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Introduction To English Linguistics CLC 2020

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Introduction To English Linguistics CLC 2020

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HOCHIMINH CITY

Full name: ......................................................................................


UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Student ID: ....................................................................................
FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS & LITERATURE Class code: ..........................; Test Room: …………….………
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS

FINAL EXAMINATION

INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LINGUISTICS

Time Allotted: 60 minutes Exam Date:

Approved by Proctor
Dept. Chair (CBCT) Examiner Total Score
(100%)

1. 1. Score in figures:

2. 2. Score in words:

Note: No materials or dictionaries are allowed.

SECTION 1. True/ False or blank filling (10 points)

1. /ɪə/ is a centring diphthong.

2. Assimilation is the process of not pronouncing a sound segment that might be present in the
deliberately careful pronunciation of a word in isolation.

3. An open syllable has a coda.

4. All stems can stand alone as separate word forms.

5. “Inference is the process of using names of things to refer to people or using names of people to
refer to things.

SECTION 2. PHONETICS & PHONOLOGY


A. Give 3 words that begin with a nasal sound and end with a voiced sound. (6 points)
1.
2.
3.
B. Find another word to finish the minimal pairs. The first one has been done as an example.
(10 points)

0. sit set
1. sand –
2. jam –
3. chip –
4. share –
1
5. long –

SECTION 3. MORPHOLOGY (20 points)

Consider the following sentence and answer the questions that follow.

Broken by his lover’s sudden and tragic death, Harry willingly joins the National Strike Force.

1. What are the inflectional morphemes in the sentence?

2. What are the functional morphemes in the sentence?

3. What are derivational morphemes in the sentence?

SECTION 4. SYNTAX
A. Identify the phrase structure rules in the following expressions. The first one has been
done as an example. (10 points)

0. She NP  Pro
1. A red car _____________________________
2. at the theatre _______________________________
3. place the book on the table ______________________________
4. Gloucester ___________________________________
5. do it quickly _____________________________
B. Each of the following sentences has more than one way of understanding. Disambiguate each
sentence by writing one explanation for each of the interpretation. (10 points)

Example: “Mano met a woman with a wooden leg named Aminah.”

● Interpretation 1: Mano met a woman who had a wooden leg that had the name "Aminah".

● Interpretation 2: Mano met a woman who had a wooden leg and had the name "Aminah".

1. “Our new product is popular with young men and women.”

● Interpretation 1:

____________________________________________________________________________

● Interpretation 2:

____________________________________________________________________________

2. “Her husband is a Chinese history teacher.”

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● Interpretation 1:

____________________________________________________________________________

● Interpretation 2:

____________________________________________________________________________

SECTION 5. SEMANTICS

A. SEMANTIC ROLES (10 points)


● Identify the semantic roles played by each of the underlined noun phrases in the following sentences.

1. They are swimming in the ocean.  _______________________


2. Judy bought a new washing machine.  ________________________
3. The girl drew the picture with a pencil.  ____________________
4. My brother doesn’t feel well  ___________________
5. Henry didn’t return the book.  ________________________

B. LEXICAL RELATIONS (10 points)

Identify the lexical relation between each pair of words listed below.
1. buy – purchase _______________________________
2. right – write ______________________________
3. married – single _______________________________
4. neck (of a person) / neck (of a bottle) _______________________________
5. hawk – bird _______________________________

SECTION 6. PRAGMATICS
A. Identify one core presupposition of each of the following utterances. (10 points)
1. Your laptop is out of order.

2. What interested the boy?

3. The king of Brazil is old.

4. When did she buy that bag?

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5. I regret letting her go.

B. Identify deictic expressions in the following sentences. Then state which kinds they belong to. (4
points)
1. Professor Langdon will call you later.
2. He went through this door.

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