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1 EMNEKODE OG NAVN* ENGLISH 1, EN130 SENSURVEILEDNING SEMESTER/ ÅR/ EKSAMENSTYPE* VÅR/2009/SKRIFTLIG OPPGAVETEKSTEN* Time: 5 hours. Reference allowed: max. two A4 pages of personal notes. Information: on: All three parts must be answered. Plan your use of time in accordance with the emphasis given to each of the three parts. Part 1: Text writing. 30% Write on ONE of the following topics: 1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Guess Who s Coming for the Dinner and Victoria and the Staveneys present the topic outsider in different ways. Write an essay that explores important aspects of the outsider in two of these texts. 2. Write a short article about what you consider to be the main problems confronting Native Americans in present day United States.

2 Part 2: Grammar 40% 1. Read the following passage and then answer the questions which follow. 1. Keeping pets, for the English, is not so much a leisure activity as an entire way of life. 2. In fact, keeping pets is an inaccurate and inadequate expression. It does not begin 3. to convey the exalted status of our animals. An Englishman s home may be his castle, 4. but his dog is the real king. People in other countries may buy luxurious five-star 5. kennels and silk-lined baskets for their pets, but the English let them take over the 6. whole house. The unwritten rules allow our dogs and cats to sprawl all over our sofas 7. and chairs, always hogging the best places in front of the fire or television. They get far 8. more attention, affection, appreciation, encouragement and quality time than our 9. children, and often better food. Imagine the most over-indulged, adored bambino in 10. Italy, and you will get a rough idea of the status of the average English pet. From Watching the English by Kate Fox. a. Specify (i) the clause function and (ii) the phrase type of the following phrases: Keeping pets (line 1) an inaccurate and inadequate expression (line 2) for their pets (line 5) the best places in front of the fire or television (line 7) Imagine (line 9) b. Using grammatical terms, describe the VP may be on line 3. c. (i) What are the phrasal functions in the noun phrase a rough idea of the status of the ave English pet. (line 10) (ii) For each of the following words, say what part of speech/word class it is: rough the of average 2. Rewrite these sentences, correcting the error in each of them. a. (i) *The present owner is born in Stavanger. (ii) *In this school, everybody share responsibility for keeping it tidy. (iii) *He says he has never been feeling better in his life. (iv) *There was built a new church after the old one burnt down.

3 b. Using grammatical terms, explain the difference between each wrong and corrected sentence. 3. Describe the grammatical differences and explain any differences in meaning between the following sentence pairs: (a) I have peeled the potatoes. I have been peeling the potatoes. (b) The children on the bus were noisy. The children were noisy on the bus. Part 3: Phonology 30% 1. Transcribe the following sentences phonemically. You may choose British RP or General American (GA) accent. Before starting the transcription, write which accent it represents. Include intonation marking which conveys the meanings indicated in the brackets. Words containing the tonic syllable are underlined. Use weak forms wherever possible. a. What a nice fellow! (enthusiastic). b. Yes. I don t know what we would do without old Loveday. (involved). c. It s a comfort to know that there are such good warders. (neutral) d. But Loveday isn t a warder! He s an inmate! (surprised). e. You must be joking! (surprised). 2. a. Transcribe the following words. Include word stress marking where necessary. Remember to state which accent your transcription represents, RP or GA.

4 threads evenings trustees vehicles advertised myths released devices hesitated speared b. Using the transcriptions of these words as examples, explain the phonological rules which account for the pronunciation of plural and past tense forms. 3. For each of the following words in RP a. provide the standard spelling, b. identify the vowel in the primary stressed syllable and say whether it is a long allophone or the short allophone of the vowel, c. using phonological terms, explain how the distribution of long and short vowel allophones can be accounted for..!k?tmkh jn9j?c!u`hr j?m!eit9ym<!rod? Hf$yzcY?!qdHR m<!s`ty?mcy zm!sh9j!cy?tjhm H!jPk?cYh. 4. Explain briefly, using phonological terms where possible, what is meant by three of the following terms. Provide examples. minimal pair linking /r/ weak form assimilation allophone RELEVANT PENSUMLITTERATUR * Se pensumliste på følgende link:

5 EKSAMENSKRAV* Innhold Alle 3 deler av besvarelsen må bestås for å få samlet bestått karakter. Part 1: Text writing: Kandidaten skal kunne gi en tydelig fokusert og avgrenset fremstilling av oppgaven. Part 2: Grammar: Kandidaten skal kunne skille mellom grammatisk form og funksjon anvende grammatiske termer på en presis måte identifisere, rette og forklare grammatiske feil identifisere og beskrive formelle og semantiske forskjeller Part 3: Phonology: Kandidaten skal kunne lese og skrive fonologisk transkripsjon identifisere og beskrive fonologiske prosesser bruke fonologisk terminologi vise kjennskap til grunnleggende intonasjonsmønster og deres betydning Form/ struktur/ språklig fremstilling og logisk sammenheng For oppgaven som helhet: En gjennomtenkt disposisjon som gir en god, fokusert og sammenhengende framstilling i et godt språk skal premieres. OPPGAVENS KARAKTER TOLKING AV OPPGAVETEKSTEN Det foreligger ingen særlig grunn til å komme med presisering av oppgaven

6 FAGLÆRERE/ OPPGAVEGIVERE Sted/ dato: Trondheim Navn: Sandra Foldvik, Ingfrid Thowsen, Ingunn Ofte