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http://www.rhul.ac.uk/classics/CUCD/test.html Time allowed: 60 minutes Please write your name and college of first choice at the top of this page. . The pro!lems !elow are in roughly ascending order of difficulty and you should work your way through them in this order. Credit will !e gi"en for all work done e"en if the paper is not completed #. $ead "ery carefully all the information you are gi"en. %. &rite your answers in the spaces pro"ided on the paper. '(ou may if you wish write your rough work also on the paper. ). &rite "ery clearly. *. The following sentences are in This +anguage 'an in"ented language,. *solate the indi"idual words and work out their meanings. (our analysis should !e such that e"ery segment of e"ery sentence is assigned to some word- that is. when a sentence is !roken up into words. there should !e no residue: a. !. c. d. . #. %. ). 5. 6. 6. 'i*tiac(+,a*- /*s a cat listening carefully0/ 'i*tisno*sist- /*s the little girl listening sleepily0/ +,a*tsno*'i*ti. /The cat is listening sleepily./ sisac('i*ti. /1 little girl is listening carefully./ /cat/0444444444 /little girl/0444444444 /carefully/0444444444 /sleepily/0444444444 /a/0444444444 /the/0444444444 /is listening/0444444444

2ow does one e3press the following in This +anguage0:

**. *n This +anguage 'the same one as in pro!lem *, there are two classes of nouns and two classes of "er!s. *n sentences. each mem!er of each class of "er!s and nouns !eha"es according to e3actly the same pattern as e"ery other mem!er of its class !ut the pattern may "ary from class to class. 7ne class of nouns and one class of "er!s is characteri8ed !y the presence of a long "owel 'a* e* i* o* (*, in some or all of its forms- the other class of each is characteri8ed !y the a!sence of a long "owel. The only other thing you need to know is that the order of words is much more fle3i!le in This +anguage than it is in 9nglish. :ow proceed !y studying the e3amples that are translated for you and then translating the sentences that follow: a. c(n+ati /id. /1 child is coming./

!. 0o*ti /id't. /The child is going./ c. +(* /id'n 0o*1i. /1 cow and a child are going./ d. c(n+a1i 2en +(*'t'n3 a*1i'n. /1 !oy and the cow are coming and singing./

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5. /id't +(*'n c(n+a1i3 sno*'n 0o*1i.

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;. 1 cow is coming. 0.The !oy is singing. e. ner't 0e*'t'n s1i*1i 2en(n +(*f'n. /The man and the girl see a !oy and 'some, cows/. f. 0e*s 2en(s'n ner(f't (n/a1i3 stri*n't'n 2(n0a1i. /'<ome, girls and 'some, !oys are watching the men and annoying the woman/ .

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!!.+(*n sis(f'n s1i*ti stri*'t.

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#.1 woman is watching the man. %.The children are annoying the women. g. /id't s1it 'o*n't. /The child saw the house 'his home,./ h. 6(f't c(+at stri*n't. /The dog came to the woman./ i. 2en(s't 2(0a1 +(*n't3 0o1'n 'o*f't. /The !oys annoyed the cow and went to the houses 'their homes. home,./

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!7.s1i1 ner(f't (/a1'n +,a*s't.

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5.The children sang and the man went home. 6.The !oy came home and annoyed the women. ***. *n each of =uestions 6>% . you find an 9nglish sentence containing a word U:D9$+*:9D *: C1P*T1+<: let us call this word ?the model?. There follows in each case at least one other sentence in 2o d t,1e. @or each Auestion. consider the function that the model has in the structure of its sentence >> the Bo! that it does in relation to the other words in its sentence >> and then underline in the 2o d sentence

the single word which most closely matches it in terms of this function within its sentence. *f you find that two 'or more, words match the model eAually closely. underline them !oth 'all,. *n Auestions with more than one 2o d sentence3 do not e3pect to find a match necessarily in each sentence- there may !e one in each sentence !ut there may not !e. 2ere is an e3ample: '?model?, 1nne is cutting up 1PP+9<. 8en is 0ro6in0 (1 fast. Maria is t'ro6in0 t'e do0s stic/s. The answer is stic/s in the second sentence. +ike 1PP+9<. and unlike any other word in the !old sentences. sticks names what is directly acted on !y the action of the "er!: stic/s are !eing thrown. Bust as 1PP+9< are !eing cut. :ow answer the Auestions that follow: 6.This 1ct was the first to legali8e the U:*7:<. I /no6 +, 1arents s'ared a o9e of +(sic. T'e ot'er 6ee/3 friends 6e 9isited to d (s t'e sa+e stor,. C.Diaries and memoirs ha"e not caused D9 much interest. One S(nda, I ran0 to see 6'at t'e, 6o( d offer Dad. Her oo/ +ade ,o( first free:e and t'en +o9e as fast as ,o( co( d. Dad to d (s to co+e and 6atc' t'e +an 0i9in0 t'e do 1'ins fis'. ;.1 fresh <T1$T was the cru3 of the idea. S+a 6onder ;o'n and Sara' fo(nd ife a 'ea9, 2(rden. Not one of t'e+ esca1ed t'e conse<(ences of t'at conf ict and eac' in t(rn 2eca+e 1art of t'at +o9e+ent of 1eo1 es. #0.&9 apologi8e for any incon"enience that this may cause. =i an,one notice t'e difference=', doesn't 'e >(st sit do6n and 0et on 6it' it# .&ith a sinister tearing noise the large package <P+*T apart. He s'r(00ed 'is s'o( ders3 6rin/ ed 'is face and s'oo/ 6it' a(0'ter. So+eti+es t'e, o1en <(ite easi , 2(t (s(a , ,o( need a /nife to s1 it t'e+. ##.Under the stairs was found the missing P*9C9 of cake $ ne6 car 6as offered as first 1ri:e. He 6as 'anded a s'o9e and 0i9en t6o 'o(rs to finis' t'e >o2. #%.Dy father. <91$C2*:E for a Bo!. had left Danchester and his parents in ; #. T'e acres 'ad re+ained intact3 0ro6in0 in 9a (e and not decreasin0 in n(+2er. ;o'n T'o+as Sa t3 6'ose friends see+ed to re is' (sin0 2ot' 'is forena+es3 'ad +arried Mar, ;ane ;ones fro+ Nort' C'es'ire. To (s3 acc(sto+ed to s(c' (1'ea9a s3 it 6o( d see+ nat(ra to ea9e 'o+e for a safer 'a9en. #).&ithout e3ception it was a time of 9DF$1C*:E new cultures and reBecting the past. In t'e (n'ea t', conditions s(rro(ndin0 'ea9, en0ineerin0 and +inin03 6or/in0 and 'o din0 on 1 aced +an, 1ress(res on d6ind in0 fa+i , reso(rces. #5.<mall wonder Gohn and <arah found life a hea"y FU$D9:. He s'ifted 'is 6ei0't ner9o(s , fro+ foot to foot. Recent e0is ation 'as +ade it an offence to fai to disc ose s(c' detai s. #6.Fut these farms and !its of ground had gone again F9@7$9 our time.

It 6as not eas, to resett e in ands s(11osed , fit for 'eroes to i9e in after o9er t6ent, +i ion so( s 'ad 1eris'ed. #6.* must write F9@7$9 the mists of time o!scure the clarity of my recollections. 8efore !"!7 ife 'ad 0one on at a 9er, different 1ace. E9en 6'en t'e 2att es 2e0an3 c'an0e (as s o6 to co+e. #C.<ome left @7$ the colonies or Bourneyed to the 1mericas. He +arried 'is s6eet'eart and t'e, set (1 'o+e o(tside Co9entr,. D(rin0 t'e ear , da,s of 'is 'i0' 'o1es 'e 'ad 2eco+e (sed to 'er 1resence. #;.* knew the day would 9H9:TU1++( arri"e when * could sit down and take stock. Nat(ra ,3 conditions in !"?@ 6ere sti a far cr, fro+ t'ose 6e en>o, toda,. Ho6 'e 0ot in 6as itt e s'ort of a +irac e. %0.2e/ll P$7F1F+( recommend that we wait another <+( months. %redicta2 ,3 t'e 1re9io(s , +entioned 0rand*da(0'ter resisted t'is fierce ,. % .&hat * am loath to do is <C$*PT a narrati"e a!out myself. Editin0 t'e 8( etin is a diffic( t tas/3 since co1, arri9es at t'ree of t'e 2(siest ti+es of t'e ,ear. END OF %$%ER CUCD Bulletin #5 ' ;;6, I Uni"ersity of 73ford ;;6 Fulletin Contents CUCD 2ome $oyal 2olloway Classics Dept