LA CARLOTA CITY COLLEGE

GRADUATE SCHOOL

DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS
Final Examination

I. Direction: Form a tree word-tree structure for the following sentences. (20 points)
1. The computer said that a fatal error occurred.
2. The children put the toy in the box.
3. The small boy saw George with a dog recently.
4. My friends watched the film.
5. Most cats with fleas and dogs with fleas live in the neighborhood.
6. The tall boy spilled his milk.
7. Mozart remains beloved by contemporary audiences.
8. The man near her arranged Mary to visit a zoo.
9. Jack was ignored and he seemed quite angry.
10. The angry bear chased the frightened little squirrel.

II. Direction: Draw the different articulators of a human being. (15 points)

III. Direction: Answer the following topics in relation to semantics. Letters only. (5 points)
1. Which of the following pairs are gradable antonyms?
a. love - hate b. hot – cold c. ugly - beautiful d. pass – fail

2. Which of the following pairs are NOT gradable antonyms?

a. love – hate b. far – near c. cat – dog d. easy - difficult

3. A person's semantic reaction is :

a. one's complete reaction as a complicated human being
b. one's verbal reaction on different levels
c . one's ability to classify his language
d. one's ability to understand general-semantics

4. Kinder/meaner are antonyms: what kind of antonyms? ______

5. What kind of affix is -ing in the sentence Mary told them amazing stories?

IV. Direction: Give three (5) examples on each of the given word formation processes. (25 points)
1. Blending
2. Compounding
3. Clipping
4. Acronyms
5. Derivation
 V. Morphology. Choose the correct tree structure that represents the given word.(15 points)

a. b. c. c.d.

b. c. d.
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VI. Explain in one paragraph. (20 points)

Why is Pragmatics important in our daily conversations and in dealing with other people?
Support your answers with different pragmatic functions.