Why Do People Have Dreams?

Why Do People Have Dreams?

Everyone actually has ever been asked whether they have dreams and what those are. It can be sure that every students have ever been asked about what they really want for their future or what they want theirselves to be. When we were children, the question about what we want ourselves to be was a quite easy question to be answered. But it was different than now. As adult, before answering that question bravely, we have to think what we can do as our efforts to make our dreams come true.

All of the statements above shows that all of us has dreams. As adult, actually we have some purposes why we have dreams. The first is to aim our own life. It is difficult to know what we are going to do first when we do not know what our goal is. For example, there are some new graduated students that are asked where they will continue their study. A half of them may answer that they do not know, they are doubt, or they answer they will take a study program in a university. Are the study program that they will take is based on what their mother’s suggetion, it is just a trend or they just follow their friends? Something that will happen next is when the lecture is in progress they feel bored. They will feel that it is not what they want. Those all happen because they do not know what they really want to be in the future or what they dreamed.

The second one is to make us more energetic in life. If we do not have a dream, we do not know what we are living for. When we work, we will not work hard, as hard as we can. We will not do our best because we do not have reasons why we are doing it all. A simple example is when we study mathematics, we will not study hard, as hard as an elementary school student that will have an exam (she wants to get a good score) will do. It is because we do not have to face that exam. So, we do not passion to get a good score. When we do something we have to have reasons why we do it. We must have goals to make us more energetic to reach it all.

The last one is to support us to keep alive. If we have a great dream that we really want to be come true, we will do anything to make it really come true. No matter what happens and how hard our life is we will not easy to give up until we can make our dreams come true.

Those all are the purposes of why people have dreams. Do not stop dreaming and keep working hard. Then, you will reach what you have dreamed.

Unforgettable Moment

Hi. I just write nothing for a long time hah. I do not know what 'write' means. So I decided to share you a part of Makrab event that I took for my writing task. I would not share this one if I had no this writing task because I would not write everything about what I had done in Makrab. About the writing, this one has been modified because I want to make it looked more interesting for my task. But the information that is written is not much different than the real story. (Recount Text)

So, Chect this out!

This happened because of my carelessness. I lost my hat in the situation that it shouldn't be happened. It was a year ago in an occasion that we called Makrab. 

Unit Kegiatan Mahasiswa Hindu or we called it UKMH always hold Makrab to foster a sense of solidarity and to build the spirit. It is held every years for the new students. It is held outside the university and it is held three days in a year. In my year, it was held at August 10^th until 12^th, 2013.

That time was August 10^th all of the new students and also the senior were ready to go to the location of Makrab. The name of the location is SB 13 in Lampung Tengah. We went there by two buses. At first everything went very well. All of us felt excited because it was the first event after being a college student. We sang many songs and did applause. We felt so happy. Until we got there. The bus stopped in the bank of the street. We saw a temple there. Before we got off from the bus, we left our other stuffs in the bus. We just brought our stuff that was used to take a pray in the temple there. The beginning of the problem happened before I got off from the bus. I was confused about whether I had to leave my hat in the bus or not. In that time I thought how about if I left my hat then there was something that forced us to use all of our stuffs including our hat. I thought too much until I decided to leave my hat in the bus, with my other stuffs.

Before we went to the real location, we had to take a pray in the temple. When all of us collected, I regreted why I left my hat in the bus.  I saw some of the student brought their hat. When I ask them why they brought their hat, they said that how about we lost our hat if we left it, because the people who would take our stuffs out from the bus did it unwell, we might lose it.

I thought so before I decided to leave my tie but I kept leaving it. I wanted to back to the bus but the bus was gone. I couldn’t do anything. I just regreted and I was so worried. Because of that, I couldn’t take a pray as well as I should be and I did not enjoy my lunch.

                After having lunch, we went to the location of Makrab by walking. Before that, all of the new students was devided into some groups. I was a part of the last group. It was eleventh group. We almost reached the location when we heard some people shouted us to run fast then run squat. I felt so shocked and afraid of them. When we arrived in front of them, we was asked to make some tidy lines. They covered half of their faces with cloth so we couldn’t see who they are. They shouted at us why we came late. We said nothing. We were just too afraid to answed it. Suddenly one of the men there asked us why we were not compact, some of us used the hat and the other didn’t. Then the man shouted us to take the our own hat. It was like a boom for me. What I was scared at just happened. So the students who didn’t use the hat ran to the piles of our stuffs including me. I knew before that as hard as anything I looked for my hat, I would not find it. I was like a run girl who knew that she would get nothing. So I turned back to the line without my hat. But before the man who asked us to use our hat realized that I didn’t use my hat, someone gave the hat for me. I didn’t know whom he is because when we arrived in front of them we asked to always look down to our foot. I was just sure that he is definitely our senior. Indirectly, he had saved me.

That was one of my great memories that I ever had after being a college student. I am sure that it will be an unforgettable moment for me.

Beowulf Poem Chapter 34

Beowulf Poem, Chapter 34

A years later after the King’s death, Beowulf wanted to take revenge. He joined to Eadgils to back him up. Bewulf avenged Heardred and ended the feuding in Sweden by killing Onela. He showed his ability to survive in dengerous situation in many times, until the day came when the fate forced him to battle the dragon.

Beowulf took eleven of his men and went wherever to find the dragon. They met up the man who took the goblet out of the dragon’s lair and Beowulf learned the whole story of how the dragon’s rage was awoken. The man joined their war party and led them to the dragon’s lair. Beowulf spoke to his man before leading them in. Fate had brought him to the place of his death. He said that he had fought many battles and remember them all. When he was seven, the King Hrethel took responsibility for him from his father. Hrethel treated him well as well as he did his own sons, Herebeald, Heathcyn, and Hygelac. Accidentally, Heathcyn killed Herebeald with an arrow, which was a terrible blow for Hrethel. Hrethel was unable to avenge his son’s death, because it was caused by his other son. It was like a man watching his son to be executed.

An Essay "Life Lessons of Beowulf Poem"

Beowulf is the oldest epic poem in the english language and the earliest piece of vernacular European literature. The author of Beowulf is unknown, as is the exact date of the composition of the poem. In its present form, Beowulf was possibly composed as early as the seventh century. It was written in Old English, the language of the Anglo Saxons. The story embodies the values and morals of the Anglo Saxon society.

There are some life lessons or morals that we can learn and take from the epic poem, Beowulf. Some of the morals are related with the goodness and the evil. In this context, many of them talk about the story of the great hero.

The first life lesson is if we want to be the winners in a fight, we have to be fair in it. It is reflected when Beowulf and his men slept in the mead hall and everybody laid awake because of their afraid about Grendel's arrival possibility. Unfortunately, Grendel really came by crashing the great door of the mead hall. He grabbed one of the Beowulf's men then threw him to his mouth. When Grendel came to Beowulf, he immediately knew which one Beowulf was and before Grendel could grab him, Beowulf got holding him firstly. Beowulf fought Grendel fairly, without weapon, because Grendel did not have a weapon. Beowulf would be shamed if he slew Grendel with a sword. After Beowulf killed Grendel by tearing off his arm, Grendel fled and died. The great arm of Grendel was hung above the mead hall. This part of the story teaches us that if we fight fair, we are destined to be the winners.

            The second life lesson is we have to be loyal. In this story, it was written in Wiglaf’s characteristics, Wiglaf who became Beowulf's successor. When all of the other soldiers left Beowulf in his fatal battle against the Dragon, Wiglaf did not. He showed his courage and loyalty in helping Beowulf defeated the Dragon. That was why he is named the next leader. It was also written in Beowulf’s characteristics. It was true that Beowulf fought these monsters to help his tribe and the Danes, even though he also did so for fame and glory and hopes to be remembered for what he had done. That was why, on his deathbed, he requested that a monument be built to remember him and how great he was. In seeing this monument, future generations will remember Beowulf and the qualities that he had embodied, reminding them to fight evil forces with courage and strength and to always be loyal. It was for Anglo Saxon culture that did not have value humility.

            The other life lessons that I got in Beowulf poem are, we have to fight for the good of mankind, does not just for ourselves. It provides lessons in morality, bravery, civility and selflessness. It also teaches us to be brave to do a sacrifice to get what we want. It was reflected in what the main character, Beowulf, had done from the beginning of the story until the end, until his death in his own sacrifice. He killed Grendel for the peace of the Hrothgar's castle even though he wanted to do it also for his fame. Then with his bravery, he also killed the mother of  Grendel. Until he became the king there replacing the king before, Hrothgar. He wanted took a revenge for the death of the king, Hrothgar. Hrothgar was killed by the Dragon who suddenly came to the Hrothgar's castle and burned it all. He wanted to save all the people that maybe would killed too so he came to the Dragon’s lair to kill it. He came out all of his effort to kill the Dragon until he succed killing the Dragon. He sacrificed himself by cutting his arm to kill the Dragon. The Dragon dead and him too.

            In conclusion, after reading Beowulf, the life lessons that consisted in the poem are if we want to win in a fight we have to be fair in it, we have to be loyal and we have to be brave to fight the evil in our life. This story also teaches us to believe that as long we are in a right way, we will be helped by our God againts the evil.

Introducton to Linguistics (Diary)

INDEPENDENT TASK

INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS

Arranged by:

Ni Kadek Yulianingsih

1313042054

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION 

UNIVERSITY OF LAMPUNG

BANDAR LAMPUNG

2013

PREFACE

Praise be to Almighty God for the blessings and mercy to the author that this paper can be completed on time. This paper contains about everything that the author have done to improve the author’s knowledge about linguistics. Author also says thanks to the Lecturer, friends, and of course to the internet that have helped in writing this independent task. Author thinks that this paper is not good enough and still has many mistakes so the author hopes constructive criticism and suggestion from all.

And the last, the author hopes this paper can be useful. 

Bandar Lampung, March 10^th, 2014

                                                           

                               

                  The Author

   

Thursday, March 6^th, 2014

Dear diary...

This is the first week to me to know about linguistics. For the first I have to know what meaning of linguistics is, so I found out all about it on internet. This is what I have got...

Linguistics is the science of language, including the sounds, words, and grammar rules. The rules of a language, also called grammar, are learned as one acquires a language. These rules include phonology, the sound system, morphology, the structure of words, syntax, the combination of words into sentences, semantics, the ways in which sounds and meanings are related, and the lexicon, or mental dictionary of words.

That’s all  that I got today. See you in the next weekJ

Friday, March 14^th, 2014

Dear Diary...

This the second week to me to improve my knowledge about linguistics. This ia what I have learned.

1.      Pragmatics

Pragmatics is simply the study of meaning in interaction, the study of the practical aspects of human action and thought and the study of the use of linguistic signs, (words and sentences), in actual situations.

Example:

Student A asks student B to accompany her to go to bookstore. Student B said “I am sorry, I can not. Because I have to help my mother to cook this afternoon.” It may mean student B want not to accompany student A, student B refused it politely. It also may mean student B really have to help her mother.

2.      Psycholinguistics

Psycholinguistics is the study of language and mind. Psycholinguistics is a relatively new subject of linguistics due to the fact that it involves not only language study but pscychological aspects as well. Psycholinguistics deals with language acquisition, language production, human language and language omprehension.

3.      Sociolinguistics

Sociolinguistis can be defined as the linguistic study dealing with the functioning of language in society. It refers to collective term for the applications of research techniques and findings from linguistics and various social sciences to the study of language in society.

4.      Ethnolinguistics

Ethnolinguistics (sometimes called cultural linguistics) is a field of linguistics which studies the relationship between language and culture, and the way different ethnic groups perceive the world.

See youJ

Wednesday, March 18^th, 2014

Dear...

This is the third meeting, I have learned about phonetics. This is what I have learned.

Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech, or the equivalent aspects of sign. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds or signs (phones): their physiological production, acoustic properties, auditory perception, and neurophysiological status. Phonology, on the other hand, is concerned with the abstract, grammatical characterization of systems of sounds or signs.

The field of phonetics is a multilayered subject of linguistics that focuses on speech. In the case of oral languages there are three basic areas of study:

1.     Articulatory phonetics: the study of the production of speech sounds by the articulatory and vocal tract by the speaker. Articulatory Phonetics concers with the articulation of speech: The position, shape, and movement of articulators or speech organs, such as the lips, tongue, and vocal folds.

2.     Acoustic phonetics: the study of the physical transmission of speech sounds from the speaker to the listener.

3.     Auditory phonetics: the study of the reception and perception of speech sounds by the listener.

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Tuesday, March 25^th, 2014

Hey Dear..

To improve my knowledge about linguistics, in this week I have learned about phonology. This is the result.

Phonology is a branch of linguistics concerned with the systematic organization of sounds in languages. It is the study of how sounds are organized and used in natural languages. A phoneme is a speech sound that helps us construct meaning. That is, if we replace it with another sound (where this is possible) we get a new meaning or no meaning at all. Diphthongs are sounds that begin as one vowel and end as another, while gliding between them.

In phonology aslo learne about consonant cluster. There are 2 kinds of cluster. They are Initial Consonant Cluster and Final Consonant Cluster.

1.    Initial Consonant Cluster

a group of consonants which have no intervening vowel which there at the beginning of a syllable.

Example: sp, pl,br,sk, src etc (screw)

2.    Final Consonant Cluster

a group of consonants which have no intervening vowel which there at the end of a syllable.

Example: -nt, -nd, -mp,-sks, -mpts (spend)

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Wednesday, April 2^nd, 2014

Dear Diary...

For this week I have learned about morphology. This is what I have got.

Morphology is is the identification, analysis, and description of the structure of a given language's morphemes and other linguistic units, such as Word, Word Form, Lexeme, Morph, Bond Morph, Root, Affix, Allomorph, Morpheme.

1.    Root

Root ia a non affix lexical morpheme that can not be analyzed in smaller parts. For example, the root of a word ‘identification’ is ‘identify.’

2.    Bound Morph

Bound morph is a morpheme that can not stand by itself to form a word, it must be joined  to other morphemes. For example, a word ‘beauty’ is added a bound morph ‘-full’ becomes ‘beautiful.’

3.    Affix

Affix is a bound morph which realize a lexeme and which is attached to a root to produce a word form. For example, a word ‘believe’ if it is added 2 kindd of affixs the are ‘un’ and ‘-able’ will beomes ‘unbelievable.’

See youJ

Wednesday, April 9^th, 2014

Dear diary...

This is about inflaction and derivation in morphology. This is what I have learned.

1.    Inflection is the modification of a word to express different grammatical categories such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender and case. Same derivation, inflection belongs to the bound morph and when it is added to a word, it is not changing the category of that word.

Example:

A word ‘try’ which is added ‘-es’ become ‘tries’. The meaning of ‘try’ is not changing, the change just happened in the subject (singular) if it is formed a sentence.

2.    Derivation is the process of forming a new word on the basis of an existing word. It often involves the addition of a morpheme in the form of an affix, such as -ness, un-, -ation, -full, -ly etc in the preceding examples and when a word is added an affix it will not change the category of itself.

Example:

A noun ‘beauty’ is added a bound morph ‘-full’ becomes an adjective ‘beautiful.’

See you, DearJ

Friday, May 16^th, 2014

Dear diary...

I want to tell you that a week ago, in the class, our lecturer have teached us about syntax especially about phrases. We was also asked to do task that is about kind of phrase in a group. So, for this week to improve my own knowledge about phrase I found out about it by my self. This is what I have got.

Phrase is a group of words (or sometimes a single word) that form a constituent and so function as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence. A phrase is lower on the grammatical hierarchy than a clause. There are ten kinds of phrase, there are prepositional, absolute, noun, gerund, adjective, infinitive, verb, appositive, participle and adverbial phrase.

Now, I am a litle bit understand about it. I want to write all the meaning of them here, but I think it is impossible so I give you an example of appositive and prepositional phrase.

Example:

1.     Mr. Agung, the most handsome doctor in the hospital, will take care all of his patients.

The words that is marked an underline is an appositive phrase.

2.     A handsome doctor in that operation room is my future.

The words that is marked an underline is a prepotional phrase.

Just it that I can tell to you, see you in the next week, Dear...

Thursday, April 24^th, 2014

Hay dear...

I will tell you something. I like studying about phrase, I do not know why, but I know it is not because I am smart on it. It is just like I got a new toy when I have to do the task given by the lecturer, it is identify the phrases in an article. So, in this week I found two articles on internet and started to identify it. The first article will be submitted next week, and the last one will be described here.

The title of this article is Human Brain Need Vacation. I will write you some phrases that I got in this articles. This is what I have got:

1.     The study found 2-3 days after the holiday people will have a rest time and a higher quality sleep, it can even be increased to 80 percent.

A rest time, the holidays and a higher quality sleep are noun phrases. Will have is a verb phrase. To 80 percent is a prepotional phrase.

2.     American and French researchers found the holidays can increase the ability to solve problems, raise awareness of the connection is lost and to encourage people to try something new.

American and French researchers is a subject phrase. Can increase is a verb phrase. To solve problems and to encourage people to try are infinitive phrases. Awareness of the connection and the holidays are noun phrases.

3.     Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh reported that people with serious health conditions tend to take less time thus increasing the levels of stress hormones.

The University of Pittsburgh, serious health conditions and the levels of stress hormones are noun phrases. Increasing is a gerund phrase.

4.     Quality sleep can improve memory and brain health.

Quality sleep and memory and brain health are noun phrases. Can improve is a verb phrase. Can improve memory and brain health is a predicate phrase.

See youJ

Wednesday, April 30^th, 2014

Dear...

I’m so sorry because once again I want to talk about phrase. I just feel curious you know based on articles that I have identified, I have not found even a sentence that contains appositive, adverbial and absolute phrase. So, in this week I have learned about them, found the meaning, the example and tried to make another examples. This is the examples made by me.

Appositive Phrase

1.      Mr. Jack, the most discipline teacher in this school, is Molly’s father.

2.      The red limousine, my uncle’s lovely car, has been repairing for a week.

3.      Mr. John, Molly’s father, does not allow her to go to the party.

Adverbial Phrase

1.      The woman on the stage is dancing pretty beautifully.

2.      The black car that given for my brother two days ago is driven so slowly.

3.      Jack will come home late tomorrow night.

Absolute Phrase

1.      His hand raising up, he wants to answer the teacher’s question.

2.      His hold getting tight, John wont let her go.

3.      Mary looks shame, her cheeks getting red.

See you laterJ   

Wednesday, May 7^th, 2014

Dear...

After studying about phrase last week, today I have learned about Endocentric and Exocentric construction which still relate with phrase. This is what I have learned.

1.    Endocentric Constuction

An endocentric construction is a phrase where one of the words links the other words syntactically. This linking words is called the ‘head,’ and if the head is removed, the phrase is not have meaning anymore. In other word, an endocentric construction is a phrase that can not stand alone without head. Phrases that include to endocentric construction are absolute phrase, prepositional phrase, participial phrase, gerund phrase and infinitive phrase.

2.    Exocentric Construction

An exocentric construction is a construction that does not contain any head element that is capable of being a syntactically adequate substitution for the whole construction. Phrases that included exocentric construction are non phrase, adjective phrase, adverb phrase, verb phrase,amd appositive phrase.

See you laterJ

Wednesday, May 14^th, 2014

Hay Dear...

Because I do not understand enough about Present Participial Phrase, Past Participal Phrase and Gerund Phrase, Especially for this week I have learned about them. I found the meaning and then try to make an example by self.

1. Present Participial Phrase and Gerund Phrase

The difference beetween Present Participial Phrase and gerund phrase is the functions of them. A present participial phrase functions as an adjective and a gerund phrase functions as a noun.

Example:

a.    The handsome doctor treating the patient in that room was a student of Lampung University. ‘treating’ in this sentence is as an adjective of ‘the handsome doctor.’ It means it is a present participial phrase.

b.    Being a professional teacher and writer are what I really want. ‘Being a professional teacher and writer’ in this sentence is as a noun. It means it is a gerund phrase.

2. Past Participial Phrase

Same as Present participial phrase, Past Praticipial phrase functions as an adjective.

Example:

a.    The robbers caught by the policeman tonight was fugitive prisoner. ‘caught by the policeman tonight’ in this sentence is as an adjective of ‘the robbers.’ It means it is a past participial phrase.

See you laterJ

Friday, May 23^rd, 2014

Dear diary...

I want to tell you that three days ago I can't attend the class because I was sick. But my friend told me that there was syntax task that should be worked together in a group. Because I didn't come to the class before, I have to know first about syntax, about what we will study in syntax. So after getting well I went to the library and found the indonesian book about syntax. This is what I have got.

Syntax is a part of linguistics that studies sentence structure. Syntax is not about meaning! Sentences can have no sense and still be grammatically correct. Syntax deals with phrase and sentence formation out of words.

Sentences are made up of smaller phrases. There are several difference types of phrase that can be used in a sentence, but the two phrases which must be used in a sentence for it to make sense are a noun phrase and a verb phrase. In a phrase, we must have a word which is called the head. This is the core of the phrase, what the phrase can’t exist without. And the determiner of the head is called modifiers.

Example:

The monkey climbed up the tree

‘Monkey’ ‘tree’ and ‘climbed’ are called the head, ‘the’ and ‘up’ are called the modifiers.

See youJ 

Thursday, May  5^th, 2014

Dear diary...

Because in the class the lecturer teached us just a little bit about sentence. To fulfilling the task, in this chance I will found out more about sentence. First, I would like to write you what the meaning of sentence is.

A sentence is the largest unit to which syntactic rules can apply.  In terms of syntactic categories, most sentences can be divided into a subject and a predicate.

Syntax usually examines sentences that have a clear inner division into subject and predicate.  There are 3 types of subject/predicate structured sentences:

1.      A simple sentence contains at least one subject and one predicate.

Example: I read a novel.

2.      A compound sentence is two or more simple sentences joined into a single sentence.

Example: I read a novel and my father read a newspaper. 

Each simple sentence maintains its own internal syntactic structure.  They may be joined by a coordinating conjunction such as and or or, or without a conjunction.

3.      A complex sentence is a sentence in which one of the syntactic roles is played by an embedded sentence.

Example: The teacher makes the students go to the library to borrow some books.

The simple sentence the student go to the library to borrow some books plays the role of object of the verb make.  Because the syntax of the two parts of a complex sentence is interwined, it is often not possible to divide them into two free-standing simple sentences. *The teacher makes. The students go to the library to borrow some books.*

See youJ

Wednesday, June 11^th, 2014

Last week, I have learned and known about kinds of sentence. For this week, I write you indentification of some sentences which are related with them. This is the result.

1.    The handsome doctor treating a  patient in the room was a student of Lampung University. (Complex Sentence)

Identification:

The (Art) handsome (Adj) doctor (N) treating a patient in the room : Subject Phrase

Treating (Present Participle) a (Art) patient (N) in the room : Present Participial Phrase

In (Prepo) the (Art) room (N) : Prepositional Phrase

Was (V) a (Art) student (N) of (Prepo) Lampung University (N) : Predicate Phrase

2.    My brother felt asleep after he finished studying in his room. (Compound Sentence)

Identification:

My Brother : Subject Phrase

felt (V) asleep (Adv) : Predicate phrase

After : Conjunction

He (S)

Finished (V) studying in his room : Predicate Phrase

Studying (gerund) in his room : Gerund Phrase

In (Prepo) his (Pronoun) room (N) : Prepositional Phrase

3.    The robbers who were caught by the policeman tonight was fugitive prisoner. (Complex Sentence)

Identification:

The (Art) robbers (n) who were caught by the policeman tonight : Subject Phrase

The robbers : NP

Who (Conj) were caught (VP) by the policeman tonight : Clause

By (Prepo) the (Art) policeman (N) tonight (Adv) : Preposition Phrase

Was (V) fugitive (Adj) prisoner (N): Predicate Phrase

Fugitive (Adj) prisoner (N) : Noun Phrase

See YouJ

Thursday, June 19^th, 2014

Dear diary...

As I have ever told to you before that in this week I have identified the last one article to improve my knowledge about linguistics, especially phrase.

The title of this article is self-confidence. Same as before I will write some sentences then show the phrase that I found there. This is the result:

1.     Self-confidence is one aspect of personality that is very important in human life.

Self-confidence and one of aspect of personality are noun phrases. Very important is an adjective phrase. In human life is a prepositional phrase.

2.     Self-confidence is a mental or psychological condition of a person who gives a strong confidence in him to do or perform any act.

A mental or psychological condition of a person and strong confidence are noun phrases. Gives a strong confidence is a predicate phrase. In him is a prepositional phrase. To do or perform is a infinitive phrase.

3.     Counselling,  life coaching, and hypnotherapy are common therapies used to help improve self-confidence.

Life coaching is a gerund phrase. Common therapies is a noun phrase. Used to help improve is an infinitive phrase.

4.     Can not demonstrate the ability to speak and the ability to listen to a convincing and too sensitive.

Can not demonstrate is a verb phrase. The ability is a noun phrase. To speak and to listen are  infinitive phrases. Too sensitive is an adjective phrase.

5.     People who have good self-confidence, they have positive feelings toward themselves, have strong beliefs on him and had accurate knowledge of the capabilities.

 Good self-confidence, positive feelings, strong beliefs and knowledge of the capabilities are noun phrases. Toward themselves and on him are  prepositional phrases. Had accurate is a verb phrase.

Just it for this week. See you, Dear...

Sunday, June 22^nd, 2014

Hay Dear...

This is the last week that I have to do my independent task. This is about semantics as meaning of words. Let me tell you more.

Semantic as one of the branches of pure linguistics is simply defined as the study of meaning in language. There are 7 kinds of meaning in semantics but I will write you 4.

1.    Connotative Meaning

Connotative meaning is a meaning of a word which is based on the feeling and what people think of the speaker.

Example:

A barbie. Based on connotative meaning, it means pretty beautiful. A dog, it means loyalty.

2.    Associative Meaning 

Associative meaning is a meaning of single word that has relationship with something others.

Example:

White, it is identical with pure. Green, it is identical with fresh.

3.    Collocative Meaning

Collocative meaning relates by using words in any particular situation on the same environment.

Example:

Words ‘handsome’ and ‘beautiful’ if we want calling someone beautiful or handsome. We can not say Jack is beautiful. Because in this case,Jack is a man so that we must replace with handsome, beautiful is for women.

4.    Affective Meaning

Affective meaning shows reaction of listener using words or sentence.

Example:

“Could you take me that pen, please!” Compares to “Take that pen to me!”

The first one is more polite than the last one.

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