother sneezed
Is one place because only needs one argument.]]> 2017-06-05 02:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175152815 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175153087 Language talk about things in real world that exist. But we also use words non - existent for example: unicorns.
The context is a small subpart of the universe of discourse.
the universe of discourse depends of the context and meaning.

]]> 2017-06-05 02:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175153087 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175154813 The teacher explained the topic about the extension of a one place predicate: is a set of individuals which can be trufully be apply.
For example : Cellphone, sneakers, candies.
We also analyzed the next song.]]> 2017-06-05 02:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175154813 merysh_styles https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175156166 We create an exam ]]> 2017-06-05 03:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/merysh_styles/bzotcf9tbrub/wish/175156166