Section

8.1 Identifying the Message

Look through cartoons A-J and answer the questions that follow.

Questions

A.Match each caption with the most appropriate picture. In some cases the caption needs to be modified somewhat to make it appropriate (often this will involve recognizing ambiguities and/or homophony).

1.pitcher of beer

2.butterballs

3.royal pain

4.hopscotch

5.bird dog

6.catfish

7.fly-by-night

8.a tale of two cities

9.rugby

10.Popeye

B.Discuss possible problems each expression in question A poses for the Message Model of linguistic communication. (See appendix 6 and chapter 9 of Linguistics for discussion of the Message Model.)