香港中文大学2016MA语言学笔试Jan28.pdf

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1、THECHINESEUNIVERSITYOFHONGKONG2015-16CUHKRecruitmentTestMAinLinguisticsMAinChineseLinguisticsandLanguageAcquisitionName__________________________Email__________________________Phone__________________________University__________________________City____________________

2、______Province__________________________1THECHINESEUNIVERSITYOFHONGKONGSectionOneAnswerallthequestionsinthissection.Question1AguacatecThefollowingdataarefromAguacatec,anindigenouslanguageofGuatemala.Examinethedistributionofthevoicedandvoicelessliquids([l],[r],[l̥]and

3、[r̥]).Determineiftheyareallophonesofseparatephonemesorallophonesofthesamephoneme.Whatisyourevidence?a.[l̥munʧ]‘lemon’j.[ʧerkʃ]‘scissors’b.[teʧl̥]‘sign’k.[ploh]‘useless’c.[r̥meril]‘hope’l.[seluʔ]‘yoursubstitute’d.[wempl̥]‘myribs’m.[hobil]‘knife’e.[bnol]‘maker’n.[lab]‘

4、ghost’f.[jol]‘word’o.[teruʔ]‘now’g.[tsontr̥]‘against’p.[balk]‘brother-in-law’h.[ʔuʔpl̥]‘firecrackers’q.[qloʔ]‘perhaps’i.[bibl̥]‘Bible’r.[l̥benuʔ]‘yougo’2THECHINESEUNIVERSITYOFHONGKONGQuestion2TzutujilIdentifythemorphologicalconstituentsandtheirmeaningsinthefollowingT

5、zutujilverbs.TzutujilisaMayanlanguagespokeninGuatemala.(AnoteonTzutujilspelling:xispronounced[ʃ],and7ispronounced[ʔ].)a.xinwari‘Islept’g.xoqeeli‘weleft’b.neeli‘heorsheleaves’h.ninwari‘Isleep’c.ne7eeli‘theyleave’i.xixwari‘you(pl)slept’d.nixwari‘you(pl)sleep’j.xe7eeli‘

6、theyleft’e.xateeli‘you(sg)left’k.xwari‘heorsheslept’f.natwari‘you(sg)sleep’Howwouldyousay‘Ileft’,‘heorshesleeps’,‘wesleep’?3THECHINESEUNIVERSITYOFHONGKONGQuestion3Consider(1),(2)andtheconversationbelow.(1)Peterwillwritealetter.(2)Thepictureonthewallisawesome.Professo

7、rLi:Whydowegenerallyreferto“writealetter”and“onthewall”asVPandPPrespectively?John:Wecall“writealetter”aVPbecausethestringhasaverbinit.Similarly,“onthewall”isaPPbecauseithasaprepositioninit.DoyouagreewithJohn?Why(not)?4THECHINESEUNIVERSITYOFHONGKONGSectionTwoDiscusson

8、eofthetopicsbelowineitherEnglishorChinese:Thefollowingopinionsarepopularbuttheydonotnecessarilyreflectourcurrentunderstandingoflang