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1 FINAL EXAMINATION INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LINGUISTICS --------- Time allotted: 60 minutes Exam date: Approved by Chair Proctor (CBCT) Examiner Total Score 1. 1. Score in figures: 2. 2. Score in words: Note: No materials or dictionaries are allowed. SECTION 1 TRUE/FALSE Instructions • Read each statement carefully and decide whether it is True or False. Number of questions 10 Point/correct question 2 Maximum points 20 1. Phonology is concerned with the actual physical articulation of speech sounds. 2. Assimilation is a sound change in which some phonemes (typically consonants or vowels) change to become more similar to other nearby sounds. 3. A phoneme is always realised in the articulation of speech sounds. 4. The affixes in a word form are bound morphemes. 5. Functional words contain such categories as nouns, adjectives, adverbs. 6. A presupposition is an assumed-to-be-true fact upon which an utterance is delivered. 7. Positive face is the need to be independent and free from imposition. 8. In a compound word, there is only one stem. VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HOCHIMINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS & LITERATURE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS Full name: .................................................................... Student ID: .................................................................. Class code: .......................Test Room: .......................
2 9. A request in the form of an imperative structure is a direct speech act. 10. A semantic feature is a theoretical unit of meaning-holding components that is used to represent a word's meaning. SECTION 2 PHONETICS Instructions • Read the phonetic descriptions carefully and decide which phoneme is being referred to. • Form the phonemic structure from the description. • Write the word for each of the transcription. Number of questions 10 Point/correct question 2 Maximum points 20 Phonemic structure Word 0 Voiced Velar Plosive e t /ɡet/ get 0 b ɡ /bʌɡ/ bug Phonemic structure Word 1. voiced alveolar plosive ʌ k 2. voiced labiodental fricative əʊ t 3. m æ voiceless dental fricative 4. voiced alveolar fricative uː m 5. s ɪ voiced velar nasal 6. l v 7. f t
3 8. p n 9. w m 10. b m SECTION 3 WORD FORMATION PROCESSES MORPHOLOGY Instructions • Circle the correct option. Number of questions 10 Point/correct question 2 Maximum points 20 1. Which word-formation process was involved in the creation of malware? A. blending B. clipping C. backformation D. conversion 2. Which word-formation process was involved in the creation of notebook? A. blending B. borrowing C. compounding D. coinage 3. Which word-formation process was involved in the creation of Fahrenheit? A. eponymy B. borrowing C. compounding D. clipping 4. Which word-formation process was involved in the creation of dorm? A. conversion B. clipping C. acronymy D. blending 5. Which word-formation process was involved in the creation of AIDS? A. clipping B. compounding C. coinage D. acronymy 6. Which of the following words contains a bound morpheme? A. inside B. impure C. person D. mouse 7. Which of the following words contains a derivational morpheme? A. letter B. greater C. maker D. smaller 8. Which of the following words contains an inflectional morpheme? A. bomber B. wicked C. impatient D. florist’s 9. Which of the following words contains a bound stem/base? A. princeling B. forgo C. perceive D. airfield 10. How many functional morphemes are there in the sentence “Henry purposely tried to cultivate good relations with the press.”? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
4 SECTION 4 SYNTAX Instructions • The following sentences are either structurally or semantically ambiguous (i.e. more than one interpretation is possible). • Read the sentences carefully and explain the ambiguity by writing complete explaining sentences. Number of questions 4 interpretations Point/correct question 5 Maximum points 20 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". Question 1 She looked at the man using a pair of binoculars. Interpretation 1 • Interpretation 2 • Question 2 I saw Harold and Emma’s daughter. Interpretation 1 • Interpretation 2 • SECTION 5 SEMANTICS SEMANTIC ROLES Instructions • Identify the semantic role of the underlined noun phrase in each of the following sentences. Number of questions 5 Point/correct question 2 Maximum points 10 1. She could hear voices in the kitchen. 2. Jimmy tasted the wine. 3. The sun disappeared behind the clouds. 4. I love those who love dogs. 5. It fell to the ground.