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THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
2011-12 CUHK Recruitment Test
MA in Linguistics
MA in Chinese Linguistics and Language
Acquisition
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THE CHINESE
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
Part One Answer all the questions in
this section.
(1) General
questions
a.
Linguistics studies the nature of language.
b.
Linguistics
is the learning of languages.
c.
Linguistics
studies how different languages relate to and
inform each other and
why.
d.
Linguistics
studies how language changes over time, how its
speakers come to
learn it, and how
speakers affect its development.
e.
Linguistics studies humans’ cognitive
abilities, perception, and o
rgans of
speech production.
2. Which of the following
statements about language do you consider will be
in
accord with linguistic
theory?
a.
Only highly advanced and sophisticated
cultures have complex language.
b.
Children come to speak a language by
imitation and memorization.
c.
Languages don’t change as long as they
are taught properly.
d.
The sound structure of words follows rules; it is
not based on their meaning.
e.
Language is human instinct; it is a
human cognitive ability.
3. Which of
the following statements about Chinese is
accurate?
a.
Chinese is a member of the Sino-Tibetan
family.
b.
Chinese is largely an analytic
language.
c.
Chinese makes use of inflections.
d.
Chinese has
many regional varieties knows as dialects.
e.
Chinese is a
tonal language.
2
Circle all the answers which you
consider to be correct.
1.
Which of the following statements do you think is
accurate about the study of
Linguistics
?