ELISHA GAY C.

HIDALGO
LM SOCIOLOGIA E SERVIZIO SOCIALE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LM (PROF. ALEX MATTHEW KUNST)

Most likely, both the gossip theory and the there-is-a-lion-near-the-river

theory are valid. Yet the truly unique feature of our language is not its ability to
transmit information about men and lions. Rather, it's the ability to transmit
information about things that do not exist at all. As far as we know, only
sapiens can talk about entire kinds of entities that they have never seen, touched
or smelled.
( Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A brief history of humankind)

CULTURE, CONTEXT OF SITUATION AND LANGUAGE

CULTURE:

Non Fiction
Overview of history of the human species and how it evolved

CONTEXT OF SITUATION:

FIELD
Degree of Specialization : HIGH
Topic: history, evolution, anthropology, sociology, psychology, human development
Angle of representation: One-sided, narrator's + audience

TENOR
Social Roles: Power (Yes/High), Authority (Yes/High), Expertise (Yes/High)
Writer's Stance: historical and scientific perspective

MODE
Written, Non-Fiction, Narrative form
Degree of interactivity: low
Distance: near (he is bringing the past to the present)
Degree of spontaneity: low (it was researched and written in a manner that was well thought
of)

LANGUAGE:

Declarative sentences / Narration (gives information and facts)

Present tense
Voice: First person (plural) ''we'' ''ours''
 THREE-LEVEL CLAUSE ANALYSIS

Most likely, both the gossip theory and the there-is-a-lion-near-the-river theory

are valid. Yet the truly unique feature of our language is not its ability to

transmit information about men and lions. Rather, it's the ability to transmit

information about things that do not exist at all. As far as we know, only

sapiens can talk about entire kinds of entities that they have never seen,

touched or smelled.

Parts of the Sentence:

Yellow: SUBJECT
Blue: VERB Phrase
Pink: COMPLEMENT
Green: OBJECT
Red: Object complement
Violet: Adverbial Phrase

CLAUSAL ANALYSIS:

Most likely, both the gossip theory and the there-is-a-lion-near-the-river theory

are valid. Yet the truly unique feature of our language is not its ability to

transmit information about men and lions. Rather, it's the ability to transmit

information about things that do not exist at all. As far as we know, only

sapiens can talk about entire kinds of entities that they have never seen,

touched or smelled.

Yellow: Nominal Clause

Blue: Verbal Clause
PARTS OF THE SENTENCE:

Most likely, both the gossip theory and the there-is-a-lion-near-the-river theory

(adverb -adv), (pronoun) (def.article) (noun) (conjunction) (def article) (noun)

are valid. Yet the truly unique feature of our language is not its ability to

(verb) (adjective). (adverb) (def article) (adverb) (adjective) (noun)

(preposition) (adjective) (noun) (verb) (adverb) (adjective) (noun) (preposition)

transmit information about men and lions. Rather, it's the ability to transmit

(verb) (noun) (preposition)(noun)(conjunction)(noun). (adverb), (pronoun)

(noun) (def article) (noun) (preposition) (verb)

information about things that do not exist at all. As far as we know, only

(noun) (preposition) (noun) (conjunction) (verb) (adverb) (verb) (adverb).

(conjunction) (pronoun) (verb), (adjective)

sapiens can talk about entire kinds of entities that they have never seen, touched

(noun) (verb) (verb) (preposition) (adjective) (noun) (preposition) (noun)

(conjunction) (pronoun) (verb) (adverb) (verb), (verb)

or smelled.
(Conjunction) (verb).