Graduation Examination in Linguistics 10 - Oct 2010 at USSH

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Graduation Examination in Linguistics 10 - Oct 2010 at USSH
Duration: 150 minutes 

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Part 1: SEMANTICS (6 marks) 

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2.

a) My dad always tells me to make hay while the sun shines.

→

b) We're got some new blood in the organization.

→Metonymy. New staff stands for new staff.

3. Identify two presuppositions...

Do you remember where you put the key?

→The speaker assumes that he hearer already knows what "key" it is.

→The hearer put the key somewhere.

4.

a) A: What on earth has happened to the roast beef?

    B: The dog looks very happy.

→B may implicatue that the dog may has eaten the roast beef.

b) Ann: It's strang that Tom is dating Mary. I thought he would never love any one.

    Tim: Every man loves a woman.

→It is not strang that Tom is dating Mary.

5. 

a) give/receive - (cho/nhận)

→Relational antonymy

b) desert(v)/desert(n)

→Homography

c) flat (n)/flat (adj)

→Homonymy

d) drive (as in 'drive a nail')/drive (as in 'drive a car')

→Polysymy (vì cùng di chuyển từ điểm này đến điểm kia)

6.

He is not reliable.

Situation one:
A: "What kind of person he is?"
B: "He is not reliable."
B directly answer A's question.
This is a representative.

Situation two: