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2012年1月3日下午2:30~5:00 新鲜出炉 考完试我就来发了
2011-12 CUHK Recruitment TestMA in LinguisticsMA in Chinese Linguistics and Language Acquisition
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Part One
Answer all the questions in this section.
(1) German
(2) Zulu
Analyze the morphological structure of Zulu nouns and answer the questions below:
(i) What is the morpheme meaning ‘singular’ in Zulu?
(ii)What is the morpheme meaning ‘plural’ in Zulu?
(iii)List the Zulu stems to which the singular and plural morphemes are attached, and give their meanings.
(3) English
The following three sentences have surface similarities, but only two share the same underlying structure. Find out the odd sentence by employing a syntactic test, such as deletion, insertion, passivization, inversion, constituency test, and dummy pronouns .
a.The first bus to take will be no. 5.
b.The first bus to arrive will be no. 5.
c.The first bus to board will be no. 5.
Part 2
Answer one of the questions below in either English or Chinese:
Question 1:
Which of the following statements do you agree with? What reasons would you give to support your opinions ?
(i) People with high IQs are good language learners.
(ii) Most mistakes in the L2 are due to interference from the L1.
(iii) L2 learners should not be allowed to hear mistakes or they will learn them.
Question 2:
Cantonese has the following 9 citation tones (Zee 1999):
Among the above 9 citation tones, only six of them are considered to be contrastive (i.e., /si‰, si, si™, siž, siŸ, si•/). Why are the other three citations tones (i.e., sIk‰, sIt”, sIkž) not considered to be contrastive? Please justify your answer.
Part Three
Choose one of the following questions and write a one-page essay in response to the questions. Please use English to answer the question. Please quote the name of the author(s) whose work(s) you refer to in your answer to observe academic honesty.
1.Digraphia is the coexistence of two writing systems, each to be used in the areas to which it is best suited. Reformers in China have been emphasizing the need for a policy of digraphia, i.e., Pinyin and the Chinese characters. Do you think it is a good idea to introduce such a policy?
2.What would it mean to speak without an accent? Thank globally as well as regionally: what would it mean to speak English without an American, British, Canadian, Australian, or some other national accent? What would it mean to speak Mandarin without a regional accent? Why do you imagine some people appear to think it’s better to be from nowhere than somewhere?
3.Describe the best teacher you ever had. You should specify why that teacher was the best. Make a list of such reasons, which should reveal some attributes for all teachers or would-be teachers to emulate.
4.Do you think personal names, such as Baby and Mommy, or personal pronouns, such as I and you, are easier for young children to perceive and analyze? Why?作者: maxh380 时间: 2012-1-3 17:55:07