2014香港中文大学语言习得笔试MA Admission Written Test_February 2014.docxVIP

2013-14 CUHK Recruitment TestMA in LinguisticsMA in Chinese Linguistics and Language AcquisitionName __________________________Email __________________________Phone __________________________University __________________________ City __________________________Province __________________________Section OneAnswer all the questions in this section.Question 1Focus on [s] and [t]in the following set of data from Daga‘I am licking[jamosivin]‘they will lick’[jamotain]‘grunt’[asi]‘we should go’[anet]‘shout’[senao]‘hole’[urase]‘drum’[sinao]‘holiday’[wagat]‘whisper’[simura]‘little’[otu]‘hit’[topen]‘there’[use]‘old’[tave]‘salt’[siuran]‘I kill’[tuian]Describe the distribution of[s] and [t].What type of distribution do they represent?Determine their phonemic status.If they belong to different phonemes, justify your answer.If they belong to the same phoneme, give the name of the phonological process involved.Question 2Compare these Italian and Spanish cognates:ItalianSpanishHow do you account for the organization of the syllable structure in these two languages?Question 3Consider the following data from Samoan:[manao]‘he wishes’[mananao]‘they wish’[matua]‘he is old’[matutua]‘they are old’[malosi]‘he is strong’[malolosi]‘they are strong’[punou]‘he bends’[punonou]‘they bend’[atamaki]‘he is wise’[atamamaki]‘they are wise’[savali]‘he travels’[pepese]‘they sing’[laga]‘he weaves’What is the Samoan word for:they weavethey travelhe singsFormulate a morphological rule that states how to form the plural verb form from the singular verb form.Question 4In the English sentences (a)—(c), all the relative pronouns are preceded by a preposition (underlined). However, relative pronouns in (d) and (e) are not preceded by a preposition. Explain why prepositions are inserted before the relative pronoun in (a)—(c) but not in (d) and (e).?(a) That is the officer?to?who John was talking yesterday.(b) The police have surrounded the house?in?which the robbers are hid