870华南理工大学2016年攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试试卷（试卷上做答无效，请在答题纸上做答，试后本卷必须与答题纸一同交回）科目名称：语言学和英美文学基础知识适用专业：英语语言文学、外国语言学及应用语言学共8页第1页PartOneFundamentalsofLinguisticsandLiterature（外国语言学及应用语言学和英语语言文学考生共答部分）I.Definethefollowingtermsinyourownwords(每题必答，共20分)1.Arbitrariness2.Phaticfunctionoflanguage3.Fieldofdiscourse4.Immediateconstituent5.Code-switching6.CarpeDiem7.Protagonist8.Hyperbole9.Canon10.AlliterationII.Answerthefollowingquestions(每题必答，共40分)1.Doyouthinkanimalshavelanguage?2.Whatisthedifferencebetweensentencemeaningandutterancemeaning?3.Whatdoes“ArtforArt’sSake”usuallyreferto?4.WhatdoestheMetaphysicalSchoolrefertoinEnglishliteraryhistory?第2页PartTwoTestforStudentsofLinguisticsandAppliedLinguistics（外国语言学及应用语言学考生必答部分）I.Discussandcommentonthefollowingtopics(每题必答，共40分)1.Languageisthedressofthought.2.FerdinanddeSaussureandhiscontributiontolinguistics3.Thedifferencesbetweentraditionalgrammarandmodernlinguistics4.ContextandmeaninginpragmaticsII.Analyzethelanguagedataaccordingtotherequirements(每题必答，共50分)1.Explaintherulesandprinciplesunderlyingtheungrammaticalityorinappropriatenessinvolvedinthefollowingsentences(20points):a.*ItwasnotuntiltheygotacceptedintotheProjectthatwefoundthegrowingcorruptionemergedinthepastfewyears.b.*Railwayofficials,liketheirpoliticalbossesinMoscow,wereapttomuseatthebrilliantfutureinordertoescapefrompressingcurrentproblems.2.Analyzethefollowingextractofadialogueintermsoftherelatedsemanticandpragmatictheories(15points):‘Hush,hush!He’sahumanbeing,’Isaid.‘Bemorecharitable;thereareworsementhanheisyet!’‘He’snotahumanbeing,’sheretorted,‘andhehasnoclaimonmycharity.Igavehimmyheart,andhetookandpinchedittodeath,andflungitbacktome.’(EmilyBronte,WutheringHeights)3.Analyzethefollowingpassageintermsoftherelatedstylistictheory(15points):Mysouls,howthewinddidscreamalong!Andeverysecondortwothere’scomea...
