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Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki i Przedsiębiorczości w Łomży

Pytania na egzamin dyplomowy na kierunku Filologia

2013/2014

I. Językoznawstwo

Językoznawstwo anglojęzyczne

1. How is the brain activity involved in language production and comprehension accounted for in the localization view? Refer to concepts such as lateralization, Broca’s area, Wernicke’s area, the arcuate fasciculus, the motor cortex, aphasia.

2. What’s writing? Characterize shortly different writing systems and say what difficulties English orthography (spelling) can pose to leamers of this language.

3. What is polysemy in language and how it is defined in view of homonymy? Discuss the problem on selected examples from English. Is polysemy common in language or is it a phenomenon on the periphery of language?

4. On the basis of selected examples from the English language, explain the naturę of the mechanisms of linguistic metaphor and metonymy.

5. How is the term prototype used in semantics? Discuss the prototype view of categorization by referring to relevant examples from English and Polish.

6. What are direct and indirect speech acts? Illustrate the phenomenon with relevant examples from English and Polish.

7. Discuss the problem of variation in language use according to social status. How does it manifest in different varieties of English and how it is manifested in other languages. Refer to terms such as: idiolect, sociolect, covert/overt prestige, register, jargon, slang.

8. Discuss the complex problem of regional variation in language use. By referring to the English language, as well as other languages, explain notions such as: the standard language, language varieties, accent, dialect, bilingualism, and diglossia.

9. What are pidgin languages and how are they different from creoles? Explain the idea of the post-creole continuum.

10. What is meant by linguistic relativity? Do you agree with this view of language and culture? Explain why you agree, or disagree, by referring to categories such as: time, colour, kinship, etc.