问答题Ballad

问答题Presupposition(武汉大学2004研)

问答题Recreational function

问答题Give short definition to each of the following terms in English with an example.(20 points)phonic medium of language

问答题acronym

问答题What are the three criteria linguists use to group allophones into phonemes?

问答题Read the following poem and write a short essay based on the following questions in about 100 words(8 points):The Song of the Old MotherBy W. B. Yeats(1865-1939)I rise in the dawn, and I kneel and blow Till the seed of the fire flicker and glow; And then I must scrub and bake and sweep Till stars are beginning to blink and peep; And the young lie long and dream in their bed Of the matching of ribbons for bosom and head, And their days go over in idleness.And they sigh if the wind but lift a tress: While I must work because I am old, And the seed of the fire gets feeble and cold. Questions:A. What must the old mother do?B. What do the young do while the mother works?C. What does the last line mean? How do you feel about the mother presented in the poem?

问答题 There is a marked difference between the education which every one gets from living with others and the deliberate educating of the young. In the former case the education is incidental; it is natural and important, but it is not the express reason of the association. (46) {{U}}It may be said that the measure of the worth of any social institution is its effect in enlarging and improving experience, but this effect is not a part of its original motive.{{/U}} Religious associations began, for example, in the desire to secure the favor of overruling powers and to ward off evil influences; family life in the desire to gratify appetites and secure family perpetuity; systematic labor, for the most part, because of enslavement to others, etc. (47) {{U}}Only gradually was the by-product of the institution noted, and only more gradually still was this effect considered as a directive factor in the conduct of the institution.{{/U}} Even today, in our industrial life, apart from certain values of industriousness and thrift, the intellectual and emotional reaction of the forms of human association under which the world's work is carried on receives little attention as compared with physical output. But in dealing with the young, the fact of association itself as an immediate human fact, gains in importance. (48) {{U}}While it is easy to ignore in our contact with them the effect of our acts upon their disposition, it is not se easy as in dealing with adults.{{/U}} The need of training is too evident and the pressure to accomplish a change in their attitude and habits is too urgent to leave these consequences wholly out of account. (49) {{U}}Since our chief business with them is to enable them to share in a common life we cannot help considering whether or not we are forming the powers which will secure this ability.{{/U}} If humanity has made some headway in realizing that the ultimate value of every institution is its distinctively human effect we may well believe that this lesson has been learned largely through dealings with the young. (50) {{U}}We are thus led to distinguish, within the broad educational process which we have been so far considering, a more formal kind of education—that of direct tuition or schooling.{{/U}} In undeveloped social groups, we find very little formal teaching and training. These groups mainly rely for instilling needed dispositions into the young upon the same sort of association which keeps adults loyal to their group.

问答题Do body language and facial expression share or lack the distinctive properties of human language? Why or Why not?

问答题A speech act consists of three related acts according to J. L. Austin's Speech Act theory. What are they? Analyze the following conversation in the light of Speech Act theory. (北航2008研) Customer: Waiter! There's a fly in my soup.Waiter: Don' t worry, there's no extra charge.

问答题What is one obvious presupposition of the speaker who says:

问答题Open-class words (浙江大学2007研)

问答题What are the qualities that Granny Weatherall has? In what way do such qualities help her live successfully?

问答题A Passage to India

问答题Based on the passage given in the section "Reading Comprehension" above, you are required to summarize each passage within 40 – 50 words. Write the answers on your Answer Sheet.

问答题Make a comment on Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.

问答题Translate the following paragraph into English. Write your translation on the Answer Sheet. 吴祖光，江苏人，以剧作家闻名。他的第一部作品《风雪夜归人》使他一举成名。他还涉足电影、京剧。 “梅兰芳的舞台艺术”被认为是梅兰芳舞台纪录片中最好的一部，吴祖光就是这部电影的导演。

问答题functional morpheme（上海交大2005研)

问答题Write an English composition of about 250 - 300 words, analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of web wiki by giving the examples of wikipedia and wikileaks. My Views on Web Wiki

问答题Foregrounding (北交大2007研)