13--14香港中文大学ma语言学试题

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1、2012-13CUHKRecruitmentTestMAinLinguisticsMAinChineseLinguisticsandLanguageAcquisitionNameEmailPhoneUniversityCityProvinceSectionOneAnswerallthequestionsinthissection.Question1ExaminethefollowingwordsfromMichoacanAztec,alanguageofMexico.1.[nokali]6myhouse52.[mopelo]"yourdo

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