2010-11 CUHK Recruitment Test
MA in Linguistics
MA in Chinese Linguistics and Language Acquisition
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Section 1  Answer all the questions in this section.
(1) Spanish
Questions
A.When do the voiced stops [b], [d] and [ɡ] occur?
B.When do the voiced fricatives [β], [ð] and [ɣ] occur?
C.Given the distribution of the voiced stops versus the voiced fricatives described in your
answers to questions to A and B, decide which sounds ( [b], [d], [ɡ] or [β], [ð], [ɣ]) are basic and which are derived.
(2)Isleta
Consider the following data from Isleta, a dialect of Southern Tiwa, a native American language spoken in New Mexico, and answer the questions that follow.
a.[temiban] ‘I went’  d. [mimiaj] ‘he was going’
b.[amiban] ‘you went’  e. [tewanban] ‘I came’
c.[temiwe] ‘I am going’  f. [tewanhi]  ‘I will come’
字符串常量english占几个字节1.List the morphemes corresponding to the following English translations:
________ ‘I’________ ‘go’________  (present progressive)
________ ‘you’________ ‘come’________  (past progressive)
________ ‘he’________ (past) ________  (future)
2.What sort of affixes are the subject morphemes?
3.What sort of affixes are the tense morphemes?
4.What is the order of morphemes in Isleta?
5.How would you say each of the following in Isleta?
∙He went.
∙I will go.
∙You were coming.
(3) English
1.Decide whether the underlined NPs (noun phrases) in the following two sentences have
the same structure. Justify your analysis and draw tree diagrams for each of the NPs to show the similarities or differences.
a.This is [my husband George]NP
b.This is [Professor Lee]NP
2.Decide if each of the underlined words is an adjective or a noun. Justify your analysis and
draw tree diagrams for each of the NPs to show the similarities or differences.
a.[an old English dictionary]NP
b.[a characteristically English response]NP
Section 2  Answer one of the questions in this section in either English or Chinese
Question 1:
The following two passages were written by two learners of English: a native speaker of French, and a native speaker of Chinese. Both passages are descriptions of a cartoon film. Please read the texts carefully and analyze the grammar errors made by the learners. In particular, identify the errors and categorize them into error types. Which type(s) of error is/are common to both learners? Which type(s) of error is/are unique to one speaker?  Please try to describe and explain the possible source of each type of error.
Passage A (by a native speaker of French):
During a sunny day, a cowboy go in the desert with his horse.  he has a big hat.  His horse eat a flour.  In the same time, Santa Clause go in a city to give some surprises.  He has a red costume and a red p
acket of surprises.  You have three robbers in the mountain who sees Santa Clause with a king of glaces that it permitted us to see at a long distance.  Every robbers have a horse.  They go in the way of Santa Clause, not Santa Clause but his pocket of surprises.  After they will go in a city and they go in a saloon. […]
Passage B (by a native speaker of Chinese):
This year Christmas comes soon! Santa Claus ride a one horse open sleigh to sent present for children. On the back of his body has big packet. Santa Claus no way and no body help, so only a way give them, then three robbers ride their horse dashing through the town. There have saloon, they go to drink some beer and open the big packent. They plays toys in the Bar. They meet a cow boy in the saloon.

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