TITULACIÓN Grado en Estudios Ingleses

Convocatoria MOCK EXAM

Asignatura 1528
Profesores Teresa Marqués, Moisés Almela

- Write a short answer (approx. 200 words) to FOUR of the five questions below. Thus,
you must leave blank one of the questions. No extra credit will be received for
answering all five questions.
- Please avoid schematic answers. Full sentences and paragraphs are required.
- Please use only the space provided for each question.
- Each answer has a weight of 25 per cent of the assessment of the exam.

Last name: _____________________ First name: __________________ DNI/NIE: ________

1) “The dog did not chase the cat. The cat chased the dog”. Explain why this example
shows that English is a highly analytical language. You may provide a comparison
with examples from other languages.

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2) Comment on the following excerpt from Rule XVI in Lindley Murray’s English
Grammar (1795):

“Two negatives, in English, destroy one another, or are equivalent to an

affirmative”; as, “Nor did they not perceive him;” that is, “they did perceive him.” “His
language though inelegant, is not ungrammatical;” that is “it is grammatical.”
It is better to express an affirmation, by a regular affirmative, than by two separate
negatives, as in the former sentence”

What kind of approach to grammar rules is expressed in this text? Is it

prescriptive or descriptive? Do you agree with Murray’s stance on double
negatives? Justify your answer.

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3) Explain the relationship and the main differences between generative grammar and
cognitive linguistics.

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4) Analyse the morphological structure of the word unlawful and explain the order of
attachment of the different morphemes of which it consists. Draw a tree diagram
and provide formal and semantic arguments that justify your answer.

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5) A table may be defined as ‘a piece of furniture that consists of a flat top supported
by legs’ (Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary). Does this mean the object below
is not a table? Justify your answer making reference to prototype semantics.

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Campus Universitario de La Merced. 30001 Murcia
T. 868 883 191 – F. 868 883 185 – www.um.es/dp-filologia-inglesa