Lingustic

Section A: (60%)
Question 1:(10%)
Noun phrase (NP); Verb phrase(VP); Adjective phrase(AdjP); Prepositional phrase (PP); Adverb phrase (AdvP)
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Question 2: (15%)
1. as well- off as (comparative clause)
2. while Rebecca is still partying day and night (adverbial clause) - (contrast)
3. unless you’ve got a Bachelor Degree (adverbial clause) - ( condition)
4. that the misunderstanding was cleaned up (nominal clause) - (complement of adjective)
5. What the consequence would be (nominal clause) – (subject)
6. what he did to bully his peers in the playground (nominal clause) – (direct object)
7. what made Jack change his mind suddenly (nominal clause) - (subject complement)
8. that his company has a liquidity problem (relative)
9. if I can pass the examination this time (adverbial clause) -(concessive)
10. where the jogger is suspected to have fallen off the cliff (nominal clause) – (direct object)
Question 3: (10%)
1. dry – wet
2. nephew - uncle
3. settee (hyponym) - furniture (superordinat)
4. wealthy - affluent
5. law - lore
Question 4: (10%)
1. Contradiction
2. Paraphrase
3. Paraphrase
4. Entailment
5. Contradiction
6. Entailment
7. Entailment
8. Entailment
9. Contradiction
10. Paraphrase

Question 5: (15%)
1. phrase
2. head
3. dependent
4. contrast
5. independent
6. nominal
7. comparison
8. polarity
9. Interrogative
10. metonymy
11. semantic
12. non-literal
13. metaphors
14. dysphemism
15. specialization

Section B: (40%)
Question 7: (15%)
Language is used for interacting between people. The two common mood types: indicative and imperative that can be adopted for the act of speaking. For indicative mood, it can be further divided in to declarative and interrogative. In the act of speaking, we are either speakers or listeners.

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