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Graduation Examination in Linguistics 9 - Feb 2011 at USSH
Duration: 150 minutes
Part 1: SEMANTICS (6 marks)
1. Identify the homonyms, homophones and homographs in each of the following sentences.
a) The wind blew my blue shirt into the pool.
→ blew, blue
homophones
b) There was a big row in the first row of the theatre.
→ row, row
homographs
c) Cheryl rode along as we rowed the boat from the island to the lakeside road.
→ rode, rowed, road
homophones
d) Tracy didn't feel well after falling into the well.
→ well, well
homonyms
2. Of the following pair of sentences, say whether the one in column A entails the one in column B.
Lưu ý: whether (bao hàm nét nghĩa Yes or No, chứ không phải True or False)
→a) Yes
→b) Yes
→c) No
→d) No
3. Identify the presupposition(s) in the following sentences.
He bitterly regretted ever having mentioned it.
(presuppositon)
→He had mentioned it.
1. Identify the homonyms, homophones and homographs in each of the following sentences.
a) The wind blew my blue shirt into the pool.
→ blew, blue
homophones
b) There was a big row in the first row of the theatre.
→ row, row
homographs
c) Cheryl rode along as we rowed the boat from the island to the lakeside road.
→ rode, rowed, road
homophones
d) Tracy didn't feel well after falling into the well.
→ well, well
homonyms
2. Of the following pair of sentences, say whether the one in column A entails the one in column B.
A B
a) John plays the fiddle. (sáo) Some plays a musical instrument.
b) Rover got savaged by a sheep. (cừu) Rover got savaged by an animal.
c) Annie ruined the sweater. Annie didn't ruin the dress
(A làm hư chiếc áo len)
d) I've done my homework. I haven't cleaned the window.
Lưu ý: whether (bao hàm nét nghĩa Yes or No, chứ không phải True or False)
→a) Yes
→b) Yes
→c) No
→d) No
3. Identify the presupposition(s) in the following sentences.
He bitterly regretted ever having mentioned it.
(presuppositon)
→He had mentioned it.
4. Write down one IMPLICATURE that can be drawn from the second speaker's response in the following exchanges.
A: "Do you feel hungry?"
B: "I've not eaten for three years."
→B may implicate that B feels hungry.
5. What illocutionary act might the following utterance perform? What types of speech act is it? Is it a direct or indirect speech act? Is it an explicit or implicit performative?
"Sorry, it beats me why John did it."
→Illocutionary act: apologizing
→Speech act: expressive
→Direct
→It is an implicit performative.
6. Identify 1 sincerity condition that must be satisfied for the following utterance to be appropriate.
" I challenge you to beat the speed record."
(sincerity condition)
→The speaker believes that beating the speed record is difficult in some way.
Part 2: WRITING (4 MARKS)
A: "Do you feel hungry?"
B: "I've not eaten for three years."
→B may implicate that B feels hungry.
5. What illocutionary act might the following utterance perform? What types of speech act is it? Is it a direct or indirect speech act? Is it an explicit or implicit performative?
"Sorry, it beats me why John did it."
→Illocutionary act: apologizing
→Speech act: expressive
→Direct
→It is an implicit performative.
6. Identify 1 sincerity condition that must be satisfied for the following utterance to be appropriate.
" I challenge you to beat the speed record."
(sincerity condition)
→The speaker believes that beating the speed record is difficult in some way.
Part 2: WRITING (4 MARKS)
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