13香港中文大学MA语言学部精彩试题.docx
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13香港中文大学MA语言学部精彩试题
2012-13CUHKRecruitmentTest
MAinLinguistics
MAinChineseLinguisticsandLanguageAcquisition
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SectionOne
Answerallthequestionsinthissection.
Question1
Analyzethefollowingdataanddecideif[s]and[z]areallophonesofthesamephonemeorbelongtodifferentphonemes.
Question2
Lookatthefollowingdatainvolvingallomorphicvariation:
(a)Whatkindofmorphologicalmeansdoesthislanguageemploytoexpressthemeaning‘in/at’?
(b)Whataretheallomorphsofthismorpheme?
(c)Describetheirdistributioninthedata.
(d)Whatphonologicalprocessisinvolvedinsuchdistribution?
Question3
Whatarethepossiblemeaningsof‘unlearnable’and‘undoable’?
Drawtreediagramstoexplaintheirpossiblemeanings.
Question4
Johndrewtwostructuresforthesentence“Thetechnicianwillfixittomorrow.”ProfessorHuangconsideredStructureAtobetherightstructure.PleasegivereasonswhyStructureAisbetterthanStructureB.
Question5
Thesentence‘Thestudenthittheteacherwitharuler’isambiguous.Illustratethemeaningdifferenceswithtreediagramsandappropriatelinguisticlabels.
Question6
Explainthedifferenceinusebetweenthinkofandthinkabout.Lookattheconcordancelinesprovidedbelow,takenfromacorpusofinformalspokenconversation.Arethereanygeneralizationsthatcanbemadethatwouldhelpalearnerknowwhentousethinkofandwhentousethinkabout?
THINKOF
stank.Then,ashewastryingtothinkofsomethingtosaytoher(all
yes,weddingpresents.Wemustthinkofsomething.Youprobablydon’t
rackingmybrainsforthreehourstothinkofsomething,Isimplycannotlast
asecondcatastrophe.Itriedtothinkofsomethingtosaymyself,butmy
offeredfrills.Nicandratriedtothinkofsomethingpleasingtosay:
onlyyouwerehere,thenwecouldthinkofsomethingtodo.“Christopher
groaningquietly,perhapstryingtothinkofsomethingthatsummedupwhat
letsaidnothing.Hehadtriedtothinkofsomethingtosay,buttheonly
lunch?
’‘Ahme,theyoung!
Youthinkofnothingbutyourstomachs.
sympathyandcollusion.ButIcanthinkofnothingtosay.Perdiesays,
shetriedtospeak,butshecouldthinkofnothing,andhermother,shifting
anythingsofamiliar,andhecouldthinkofnothingonearthtosay.It
manintheword.’‘Ashecouldthinkofnothingelse,Martinrepeated
Buttryasshemight,shecouldthinkofnothingtosaylikethat,fierce
listening.‘Canweourselvesthinkofnothingthatneedstobedone?
‘whatanidiotIwasnottothinkofitbefore!
YouallrightElfie?
…no,waitaminute,cometothinkofityou’refinding.hmm.
orhim,onotheroccasions,cometothinkofit.We’vebeenawareofeach
happenedtothosekids.Andcometothinkofit,Hamelin’sratsandchildren
likethatfiveyearsago,cometothinkofit,oreventen.It’sthe
washhisfeet,hehadseen,cometothinkofit,themoonnottooremotefrom
probablycheaperthanSelina,cometothinkofit,whatwiththehotelmark
couldhave.Ididn’thappentothinkofitthen.‘Andwhendidyou
herpregnant.Betternoteventothinkofit.Justgoonhatinghim,
anddonewith.Don’tletuseverthinkofitagain.Myfamilyalways
‘Hownice.Whatdidyouthinkofit?
’Patriceheldherbreath,
THINKABOUT
Youwouldn’tjustthinkaboutitit’sjustgoneisn’tit
Wellthat’sagoodway,ifyouthinkaboutithe’sgot,he’sgotfour
more,Imeantheycanwear,ifyouthinkaboutittheyweresuitsinthe
Whenyouthinkaboutit,yeahhewasSowhat‘
Itseemseasierthatwaywhenyouthinkaboutitdunnit?
Mmit’salotbe
doesthatcomefrom?
OhwhenyouthinkaboutitPledge,whydotheycall
wasn’tthemoneyreallywhenyouthinkaboutitbecauseatendofday,
more.Imeantheycanwearifyouthinkaboutittheywearsuitsinthe
week!
Andwhy,theywon’tneedtothinkaboutit,theycantalkyououtof
penetratingatlasers.‘Wemightthinkaboutthat,‘Isayatlast.
I’llhavetostartandthinkaboutthattrain,Dwight.
seeit.That’sthewayIliketothinkaboutthatsortofplace.It’s
anotherway,butIdon’twanttothinkaboutthatforawhile.‘Timothy
geteighttotwenty-five.Nowthinkaboutthat.Thedistrictattorney
SectionTwo
AnsweroneofthequestionsineitherEnglishorChinese:
Question1
Pennington&Richards(1986:
219)remarked:
‘Pronunciationformsanaturallinktootheraspectsoflanguageuse,suchaslistening,vocabulary,andgrammar.’ Discusstheroleofpronunciationplaysinsecondlanguageacquisition.HowimportantdoyouthinkitisforL2learnerstoacquiregoodpronunciationskillsattheinitialphaseoftheirlanguageacquisition?
Tofacilitateyourwork,youmaychooseoneofthefollowingaspectsanddiscussindepthyourunderstandingoftheissuesinvolved:
a.vocabularybuilding
b.speechintelligibility
c.phonologicalprocessesinreading
d.generalspeechprocessing
Youmaydiscussotherrelatedissuesaswell.
(Reference:
Pennington,M.C.,&Richards,J.C.(1986).Pronunciationrevisited.TESOLQuarterly,20
(2),207-225.)
Question2
EvaluatethefollowingsentencesproducedbyalearnerofChinese.Correctthesentencesiftheyareungrammatical,andjustifyyouranalysiswithdetailedexplanation,showingyourunderstandingoftheChinesegrammar.
1)来前,我不对熟悉。
2)一个星期不吃饭,你非饿死了不可。
3)行人被开车人看不见,所以汽车对他们很危险。
SectionThree
Chooseoneofthefollowingquestionsandwriteaone-pageessayinresponsetothequestion.Pleasefollowthestyleofacademicdiscourse,andconventionsforcitationandreference(ifany).PleaseuseEnglishonly.
Question1
Elaboratethedifferencesbetweenspokenandwrittenlanguage,commentingonatleastthreeofthefollowingaspects:
a.Media
b.Permanency
c.Cognition
d.Spontaneity
e.Lexicaldensity
f.Languageform
Question2
Whatistherelationbetweenconversationalimplicatureandpresupposition?
Aretheydifferentorthesame?
Discussandgiveappropriateexamples.
Question3
MargaretisanativespeakerofEnglish.SheandherfamilyliveinLosAngeles.Herson,Paul,isthreeyearsold.Paulhasaproblemwithformingthepasttenseofverbs.Forexample,Paulsays‘LastweekIseeamovie’and‘YesterdayIplayinthepark’.Margarethasaplan:
sheisgoingtospendonehoureachdaywithPaul,havingthechildimitatethepasttenseformsoftheverbs,andshewillgivePaulapieceofcandyforeachcorrectimitation.
a.Whichtheory/theoriesoflanguageacquisitiondoesMargaretassume?
b.WillMargaret’splanwork?
Explainwhyorwhynot.
c.WhatsuggestionswouldyougiveMargaret?
Explainwhy,usingarelevanttheory.
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