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1、Charpter11.1.11.a.Thissentencemayhavethreeinterpretations:1)Herolledfromsidetosideinhisgrave.2)Hereturnedhisgrave.3)Hehandedinhisgrave. b.Therearetwointerpretationstothissentence:1)Theygavepreferencetobothyoungmenandyoungwomen.2)Theygavepreferencetowomenandyoungmen.2.Unitsthathavereference:I,saw,Mar
2、y,went,thelibrary. Unitsthatindicatestructure:when,to.3.a.Thissentenceisgrammatical,butisnonsensical.b.Thissentenceisungrammaticalandnonsensical.c.Thisisagoodsentence.d.Thisisagoodsentence.1.1.21.a.Thissignisasymbol.Itmeanswewillhavegoodluck.Iknowitfrommyculturalbackground,becausetheChinesecharacte
3、r"福"means"luck"andthecolorredsymbolizes"goodness".TheChinesemeaningof"upsidedown"is"倒",whichhasthesimilarpronunciationof"到(arrive)".Thus,whenthecharacter"福"isputupsidedown,itmeansthatluckarrives. b.Thissignisanicon.Itmeansnosmoking,andIknowitfromthepicture. c.Thissignisamixtureofasymbolandaicon.Itme
4、ansthat"parking"isonlyallowedfordisabledpeople.2.Ithinkthehouseisonfirebecausesmokeisaindexoffire.3.Tothephysician,itmeansthatthemanhasgotafever.4.Ithinkso,butnotexactly,becausethedifferenceoftheconsonantsdoesnotmeanthebirdindifferentplacescriesdifferently.1.1.31.accordingtothearbitrarinesstheory,th
5、eformsoflinguisticsignsbearnonaturalresemblancetotheirmeaning.Thelinkbetweenthemisamatterofconvention.Thus,thenameXiaoLongisjustalabelfortheson.However,inChineseculturedragonwasthesymbolfortheemperor.Thus,thenamemayhavecertainassociativemeanings.2.No.Thespeakerofalanguage,basedupontheconventionestab
6、lishedinthespeechcommunity,associateslinguisticsignswiththingsandconcepts.Inpeople'smind,"pig"standsforfoolishnessandlaziness.IfInameitPigHairShampoo,noonewillbuyit.3.Wordsarearbitraryinform,buttheyarenotrandomintheiruse.Althoughthelinkbetweenformandmeaningisarbitrary,thereexistedcertainrelationship
7、betweenthem,whichcanbecalledrules.Theindividualdoesnothavethepowertochangeasigninanywayonceithasbecomeestablishedinthelinguisticcommunity.1.1.41.Iprefertousethespokenlanguage.Inasupermarket,thespokenl
