2008-2009 香港中文大学MA 语言学部笔试题

2008-9 CUHK MA (LIN/CLLA) Recruitment Test Name __________________________ Email __________________________ Phone __________________________ University __________________________ City __________________________ Province __________________________ 1 Part One A. Examine the following words from Michoacán Aztec, a language of Mexico and answer the questions that follow. 1. [nokali] ‘my house’ 2. [mopelo] ‘your dog’ 3. [nokalimes] ‘my houses’ 4. [mopelomes] ‘your dogs’ 5. [mokali] ‘your house’ 6. [ikwahmili] ‘his cornfield’ 7. [ikali] ‘his house’ 8. [nokwahmili] ‘my cornfield’ 9. [nopelo] ‘my dog’ 10. [mokwahmili] ‘your cornfield’ Questions: (1) Fill in the blanks with the corresponding Michoacán morphemes: ________ house _________ my ________ dog _________ your ________ cornfield _________ his ________ plural marker (2) What does [ipelo] mean? (3) How would you say ‘his cornfields’ in Michoacán? 2 B. Examine the following words from Malayalam, a Dravidian language spoken in India, and answer the questions that follow. 1. [koʈ:a] ‘basket’ 2. [kiʈ:i] ‘got’ 3. [ap:am] ‘bread’ 4. [at:am] ‘end’ 5. [keʈ:u] ‘burnt out’ 6. [kaʈi] ‘biting’ 7. [palam] ‘a weight’ 8. [keʈ:i] ‘tied’ 9. [ke:ʈ:u] ‘heard’ 10. [ka:ʈi] ‘sour gruel’ 11. [pa:la] ‘a tree’ 12. [ciri] ‘smile’ 13. [koʈ:i] ‘drummed’ 14. [kuʈi] ‘drinking’ 15. [ci:ri] ‘shrieked’ 16. [wi:ʈə] ‘house’ 17. [ku:ʈi] ‘increased’ 18. [ko:ʈ:a] ‘castle’ 19. [kaʈ:i] ‘thickness’ 20. [a:ɳə] ‘man’ 21. [wen:a] ‘butter’ 22. [kuʈ:i] ‘child’ Question: 1. How are long and short vowels distributed? 2. Is vowel length phonemic (音位) or allophonic（音位变体)? 3 Part Two Answer one of the questions below in either English or Chinese: 1. What are the major differences between English and Chinese consonantal sound systems? Please give concrete examples to elaborate your answer. 2. 举例说明汉语关系从句与英语关系从句的异同。 3. Compare and contrast the following types of SLA analysis. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each of them? Illustrate your answers with examples. a) Contrastive analysis b) Error analysis c) Interlanguage analysis 4 5 Part Three Choose one of the following questions and write a one-page essay in response to the questions. Please use English, as much as you can, to answer the question. Please quote the name of the author(s) whose work(s) you refer to in your answer to observe academic honesty. (1) ‘A language is a dialect with an army and a navy.’ Comment on this statement. (2) Reflect on language reform in China since 1949. Discuss the achievements and shortcomings in one aspects of the reform (such as the popularization of Putonghua, the promotion of Pinyin, or the simplification of the Chinese characters) (3) Reflect on your own experience of teaching Chinese to speakers of foreign languages. Focus on one aspect of this experience and discuss in depth the problems you encountered and the solutions you found. (4) Reflect on your own foreign-language learning experience. Focus on one aspect of this experience and discuss in depth the problems you encountered and the solutions you found.