第一题,与去年相同,依然是术语区分1.fricative vs. affricate 2.meronymy vs. hyponymy 3.positive face vs. negative face 4.sense vs. reference
相比之下,今年该题偏简单,第一个不清楚,后三个都是很基本的概念,平时复习注意总结,结合例子用自己的语言表达出来即可。
第二题,依然是二分法
1.internationalization
2. The weather in Chicago today is no good for watching cridket.
第三题,选择,要求找出四个选项中与其他三个选项不同的那个选项,并用一句话解释,共10道题,每题3分,该题大部分都是刘新仁那本语言学第二、第三章的内容,语音,重读,因素,词类,构词法基本各一题。另外还考了一道semantic relation,这个基本近几年每年都考,这个是重点,也容易理解,这几分一定得拿到手,因为基本上没人失分。最后一道是语用学里的,Speech act theory.
第四题,简答题,给了5个新闻标题,要我们分析,what rules are there when we write elliptical English newspaper headlines? (1) 3 Arrested in New Orleans Hospital (2)Blast Kills 53 in Iraq Holy city (3)Mission Applauded as Shuttle Returns
(4)U.S. at odds with Allies on Mideast Conflicts
(5)Optimism on Both Sides of Gay-marriage Debate 然后再为今天的考试写一个新闻标题
第五题,简答题。irregulat verbs "go" "come" ,their past-tense are "went" "came".再举出两个这样的例子,然后总结它们的共同特征。并从这些特征研究英语构词法。
第六题,简答题。两种动词,drive,finish. ,其中drive可以跟for+ time, finish 跟in +time,反之不对,分析这两种动词,并用这两个词造两个复杂的句子。
第七题,两个笑话,要用语言学术语分析它们为什么可笑。 (1)baby pig ----piglet
然后 baby toy 应该是?——toilet 这个应该是overgeneralization
(2)A : William has asked me for a loan of five pouds. Should I be doing right in lending it to him? B: Certainly. A: Why?
B: Because otherwise he would try to borrow it from me. 这个我实在。。。。
第八题,Charterizing learners' English peoficiercy often calls for a meticulous analysis of their output, written or spoken, in terms of accuracy, complexity, fluency, and idiomaticity. How can the four items be measured specifically?