Last prezi - Debate about sociolinguistics and Syntax

The class today will be based on this:

Polêmica do livro didático e sintaxe on Prezi

Extras - Dec 6th

I was this close to arresting you this morning.


They dedicate a huge part of their lives to making these products.

Following numerous protests around the world, Google ended its illegal collection of wifi data transmissions. The company, which originally claimed it was not even collecting wifi data, was forced to admit that it had collected payload data, although at first Google only admitted to collecting "fragments" of such data. Eventually after investigations revealed it, Google acknowledged that "in some instances entire emails and URLs were captured, as well as passwords."

Good article!

A student shared this link and I think the article is pretty good!

http://inglesnapontadalingua.com/2012/11/os-dilemas-da-traducao.html

Some information and one more task

Hi everyone, how are you doing?

Sorry I haven't replied your emails about the final papers, I will do it as soon as possible.

This post is to remind you that I will be checking the optional EXTRA activities next class.They will basically help people in their grades. If you get a D, for instance, you may get  a C instead, as long as you have done ALL the activities.

I will repost below, an excerpt from an email I sent you on Oct. 7:

"2) No dia 6 de dezembro irei vistar as atividades de vocabulário do extra credit. Elas podem estar respondidas nas próprias folhas dasatividades ou respondidas, A MÃO, COM SUA LETRA, em uma folha separada. "

Also, I intend to correct all final papers until next week so I can inform you who would need a sub, which would be taken on the 13th.

Now, a syntax task:

Below is a list of "grammar rules" from English. Make a comment in order to explain what the rule is demonstrating and how valid it is or isn't. 

For example, the first sentence uses alliteration (repetition of the sounds "a" and "al") but tells us not to. In my opinion, this rule is not valid, because depending on what genre you are producing (poetry or music, for instance) you may want to use it on purpose. If used in some contexts, however, it may indeed become irritating.