湖南师范大学外国语学院语言学专业2006真题

1.The linguistic forms “footage”, “football” and “balls” are three words each of which has

two morphemes. After analyzing them, answer the following questions:

(1)How many types of words are there in English? And what are they?

(2)How many types of morphemes are there in English? And what are they?

(3)In what way do a word and a morpheme differ form each other? (10)

2.For each of the following pairs of words, state the principal reason why they may not be

considered to the synonyms:

(1) man boy

(2) toilet loo

(3) determined stubborn

(4) pavement sidewalk

(5) walk run

Based on your analyses of the above, how do you define synonyms? (12)

3.In what ways are these expressions “ambiguous”? (6)

(1)An American history teacher

(2)她是在医院生的孩子

(3)The parents of the bride and the groom were waiting.

4.What is one obvious presupposition of a speaker who says:

(1)Where did he buy the beer?

(2)Your watch is broken.

(3)We regret buying that car.

And what is a presupposition? (6)

5. How would you describe the constructions used in these two examples from one English dialect: (1) We aint’t got none. (2) He just lazy. (6)