2012年2月21日----香港中文大学汉语语言学笔试试题

MA in LinguisticsMA in Chinese Linguistics and Language Acquisition笔试试题

THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

2011-12 CUHK Recruitment Test

MA in Linguistics

MA in Chinese Linguistics and Language Acquisition

MA in LinguisticsMA in Chinese Linguistics and Language Acquisition笔试试题

(1) General questions

a. Linguistics studies the nature of language. b. Linguistics is the learning of languages.

c. Linguistics studies how different languages relate to and inform each other and

why.

d. Linguistics studies how language changes over time, how its speakers come to

learn it, and how speakers affect its development.

e. Linguistics studies humans’ cognitive abilities, perception, and organs of

speech production.

2. Which of the following statements about language do you consider will be in accord with linguistic theory?

a. Only highly advanced and sophisticated cultures have complex language. b. Children come to speak a language by imitation and memorization. c. Languages don’t change as long as they are taught properly.

d. The sound structure of words follows rules; it is not based on their meaning. e. Language is human instinct; it is a human cognitive ability. 3. Which of the following statements about Chinese is accurate?

a. Chinese is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family. b. Chinese is largely an analytic language. c. Chinese makes use of inflections.

d. Chinese has many regional varieties knows as dialects. e. Chinese is a tonal language.

Circle all the answers which you consider to be correct.

1. Which of the following statements do you think is accurate about the study of Linguistics?

MA in LinguisticsMA in Chinese Linguistics and Language Acquisition笔试试题

(2) Phonology (Turkish)

1. Are [n] and [m] contrastive in Turkish? Please explain your answer with examples. 2. In which environment does [ ] occur? Does [ ] contrast with [n] or [m]? Explain your answer with examples.

3. What phonological process affects the distribution of [ ]?

(3) Morphology (Tagalog)

hanap hinanap

look for

sulat

write was written is writing is being written call was called is calling is being called

was looked for is looking for

sinulat sinusulat tawag

humahanap hinahanap basag

sumusulat

is being looked for break

binasag was broken is breaking

tinawag

bumabasag binabasag

tumatawag tinatawag

is being broken

1. Identify all the morphemes;

2. Name and exemplify all the morphological processes.

MA in LinguisticsMA in Chinese Linguistics and Language Acquisition笔试试题

(4) Syntax (English)

Use a constituency test to demonstrate whether or not the underlined elements in the following sentences are constituents.

a. b. c. d.

Question 1:

It is often claimed that language is one of the things that make humans different from animals. What is so special about human language? In what ways is it different from the communication systems of animals? Support your answers with concrete examples.

Question 2:

分析下列句子，指出這類句子的語法特點，以及這四句之間的語法異同：

1. 不站住就開槍了。 2. 看得清楚才對得准。 3. 我們的人越多越好。

4. 你來熱烈歡迎，別人來概不接待。

MA in LinguisticsMA in Chinese Linguistics and Language Acquisition笔试试题

author(s) whose work(s) you refer to in your answer to observe academic honesty.

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Discuss 3 examples of special pronunciations or other linguistic usage which seem to be ‘creeping into’ Standard Chinese or your local dialect. What are the sources of such changes—contact between Chinese and a foreign language, contact between Chinese dialects, special innovations from a particular social group, or something else? How are these changes different from their more established counterparts? Do you approve of such changes? Why?

Use your own examples to illustrate the differences between code-switching and language borrowing.

Describe how you have learned English. Do you think your experience is an example of second language acquisition or foreign language learning. Why?

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