a. Question; Why was Six afraid? Answer; Because Seven Eight Nine. b. Education kills by degrees.
72 What design feature/s of language does each of the following language phenomena show? Explain briefly why you think so.(20 points)a. cir→encircle or circularb. 我感冒了 = I have a cold / I caught a cold.(English) = Hargab baa ku haya.(Somali) = Tslaghdn ort.(Irish) =
.(Korean)c. 小虎：妈妈，
我昨晚梦见你带我去迪斯尼乐园了。d. As captain of the plane, Helen took her place in the henpit and started the engine.
73 Specify what interdisciplinary study(branch of macrolinguistics)or branch of
linguistic study will most likely deal with each of the following research questions.(10 points)
A. Which lexeme has the highest frequency on the data?
B. What factors have brought new words into our daily use of the language?
C. Is it possible to use this device to recognize the kidnapper's voice among thousands of calls you get everyday?
D. What are the drawbacks of using logical forms to translate a complex sentence? E. What are the differences between real-world tasks and pedagogical tasks?
F. Does the universal quantifier presuppose the existence of an entity named by the argument?
G. What factors will cancel the presence of a conversational implicature?
H. How does language represent the way human beings perceive and conceptualize the world?
I. Is touchable in the word untouchable a stem or a root with a suffix?
J. In what kind of context the production of a sound will be influenced by a neighboring sound?
74 Use the underlined sentences in the following dialogue as examples to explain the functions of language.(10 points)
Tom: I've got an extra ticket for the opera on Saturday. Do you know anyone who might like to go?
Mary: Not offhand. But I'll ask around. Tom; Well, thanks.
Mary; Hey, come to think of it, I'm free! I'd love to go. Tom; Great! Do you mind driving? Mary; Not at all. Pick you up at seven?
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75 Use your knowledge of morphology to invent a brand name for a pet shampoo which will be marketed in English speaking countries. Explain your reasons.(10 points)
76 In the English speaking world, there is variation in the use of \morning, and laughing. The variants are
—the standard variant—and[in], a nonstandard variant. The following table shows the results of a study which investigated whether the sex of addresser had an effect on which variant was used by two informants when they greeted people with \morning\
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