Graduation Examination in Linguistics 18 - ? at USSH

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Graduation Examination in Linguistics 18 - ? at USSH

Duration: 150 minutes 

Midnight sheeps © orestart

Part 1: SEMANTICS (6 marks) 

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3.

a) Can you stop coming home after midnight?

→You have been coming home after midnight.

b) I am afraid that I can't answer your question right now.

→You have asked me a question.

c) What were they doing when the earthquake occured?

→ The earthquake occured

d) She was not aware that it would hurt her so much.

→It hurt her so much

4.

a) Dont' you know that walss have ears?

→Personification. Walls are described as being able to have ears like people, which means people will know what you say in privacy.

b) She has no time even to sleep.

→Hyperbole. It's impossible for someone to have no time to sleep, which means she is very busy.

5.
Dialogue 1:
Kevin: "Comgratulations. I heard you have been accepted for the fall semester."
Gina: "Who told you that? My mailbox is still empty."
Implicature: Gina may implicature that Kevin is mistaken.

Dialogue 2:
Mary: "George sent me a great postcard from the beach."
Jane: " I thought he'd decided to study during the break."
Implicature: Jane didn't think George went to the beach during the break.

6.
a) "Learning rules without examples is useless.'
Situation

b) "You can say that again."