Graduation Examination in Linguistics 32 - ? at USSH

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Graduation Examination in Linguistics 32 - ? at USSH

Duration: 150 minutes 

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Part 1: SEMANTICS (6 marks) 

1.

2. For each of the following sentences, identify the figure of speech used and interpret it.

a) We need a couple of strong bodies for our teams.

→Metonymy. Bodies stand for players. 

b) Their relationship began to bud again after a long and desolate winter.

→Metaphor. The relationship is compared to flower, which means their
relationship began to develop again after a long and desolate winter.

3. Decide whether each of the following sentences is analytic, synthetic or contradictory?

a) The only thing you are sure of is that nothing is sure.
(tạm dịch: Điều duy nhất bạn chắc chắn là chẳng có gì chắc chắn.)

→Contradictory

b) Frozen water is ice.

→Analytic

c) My bachelor friends are all married.

→Contradictory

d) New Orleans is the largest city in Louisiana.

→Synthetic

4.

a) The police ordered the minors to stop racing cars.

→The minors were racing cars.

b) Isn't it strang that the United States invaded Cambidia in 1970.

→The United States invaded Cambidia in 1970.

5. What is the sense ralation between each of the following pairs of words? When it is antonymy, specify whether it is binary, gradable or relational. 

a) advance/retreat (tiến/rút lui)

→Binary antonymy

b) get (v) obtain/ get (v) buy

→Polysemy

c) flower/petal - (hoa/cánh hoa)

→Hyponymy

d) adaptability/changeability - (khả năng thích nghi/tính hay thay đổi)

→Synonymy

6.

"That's the best idea I've heard so far."

Part 2 : WRITING (4 marks) 

Write an essay of about 300 words on ONE of the following topics:

1. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parent are the best teachers. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer,
2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Businesses should do anything they can make a profit. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer,