Active and passive voice constructions differ in their degree of communicative dynamism, specifically in what they present as given or new information.
Question 1: Active and passive voice constructions differ in their degree of communicative dynamism, specifically in what they present as given or new information.
A. Ano
B. Ne
Explanation: The study materials state that active and passive constructions have the same propositional meaning but differ in their 'communicative dynamism', which refers to what they present as 'given/old' or 'new'.
Question 2: According to the provided materials, what is the semantic role of the Subject in a sentence constructed in the ´middle voice´?
A. The Agent
B. The Affected
C. The Recipient
D. The Beneficiary
Explanation: The study materials state that the ´middle voice´ sentence "semantically it contains the Subject which is the Affected rather than the Agent". This clearly identifies the semantic role of the subject in the middle voice as the Affected.
Question 3: The mood structure of the regulatory signs in the corpus is primarily based on the interrogative mood.
A. Ano
B. Ne
Explanation: The study materials state that the mood structure of the signs in the corpus is based mainly on the indicative mood and also on the imperative mood, not the interrogative mood.
Question 4: According to the study materials, which statement(s) accurately describe the Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) analysis of the regulatory sign "It is prohibited to chain bicycles to these railings"?
A. The impersonality of the prohibition is achieved through the use of an 'it-construction'.
B. 'It' in the main clause represents a mental process of desideration.
C. The sign conveys its directive force directly through an imperative sentence.
D. The clause 'to chain bicycles to these railings' functions as a Subject Complement (SCl).
Explanation: The study materials explicitly state that for this type of sign, "the impersonality is achieved through the use of it-construction." Furthermore, the SFG analysis in Table 19.7 shows that 'It' represents a "mental proc. of desideration". The analysis also indicates that the phrase "to chain bicycles to these railings" is interpreted as a "SCl" (Subject Complement) in the main clause. The sign is discussed as an example of a declarative sentence type conveying prohibition indirectly, not an imperative sentence type, which is a different pattern of regulatory signs.
Question 5: Interpreting a message in its intended way can solely rely on recognizing and understanding its language structures.
A. Ano
B. Ne
Explanation: The study materials state that recognizing and understanding language structures is only one part of what is needed to make sense of the world, and it is often the pragmatics of language use that provides the key to how a message is to be interpreted.