一.简答.每道题10分

1.Is language a language that use a phonetic alphabet system？Explain briefly why or why not with examples.

2.How do you compare the traffic light system with a human linguistic system？

3.Why is it important to know the relations a sign has with others，such as syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations？

4.what is Cognitive semantics？

5.Describe the process of language perception，comprehension and production.

6.Do you think language research have influence on social and economic development？

二.论述.每题20分
7.A speech act consist of three related acts according to J.L.Austin’ Speech Act theory.What are they？Analyze the following conversation in the light of speech act theory.
Customer：Waiter！There’s  a fly  in my soup.
Waiter：Don\'t worry，there’s no extra charge.

8.Shakespeare has Juliet say:
What\'s in a name? That which we call a rose.
By any other name would smell as sweet.

      What do the above lines say to you about the relationship between the form ( sounds) and meaning (concept) of a word in spoken language? Explain with positive evidence as well as exceptions from the English language.

9.Examine the fllowing two statements about language , and discuss the similarities and differencesbetween them. Do you agree with the two statements? Explain your answer. and your opinmion .
(1) Sapir ( 1921: Language): Language. is a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas，emotions and desires by means of voluntarily produced symbols.”
(2) Bloch and Trager (1942: Ouline of Lngusiec Analysis): \"A language is a syslen of arbitrary vocal symbols by means of which a social group co-operates. \"

面试
今年没有自我介绍！！
老师一上来就问1.毕业论文的题目？2.为什么选择这个题目？3.为了完成这篇论文都看过哪些论文或著作？4.你知道哪个语言学家？

接下来就是（面试）纸上的题目（需快速阅读）

1.句子的意义是单词意义的相加吗？为什么？句子意义和话语意义的关系？（sentence meaning and utterance meaning）能否举个例子说明？

2.关于explicit grammar teaching 和implicit grammar teaching的材料，读完之后，老师提问。（老师问了我这两种语法分别是什么以及要用哪些教学法来教）