问答题At present, there is heated discussion on whether we should be encouraged in having a golden week holiday for May Day You are to write a composition of approximately 300 words on this issue. In the first part of your composition, you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Write your response on the answer sheet.

问答题TYRONEBitterly without turning around.No, it never can be now. But it was once, before youMARYHer face instantly set in blank denial.Before I what?There is a dead silence. She goes on with a return of her detached air.

问答题Metonymy (北航2010研)

问答题What is your understanding of Relevance Theory? (南开大学2009研)

问答题Comedy of manners

问答题Clarissa Dalloway(from; Mrs. Dalloway)

问答题Analyze the following speech errors, by commenting on how they might have arisen;a. He rode his bike to school tomorrow.(←yesterday)b. gone mild.(←wild/mad)c. He misfumbled the ball.(←mishandled/fumbled)d. That"s torrible.(←terrible/horrible)(北外2006研)

问答题On the top shelf of the case are some English works, among which may be mentioned Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, The Pilgrim"s Progress by John Bunyan, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding, Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott, The Old Curious Shop by Charles Dickens, Vanity Fair by William Thackeray, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot, The Way of all Flesh by Samuel Butler, The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Stevenson, The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde, The Man of Property by John Galsworthy, and Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw.

问答题Explain the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.

问答题How do you compare the traffic light system with a human linguistic system?

问答题3)The Campus Fiction(3 points)

问答题Concord(or; Agreement)(武汉大学2008研；中山大学2008研)

问答题The botanical garden program familiarizes children with names of different flowers, teaches them the conventions of naming plants, and they have the opportunity to learn skills used by gardeners.

问答题Comment on the following statement based on your own experience.Knowing words is the key, to understanding and being understood. The bulk of learning a new language consists of learning new words. Grammatical knowledge does not make for great proficiency in a language.（Vermeerl992)(武汉大学2005研)

问答题Specify what type/branch of linguistic study will most likely deal with each of the following research questions.(10 points)A. What factors will influence the reliability of software to evaluate students" writings?B. Are there certain variations in the pronunciation of the sound[1]between people in the South and North in China?C. Is it possible to use this device to recognize the kidnapper"s voice among thousands of calls you get every day?D. Are there anything lost when we translate a sentence into a logical form?E. What are the advantages of performing pedagogical tasks in class?F. Does the universal quantifier presuppose the existence of an entity named by the argument?G. Is it possible to find ways that can make context of speech explicit?H. How does language represent the way human beings perceive and conceptualize the world? I. Has blending become the major means by which people create new words today? J. In what kind of context will the production of a sound be influenced by a neighboring sound?

问答题Sartoris Snopes, or the younger son(from: "Barn Burning")

问答题semantic field theory(3 points)

问答题Desire Under the Elms

问答题Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligation where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.

问答题How would you describe the oddness of the following sentences, using semantic features? (浙江大学2004研)(a) The television drank my water.(b) His dog writes poetry.