环球时代学校官网天津外国语英语语言文学语言学全真模拟题(1)*AllthequestionsaretobeansweredinEnglishontheanswersheetsprovided.I.ShakespearehasJulietsay:What'sinaname?ThatwhichwecallaroseByanyothernamewouldsmellassweet.Whatdotheabovelinessaytoyouabouttherelationshipbetweentheform(sounds)andmeaning(concept)ofawordinspokenlanguage?ExplainwithpositiveevidenceaswellasexceptionsfromtheEnglishlanguage.(10points)II.Imagineyouhaveheardthedialogueasfollows:A.IhaveafourteenyearoldsonB.Well,that’sallrightA.Ialsohaveadog.B.Oh,I’msorry.Interpretthesituationandreplies(25points)III.Explainthefollowingstatementwithexamples:“Thecontextofsituationinwhichasentenceisusedcontributesalottoitsmeaningthatcannotbeaccountedforpuregrammaticalanalysis.”(25points)IV.(1)InwhatwayICanalysisisbetterthantraditionalparsing?(20points)(2)WhatareproblemsinICanalysis?(20points)V.Ateacherdrilledhis/herstudentsinthestructurecalledindirectquestions:Doyouknowwheremybookis?环球时代学校官网”whichshowsthatonlyminutesaftertheclassthestudentusedthestructureincorrectlyinspontaneousspeech.Whatdoyouthinkisthereasonforthismisuse?Wasthelessonawasteoftime?Whyorwhynot?(30points)VI.(1)Whatdoyouthinkarethedifferencesbetweenagoodlanguagelearnerandapoorlanguagelearner?(10points)(2)Ifweknow-whatstrategiesgoodlanguagelearnersuse,doesitfollowthatteachingso-calledpoorlanguagelearnerstousethosestrategieswillresultintheirsuccessfullanguagelearning?Whyorwhynot?(10points)ⅠShakespearehasJulietsay:环球时代学校官网’sinaname?ThatwhichwecallaroseByanyothernamewouldsmellassweet.Whatdotheabovelinessaytoyouabouttherelationshipbetweentheform(sounds)andmeaning(concept)ofawordinspokenlanguage?ExplainwithpositiveevidenceaswellasexceptionsfromtheEnglishlanguage.(10points)Thelinessaidaboveshowthattherelationshipbetweentheform(sounds)andmeaning(concept)ofawordinspokenlanguageisarbitraryinnature.Thatmeansthereisnologicalconnectionbetweenforms(sounds)andmeaning(concept).Differentsoundsareusedtorefertothesameobjectindifferentlanguages.Soundsarejustsymbols;theyareassociatedwithobjects,actions,ideas,etc.byconvention.(3分)Inthisexample,therosecanbecalledbymanynamesindifferentlanguagesbutitssmellneverchanges.Anotherexample,differentlanguageshavedifferentformsforreferringto“dog”inEnglish,suchasChinese“狗(gou)”,French“chien(n.m.)“.Anotherexampleis“book”inEnglish,“书”(shu)inChineseand“本”inJapanesebymeansofdifferentform(sound),expressingthesamemeaning(concept).(3分)Whilelanguageisarbitrarybynature,therearesomeexceptionsaswell.ThebestexamplesinEnglisharetheonomatopoeticwordsandcompoundwords.Forexample,someonomatopoeticwordssuchas“rumble”,“crash”,“crackle”“bang”areutteredlikethesounds,theydescribe,thusseemtohaveanaturalbasis.Besides,somecompoundwordsarealsonotentirelyarbitrary.Forexamplewhile“photo”and“copy”arebotharbitrary,thecompoundword“photocopy”isnotentirelyarbi-trary,thusseemtobemotivated.Anyhow,non-arbitrarywordsmakeuponlyasmallpercentageofthevocabularyofalanguage.(4分)(本题考查人类语言的设计特征之一——任意性,既意义(概念)和形式(语音)之间的关系主要是任意的,社会规约的,而不是自然的。只有少数词汇的意环球时代学校官网义与形式是自然的,有一定理据。本题还可以从词汇学的角度回答,参见陆国强的《现代英语词汇学》,从习惯派和自然派之争的角度出发,回答问题。总而言之,两者的争论还可能继续,但是习惯派占据了主流,其观点也更适合于现代语言学理论的精神。)ⅡImagineyouhaveheardthedialogueasfollows:A.IhaveafourteenyearoldsonB.Well,that’sallrightA.Ialsohaveadog.B.Oh,I’msorry.Interpretthesituationandreplies(25points)Inmakingsenseofthedialogueabove,itmayhelptoknowthatAistryingtorentanapartmentfromB.(5分)A’sfirststatementimpliesthatAwantstorentB’sapartment,andB’sreplymeansthatA’sdemandismet.(6)A’ssecondstatementimpliesthathewantstorenttheapartment,buthehasafurthercondition.Butthisisthelaststraw.BcannotcometotermswithAwithanindirectspeechact.(6分)BothAandBhaveperformedtheindirectspeechactsofinquiring,agreeingandrefusingbyperformingthedirectspeechactingofinformingthefacts,thatis,bymeansofstatements.Bothofthetwopartiesareverypolite.(6分)AandBarestrangers,theirrelationshipisthatbetweenthebusinessmen,whichisveryformal,thusindirectspeechactsareperformed.(2分)(本题考查语用学中会话涵义,合作原则和言语行为理论。主要是如何解释说话者和听话者如何在交际中实施间接言语行为。A和B可能是陌生人,相互不熟环球时代学校官网悉,因此他们都没有实施直接言语行为:请求或拒绝。而是通过实施直接言语行为,间接地完成了自己的交际意图。两者实施的言语行为都得体而礼貌。)ⅢExplainthefollowingstatementwithexamples:“Thecontextofsituationinwhichasentenceisusedcontributesalottoitsmeaningthatcannotbeaccountedforpuregrammaticalanalysis.”(25points)Thecontextofsituationisimportantbecauseitcontributesalottothemeaningofanutteranceincommunication.(6分)Forexample,thegrammaticalanalysisof“Hewentdowntownyesterday”doesnottelluswhoheis,whichtownitisorwhenyesterdayis.Inotherwords,therearestillthingsundetermined.Weknowthatthissentencehasbeenusedbymanyspeakersonmanyoccasionsformanypurposes;ithasreferredtomanydifferentthingsandperformedmanydifferentfunctions.(6分)Dependingonthetext,“he”canbeanybody,anymale—someone’sbrotherorfather,Churchi