FACT FILE: How languages are special (Answers)

Exercise a:

1 The woman is using the points of the compass when we would expect her to use an expression like Could you move up/along a bit? instead.

2 The passenger is not using the colour but instead is using the shade. We would expect someone to use red rather than dark in this context.

3 The man is giving an extremely precise definition. In English, fruit would not be defined in such detail. Saying A kilo of bananas, please would be sufficient.

Exercise c:

1 interpret

2 differentiate

3 distinguishes

4 illustrate

5 indicate

6 conveyed

7 embodies