Uvod u anglističku lingvistiku june 2017

INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH STUDIES FINAL TEST June 2017

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ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: I

Grammar and Morphology

1. Divide the following words by placing + between their morphemes (some of them may be monomorphemic!): a. illogical _______________ d. friar __________________ b. width _______________ c. unfinished ________________ 2.What is a periphrastic construction in morphology? Provide one example. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Example: _____________________________________________________________ 3. Define the term allomorph and provide one example: _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Example: _____________________________________________________________ 4. What is an inflectional paradigm? Illustrate with one example. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Example: _____________________________________________________________ 5. Which letters given in bold below represent prefixes (P)? Are they inflectional (F) or derivational (D)? Write your answer on the line next to the examples. a) amoral __________ b) abuse __________ c) microscope __________ d) tricycle __________ 6. Are the following compounds exocentric or endocentric? a. Red Cross ___________ c. turncoat _______________ b. scatterbrain ___________ d. sketch artist ____________ 7. What do the following acronyms stand for? a. EEG ______________________________________________________________ b. IAEA _____________________________________________________________ c. RSVP______________________________________________________________ d. scuba ___________________________________________________________

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Syntax

1. Explain and provide one example of movement as a test to determine syntactic units: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Example: ________________________________________________________ 2. Provide one example with a relative (a) and one example with a adverbial (b) clause: a. ______________________________________________________________ b. ______________________________________________________________ 3. Provide three different exponents of the syntactic function of subject complement: a. ________________________________________________________ b. ________________________________________________________ c. ________________________________________________________ 4. Define the notion determiner in syntax and provide two examples: _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Example1 ________________; Example2 __________________________________ 5. Provide one example of complex syntactic coordination: Example: _____________________________________________________________ III

Semantics

1. What are semantic features and what is their purpose in semantics? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 2. Provide one word which would fit the following distinctive features: a. - animate +plastic + tool____________ b. + human + female - adult ____________ 3. Specify the semantic relations between the following words: a. air/heir____________ c. pastry/food ____________ b. over/under ____________ d. altar/alter_____________ 4. Explain the term collocation and provide one English example for it: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Example: _____________________________________________________ 5. What is sentential ambiguity? Provide one example: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Example: _____________________________________________________

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