VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – HOCHIMINH CITY Full name: ................................................................
UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
Student ID: ..............................................................
FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS & LITERATURE
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS Class code: ..................... Test Room: .....................
SAMPLE 1-FINAL EXAMINATION
INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LINGUISTICS
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Time allotted: 60 minutes Exam date:
Proctor
Approved by Chair Examiner Total Score
(CBCT)
1. 1. Score in figures:
2. 2. Score in words:
Note: No materials or dictionaries are allowed.
SECTION 1 TRUE/FALSE
• Read each statement carefully and decide whether it is True or False.
Instructions
Number of questions 10
Point/correct question 2
Maximum points 20
1. Phonology is concerned with the actual physical articulation of speech sounds.
Assimilation is a sound change in which some phonemes (typically consonants or
2. vowels) change to become more similar to other nearby sounds.
3. A phoneme is always realised in the articulation of speech sounds.
4. The affixes in a word form are bound morphemes.
5. Functional words contain such categories as nouns, adjectives, adverbs.
6. A presupposition is an assumed-to-be-true fact upon which an utterance is delivered.
7. Positive face is the need to be independent and free from imposition.
8. In a compound word, there is only one stem.
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9. A request in the form of an imperative structure is a direct speech act.
A semantic feature is a theoretical unit of meaning-holding components that is used to
10. represent a word's meaning.
SECTION 2 PHONETICS
• Read the phonetic descriptions carefully and decide which phoneme is being
Instructions referred to.
• Form the phonemic structure from the description.
• Write the word for each of the transcription.
Number of questions 10
Point/correct question 2
Maximum points 20
Phonemic structure Word
Voiced
0 Velar e t /ɡet/ get
Plosive
0 b ɡ /bʌɡ/ bug
Phonemic structure Word
voiced
1. alveolar ʌ k
plosive
voiced
2. labiodental əʊ t
fricative
voiceless
3. m æ dental
fricative
voiced
4. alveolar uː m
fricative
voiced
5. s ɪ velar
nasal
6. l v
7. f t
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8. p n
9. w m
10. b m
WORD FORMATION PROCESSES
SECTION 3
MORPHOLOGY
Instructions • Circle the correct option.
Number of questions 10
Point/correct question 2
Maximum points 20
1. Which word-formation process was involved in the creation of malware?
A. blending B. clipping C. backformation D. conversion
2. Which word-formation process was involved in the creation of notebook?
A. blending B. borrowing C. compounding D. coinage
3. Which word-formation process was involved in the creation of Fahrenheit?
A. eponymy B. borrowing C. compounding D. clipping
4. Which word-formation process was involved in the creation of dorm?
A. conversion B. clipping C. acronymy D. blending
5. Which word-formation process was involved in the creation of AIDS?
A. clipping B. compounding C. coinage D. acronymy
6. Which of the following words contains a bound morpheme?
A. inside B. impure C. person D. mouse
7. Which of the following words contains a derivational morpheme?
A. letter B. greater C. maker D. smaller
8. Which of the following words contains an inflectional morpheme?
A. bomber B. wicked C. impatient D. florist’s
9. Which of the following words contains a bound stem/base?
A. princeling B. forgo C. perceive D. airfield
10. How many functional morphemes are there in the sentence “Henry purposely tried to cultivate good
relations with the press.”?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
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SECTION 4 SYNTAX
• The following sentences are either structurally or semantically ambiguous (i.e.
Instructions more than one interpretation is possible).
• Read the sentences carefully and explain the ambiguity by writing complete
explaining sentences.
Number of questions 4 interpretations
Point/correct question 2.5
Maximum points 10
“Mano met a woman with a wooden leg named Aminah.”
Example
Interpretation 1 • Mano met a woman who had a wooden leg that had the name "Aminah".
Interpretation 2 • Mano met a woman who had a wooden leg and had the name "Aminah".
Question 1 She looked at the man using a pair of binoculars.
Interpretation 1 •
Interpretation 2 •
Question 2 I saw Harold and Emma’s daughter.
Interpretation 1 •
Interpretation 2 •
SEMANTICS
SECTION 5
SEMANTIC ROLES
• Identify the semantic role of the underlined noun phrase in each of the
Instructions following sentences.
Number of questions 5
Point/correct question 2
Maximum points 10
1. She could hear voices in the kitchen.
2. Jimmy tasted the wine.
3. The sun disappeared behind the clouds.
4. I love those who love dogs.
5. It fell to the ground.
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SEMANTICS
SECTION 6
LEXICAL RELATIONS
Instructions • Identify the lexical relation between the underlined words.
Number of questions 5
Point/correct question 2
Maximum points 10
He took malicious pleasure in telling me what she had said.
1.
I could feel his malevolent gaze as I walked away.
People should not be allowed to break the rules.
2.
High interest rates are a brake on the economy.
The police still haven’t found the murder weapon.
3.
She had a fish impaled on the point of her spear.
They played well in the tournament.
4.
The dog fell down a well.
It upset me to realize how spineless I was.
5.
The King was a brave warrior.
SECTION 7 PRAGMATICS
Instructions • Identify one core presupposition of each of the following sentences.
Number of questions 5
Point/correct question 2
Maximum points 10
1. Tom doesn’t love his wife.
2. Ann didn’t realise that she was being followed.
3. When did you see Roland?
4. Peter was glad to be here again.
5. The Queen of Italy is a beautiful woman.
END OF TEST