課程名稱︰社會語言學概論二 課程性質︰系選修 課程教師︰胥嘉陵 開課學院：文學院 開課系所︰外文系 考試日期（年月日）︰2012/04/26 考試時限（分鐘）：180min(寫不完可以繼續寫) 是否需發放獎勵金：是 （如未明確表示，則不予發放） 試題 : Essay questions (Answers should be to the point and well-illustrated.) Choose "One" of the questions between 1a and 1b. 1a.How do men and women differ in their patterns of using language regarding their "linguistic features," "norms of interactions," and "functions of interactins?" Provide examples from the patterns of interaction or / and gossip to illustrate your points. (20%) 1b.What are some of the explanations of women's linguistic behavior provided by Janet Holme's textbook? Name "Two" of them. Provide evidence to justify whether they are reasonable based on the clasroom readins. (20%) 1c.How does language reflect sexism? Provide "two" examples for illustration. (8%) 1d.When we are faced with the issue that language is claimed to be sexist and some feminists attempt to eradicate such phenomenon by reinventing the language such as changing 'history' to 'herstory,' what is your attitude toward this issue? Do you think that gender differences in language use are inevitable? What might be some possible solutions to raise the awareness of this issue so tat sexism in language use may be lessened? (6%) 2. What is Whorfian hypothesis? WHat kinds of evidence support such hypothesis? What are some of the counterarguments against it? Name "one from each category." Provide illustrations based on the classroom readings. Do you personally agree to Whorfian hypothesis based on your own experiences of foreign language learning? Explain. (24%) 3. Accroding to Bernstein, what are the definitions of 'elaborated code' vs. 'restricted code' and 'position-oriented families language use' vs. 'person-oriented families language use'? Provide three features for each category. What is the most distinguishing difference between these two sets of definitions in terms of their theoretical postulations? What is his proposition regarding the relationship between language and education? What are the main arguments other sociolinguists employ to criticize Berstein's theory? You can cite two arguments from Labov or one from Labov and the other from Trudgill. (32%) Choose ONE of the questions in the following section. 4a.What are the definitions and functions of a linguistic taboo and euphemism? Provide illustrations with example. Name "two" of them. (10%) 4b.What is prototype theory? How does it apply to account for lanugage learning strategies and universal color terminology of different cultures? (10%) 4c.What is verbal hygiene? Provide two examples for illustration. (10%) --

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