Section A – ENGLISH LINGUISTICS
Q1. DISCOURSE ANALYSIS. Choose the best answer. Circle the letter (a, b, c,
d). (5 marks)
1)Lexical cohesion refers to:
a. classes of lexical items where the relationship between them is one of general-
specific
b. words which are similar in meaning c. relationships in meaning between lexical
items,
content words and the relationship between them d. words that are repeated in a
text
2)Hyponymy refers to classes of items:
a. which are similar in meaning b. which are in a whole part relationship with
each other
c. that are repeated in a text d. where the relation between them is one of
‘general-specific’
3) The notion of performativity says that:
a. in doing something, we say it b. words which are similar in meaning c. in
saying something,
we do it d. words that are repeated in a text
4) A speaker flouts a maxim when:
a. he/she does not observe a maxim but has no intention of deceiving or
misleading the
other person b. if there is a likelihood that he/she is liable to mislead the other
person
c. for ethical or legal reasons, he/she refuses to say something that breaches a
confidentiality
agreement d. he/she says something that goes beyond what someone has said
5) According to Austin (1962), the perlocutionary act refers to:
a. the literal meaning of the actual words b. the speaker’s intention in uttering
the words
c. the effect the utterance has on the thoughts or actions of the other person
d. something that goes beyond what someone has said
Q2. COHESION and COHERENCE: Focus on the words underlined in the text.
Who or what do they refer to? (10 marks)
What makes Netspeak so interesting, as a form of communication, is the way (1) it
relies on charac...teristics belonging to both sides of the speech/writing divide. At one
extreme is the Web, (2) which in many of its functions is no different from traditional
situations (3) which use writing; indeed, most varieties of written language can now be
found on the Web. Legal, religious, literary, scientific, journalistic, and other texts will all
be found (4) there, just as they would in (5) their non- electronic form. But there are
several major differences between Netspeak and face-to-face conversation, even in
those electronic situations (6) which are most speech-like. There is no way that a
recipient can react to our message while (7) it is being typed, for the obvious reason
that recipients do not know (8) they are getting any messages at all until the text
arrives on (9) their screens. Correspondingly, there is no way for a participant to get a
sense of how successful a message is, while (10) it is being written.
