Define and distinguish the following terms,use examples if necessary. 30’
1.Prescriptive and descriptive
2.Entailment and presupposition
3.Metaphor and metonymy
4.Bilingualism and diglossia
5.Discrete-point test and integrative test
6.Teaching method and teaching methodology
1.What’s arbitrariness andiconicity? What’s their relationship? What’s your view on them? 10
2.What is assimilation inphonology? List at least 3 types andgive examples to illustrate 10’
3.How are these words formed?Describe their process of formation 10
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4. Use CP and its maxims to explain the oddness of the followingfragments of conversations. 15
A:Have you seen Peter today?
B:If I didn't deny seeing him, I wouldn't be telling a lie.
A:Are you there?
B:No, I’m here.
A:Let’s get the kids something.
B:Ok, but I veto for I-C-E-C-R-E-A-M-S.
A:Mrs. X is an old bag.
B:The weather has been quite delightful this summer, hasn’t it?
A:What did you buy yesterday？
B:Well，just some stuff
5. What’s the major difference between Transformational GenerativeGrammar and Systemic
Functional Grammar? 15
6. How do you understand theexperiential view, prominence view and attentional view in cognitivelinguistics? 10分
7. Use a listening task to talk about the factors affecting taskdifficulty. 15
8. What’s action research and how does it help in classroom teaching15
9. What’s genre-based approach towriting? 20
