815专业综合a试题.doc

2010年硕士研究生招生入学考试试题
科目代码及名称: 815专业综合A 适用专业:英语语言文学
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Part One English Linguistics
I. Define the following terms, using examples when necessary. (10%)
1. Cooperative principle
2. phonology
3. denotation
4. componential analysis
5. diachronic linguistics
II. Analyze the following according to the requirements. (10%)
1. Describe the following speech sounds. (5%)
(1) [u:]
(2) [ʃ]
(3) [ʤ]
(4) [ʌ]
(5) [z]
2. Draw the tree diagrams in IC analysis of the following constructions. (5%)
(1) my small child’s cog
(2) He is dancing with the fat mayor’s wife.
III. Give brief answers to the following questions. (10%)
1. Why is context said to be crucial to Pragmatics?
2. What are theme and rheme according to . Halliday? Cite examples for illustration.
VI. Write a short article in about 300 words on ONE of the following two topics. (20%)
1. Recursiveness
2. What is your understanding of meaning?
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Part Two English Literature
I. Completions (10%)
Directions: identify the following works or quotations with their authors.
1. The Canterbury Tales
2. The Merchant of Venice
3. The Pilgrim’s Progress
4. Gulliver’s Travels
5. “The Trumpet of a prophecy! O, wind,
If es, can Spring be far behind?”
6. A Christmas Carol
7. Wuthering Heights
8. Light in August
9. A Farewell to Arms
10. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd,
Petals on a wet, black bough.”
II. Define TWO of the following literary terms. (10%)
1. Epic
2. Tragedy
3. Heroic Couplet
4. Shakespearian
5. Metaphysical poets
6. Renaissance in England
7. Transcendentalism
8. Lost Generation
III. Answer only TWO of the following questions. (10%)
1. While in a very depressed state of mind, Tess, the heroine in Hardy’s novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles, said something like this: “Once a thief, always a thief.” What does Tess mean by uttering this proverb?
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2. The Scarlet Letter is notable for its allegory and symbolism, and i