Segmenting language

In time or in space?

St. Augustine or Chomsky?

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Segmenting language

How fine can we chop?

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http://notendur.hi.is/peturk/KENNSLA/HLW/sound/Arabic.wav

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http://notendur.hi.is/peturk/KENNSLA/HLW/sound/Dundee.wav

I think the thing wi the schemes especially when you’re young wis the connection wi the gangs, the local gangs. You affiliated yoursel wi what gang came fae your scheme

“Meaningful units”– phrases,clauses,sentences

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This is as far as we got in the first

week ...

“Meaningful units”– phrases,clauses,sentences …

words …

- how fine can we slice words?

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connection

c o n n e c t i o n

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rite right write

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road rode rowed

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• homophones: same spoken form

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• homophones: same spoken form• homographs: same written form

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read

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bow

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• homophones: same spoken form• homographs: same written form• homonyms : same spoken and

written forms, but different meanings

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bankleftflat

true?

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bow – boughsun - sonprice - prizeuse (n.) – use (v.)separate (a.) – separate (v.)wicket – wickedfeed – featKorea – career

Homo-phones? –graphs? –nyms?

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ChelseyChelsea

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PresleyPreslyPresliePresleigh

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Koreacareer

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As we saw with "Chelsea" and "Chelsey", parts of words can behave like homographs .....

importantevident

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brightenBrighton

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oppositeoppositopposate

oppersateoppercit

opparsit

oppositeoppositopposateoppasitoppecite

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L1 L2

preliterate: before learning to read

postliterate: after learning to read

“Home” Englishes International English

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sheetshit

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bootbook

Lukelook

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