Questões de Concurso

Match each linguistic area (first column) to its description (second column).

First column:

1. Morphology

2. Syntax

3. Semantics

4. Pragmatics

Second column:

(_) Studies meaning in language.

(_) Analyzes how context influences meaning.

(_) Examines word formation.

(_) Investigates sentence structure.

Choose the correct sequence:

Analyze the statements below.

I. Spoken English often presents reductions and connected speech not commonly found in writing.

II. The same vowel letter in English may represent different sounds depending on the word, as in "cat", "cake", and "father".

III. Listening and speaking skills should be developed only after reading and writing.

It is correct what is stated in:

Choose the sentence in which the use of prepositions is grammatically correct.

An Adverb Phrase (AdvP) consists of an adverb acting as the head, potentially accompanied by pre-modifiers and post-modifiers that qualify or intensify its meaning within the clause. Select the option where the underlined section constitutes a complete Adverb Phrase functioning as a pre-modifier of an adjective.

Genre analysis in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) involves understanding the communicative purposes, schematic structures, and linguistic features specific to discourse communities. Regarding the characteristics of the "Academic Abstract" genre, mark T for true and F for false:

(__) An academic abstract typically follows the IMRaD structure (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion) in a condensed form to provide a comprehensive overview of the study.
(__) The primary communicative purpose of an abstract is to persuade the reader to buy the product described in the text, using informal language and slang.
(__) Linguistic features of abstracts often include the use of the present perfect tense to refer to past research (Gap) and the simple past to describe the specific methods used in the current study.
(__) Abstracts are characterized by a high lexical density and nominalization, allowing for the packing of complex information into a limited word count.

After analysis, select the alternative that presents the correct sequence of the items above, from top to bottom: