Semantic

SEMANTICGroup:

Andrea Labanda Alexa Riofrìo

Dalia Tillaguango Dayra Yanangomez

Teacher: Paola Moreno

SEMANTIC

SENTENCES UTTERANCES PROPOSITIONS

DEFINITIONTYPES:SIMPLE EXAMPLESCOMPOUND EXAMPLESCOMPLEX EXAMPLES COMPOUND COMPLEX

EXAMPLES

DEFINITION EXAMPLES CHARACTERISTIC

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DEFINITIONEXAMPLES

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Largest unit of grammar. Order and arrangement of the clauses in a sentence, express a complete thought. Written or spoken.

Example: I work in Loja

SUBJECT + FINITE VERB

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It is called an independent clause.Express a complete thought

Examples: - Juan and Arturo play football every afternoon.

- Some students like to study in the mornings.5

Two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.Coordinators are always preceded by a comma.

Examples:

- I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend tried to speak English. 

- Alejandro played football, so Maria went shopping.  .

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Independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses.Subordinator such as: because, since, after, although, when or a relative pronoun

such as that, who, or which.

• Examples: - When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the

teacher the last page. - The teacher returned the homework after she noticed the

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A compound-complex sentence is made from two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

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CONNECTORS FOR COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCES

The complex and simple sentences may be joined by a coordinating conjunction or conjunctive adverbs.

Examples of Conjunctive Adverbs: o furthermore, meanwhile, therefore, hence, moreover, thus,

however, and nevertheless

Examples of Coordinating Conjunctions: o for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so

Examples: o We decided that the movie was too violent, but our children, who like to watch scary movies, thought that we were wrong.

Independent clause: "We decided that the movie was too violent" Independent clause: "(but) our children thought that we were wrong"Dependent clause: who like to watch scary movies

UTTERANCE

EXAMPLES

CHARACTERISTICS

DEFINITION

An utterance can be a word, a phrase, or an entire sentence.

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HOW DO YOU USE UTTERANCE IN A SENTENCE?

Let every utterance from your mouth be true and full of conviction when you discuss your passions.

The characteristics of utterance

It is spokenPhysical eventsMaybe grammatical or notA piece of languageMeaningfulSpecific timeBy a specific person

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EXAMPLES:

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ok?

uhhuh.

not on the floor!

the pink one.

yeah, well, I thought she was going to,

but she never did.

bugs lives outside, honey.

we don't bring them in the house.

PROPOSITION

DEFINITION

EXAMPLES

It is that part of the meaning of a clause or sentence that is constant.

It’s a claim about world. It just the form of an idea.

It’s a (potential) fact about the word, which can be true or false.

Examples:The boy is playing football.

Two plus two makes four