INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET

INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET:

The International Phonetic Alphabet (unofficially—though commonly—abbreviated IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association as a standardized representation of the sounds of oral language.The IPA is used by lexicographers, foreign language students and teachers, linguists, speech-language pathologists, singers, actors, constructed language creators, and translators.

The IPA is designed to represent only those qualities of speech that are part of oral language: phones, phonemes, intonation, and the separation of words and syllables.To represent additional qualities of speech, such as tooth gnashing, lisping, and sounds made with a cleft palate, an extended set of symbols called the Extensions to the IPA may be used.

TRADUCCIÓN:
El alfabeto fonético internacional (de manera no oficial, aunque comúnmente abreviado IPA) es un sistema alfabético de notación fonética basada principalmente en el alfabeto latino. Fue ideado por la Asociación Fonética Internacional como una representación estandarizada de los sonidos de la vía oral lenguaje. El IPA es utilizado por los lexicógrafos, estudiantes de idiomas extranjeros y profesores, lingüistas, logopedas, cantantes, actores, creadores del lenguaje construidos y traductores.


El IPA está diseñado para representar sólo aquellas cualidades del discurso que forman parte del lenguaje oral: móviles, fonemas, la entonación y la separación de palabras. representar cualidades adicionales del habla, como el crujir de dientes, ceceo, y sonidos que se hacen con un paladar hendido, un conjunto extendido de símbolos llamado las extensiones a la IPA se puede utilizar.

FRASE NOMINAL Y FRASE VERBAL

FRASE NOMINAL:
Es una frase nominal o sustantiva consiste en un grupo de palabras donde el sustantivo es el núcleo; el resto de las palabras modifican, o dan información sobre ese núcleo.

SUSTANTIVO: Funciona como la palabra mas importante.o el núcleo, de una frase nominal 

EL NÚCLEO: Es un sustantivo que siempre debe estar presente (sin núcleo no hay frase nominal)

PRE-MODIFICADOR: se usan delante de un sustantivo,adjetivo,verbo o un adverbio.

POST- MODIFICADOR: aquellos que se usan después de un sustantivo,adjetivo,verbo o adverbio.

                     


FRASE VERBAL:

El núcleo de la frase verbal es un verbo conjugado. la frase verbal puede estar formada solo por el núcleo o puede también tener palabras que lo complementan  o lo modifican tales como adverbios u otros verbos auxiliares o modales.

NOTICIA 1:

En la siguiente noticia observaran cuales son las frases nominales y verbales, las frases nominales están subrayadas de azul y las verbales de rojo, el núcleo de rojo y el verbo de azul.

10% of Colombia families live in absolute poverty.

A recent study shows that 10% of Colombian families live on less than $1.25 per day.

The study for the World Family Map 2014 looked at the many factors affecting families and their ability to raise their children effectively in 49 different countries.

One of the categories mentioned by the study, percentage of the population living in “absolute poverty,” showed a sad statistic for Colombia: 10% of its families live in this condition.

Absolute poverty is defined by the World Bank as less than $1.25 per day.

Colombia is the third highest in this category among nations measured in the South American region. Only Bolivia and Nicaragua have higher percentages.

NOTICIA 2:

Colombia’s Foreign Investment To Decrease Further In 2015

A boom in foreign direct investment (FDI) between 2010 and 2013 has come to an end as the government announces an expected drop in foreign investment for both 2014 and 2015.

During 2013, while the FDI of Latin America decreased 6%, flows to Colombia increased 8% due to cross-border merges and acquisitions in electricity and banking industries, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

Between 2010 and 2013, foreign investment grew from $6.8 billion to $16.8 billion.

Central bank director Jose Dario Uribe had already warned that this boom would not continue in 2014 and he expected foreign investment by the end of the year to be 5% less than in 2013.

TRADUCCIÓN RESUMEN:

Un auge de la inversión extranjera directa (IED) entre 2010 y 2013 ha llegado a su fin cuando el gobierno anuncia un descenso previsto de la inversión extranjera.

Durante el año 2013, mientras que la IED de América Latina disminuyó 6%, los flujos hacia Colombia aumentó un 8% debido a las fusiones transfronterizas y adquisiciones en las industrias de la electricidad.

Director del Banco Central, José Darío Uribe ya había advertido de que este auge no continuaría en 2014.

NOTICIA

Colombia’s economic activity fails to generate jobs: UN

Colombia’s economy depends heavily on mining, hydrocarbons, and ranching, producing little employment and benefiting few, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization reportedly said.

Johannes Dobinger, who represents the Andean region for the UN organization, added that these activities also have a large environmental impact and do little to increase the economic productivity of the country.

“The agro-mining model has the the great disadvantage of keeping economic productivity low. What we have to do is seek alternatives that increase these levels and remove the [economic] lag that exists in Colombia,” Dobinger was quoted as saying by Caracol Radio.

The UN representative was speaking at forum held in the central city of Armenia at a forum on micro and small businesses.

He added that these activities decrease the competitiveness of Colombia’s regions, something he said which should be strengthened.

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Religious and Ethnic Hatred Seen as 

Biggest Threat.

Nuclear weapons. AIDS. Environmental destruction.American researchers say what you fear depends a loton where you live. But this year, researchers found thatpeople everywhere believe religious and ethnic hatredis increasingly becoming the world’s most seriousthreat. 

Jacob Poushter works for the Pew Research Center inWashington, DC. He was involved in the Center’s study, which was released in October. He saidresearchers asked people in 44 countries to choosewhich of five dangers is the top threat to the world. 

“We found that Middle Easterners tended to identifyreligious and ethnic hatred as the top global threat,while Europeans and to some extent Americans saidthat inequality was the top danger.”

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