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Prova
ufficiale
a.a. 2014
1)
The language used to analyse or describe a language is defined as:
A.
metathesis
B.
metalanguage
C.
metaphor
D.
metanalysis
2)
In uttering ‘
I name thee Queen Elizabeth
’ when smashing a
bottle of champagne against the bow of the ship, the person being
honored with the task is:
A.
sending the Queen Elizabeth to scrap
B.
acting the part of a priest in a play
C.
baptizing the new ship Queen Elizabeth
D.
reporting on the launch of the ship
3)
The great change in pronunciation which took place at the very
end of the Middle English period affected:
A.
the whole sound system which began to change their values in a
systematic way
B.
all consonants which began to change their values in a systematic way
C.
the correspondence between Romance and Germanic sounds
D.
the seven long vowels which began to change their values in a syste-
matic way
4)
As far as rhythm is concerned, English is generally considered
by scholars:
A.
similar to Italian
B.
a stress-timed language
C.
a syllable-timed language
D.
an isosyllabic language
5)
Notice the use of break in the following short extracts. In which
of them is the agent not even implied?
A.
Jill was tired of being told she couldn’t handle any housework, she
decided to fix the window herself. Unfortunately, things didn’t go so