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-國立臺中教育大學 101 學年度大學日間部轉學招生考試
專業科目（西洋文學概論、語言學概論）試題
適用學系:英語學系三年級 （本試題共三頁） I. 西洋文學概論: 50%Instructions: Write an essay on the following questions. Your essays must be well organized and comprehensive enough to show the width and depth of your
understanding of the subjects in question.
1. Compare the different conceptions of God/gods in ancient Hebrew and Greek literature. Use specific examples to support your argument. (25 points)
2. Discuss the status of women in ancient Western literature—800 B.C.E. to 400 C.E.,
roughly. Use specific examples to support your argument. (25 points)
II.語言學概論: 50%
Instructions: Respond to the following question.
1. What is a morpheme (2 marks)?
2. State what a free morpheme is and give an example (2 marks)?
3. State what a bound morpheme is and give an example (2 marks)?
4. Name two suffixes which can be used to indicate plural in English (1 mark each). Which is more productive (1 mark)?
5. Write c, g or r in column C to indicate whether the pairs in columns A and B are complimentary, gradable, or relational opposites (1 mark each):
A B C
Landlord Tenant a
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-Present Absent c
Right Wrong d
Borrow Lend e
6. The following sentences are either tautologies (analytic), contradictions, or situationally true or false. Write T by the tautologies, C by the contradictions, and S by the other sentences (1 mark each).
a. All bachelors are bald. b. People can talk.
c. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. d. All fish swim and some fish don’t swim. e. Either cats exist or don’t exist.
7. Paraphrase each of the following sentences in two ways to show that you understand the ambiguity involved (1 mark for each correct interpretation of each sentence):
Example: Terry loves his wife and so do I. i. Terry loves his wife and I love his wife. ii. Terry loves his wife and I love my wife.
a. The young men and women left the room. b. I know a man with a dog who has fleas.
8. Name the three nasal consonant sounds (1 mark each):
9. Name both labiodentals (1 mark each):
10. Translate the following IPA symbols into orthographic examples e.g. /a/ father (2 marks for each correct example)
a. /$/ b. /dI/
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-c. /I/ d. /tN/
11. What is a monophthong (2 marks)
12. What is linguistic determinism (2 marks)?
13. What is linguistic relativism (2 marks)?
14. What is a dialect (2 marks)?
15. Name 3 euphemisms and the offensive terms they replace (2 marks for each correct pair):
