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Q1024022 • Inglês • Aspectos Linguísticos Linguistic Aspects • FUNATEC • Prefeitura de Tucuruí PA • Inglês • 2024

a) Island (ilha): [ahys-lun nd]
b) Mother (mãe): [mó-der]
c) Bear (urso): [beer]
d) Child (criança): [chahyld]

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Q1124197 • Inglês • Aspectos Linguísticos Linguistic Aspects • FEPESE • Prefeitura de Brusque SC • Professor Língua Inglesa • 2026
Analyze the sentences according to English Phonetics and Phonology.
1. The words ship and sheep differ only in spelling; they are pronounced exactly the same.
2. Word stress can change the meaning or grammatical category of some English words, such as record (noun) and record (verb).
3. The plural ending -s has different pronunciations depending on the final sound of the noun.
4. The words live (verb) and live (adjective, meaning not recorded)”, are pronounced the same way.
5. Correct pronunciation involves not only producing individual sounds accurately but also using appropriate stress and intonation.
Choose the alternative which contains the correct statements.
- a) Only sentences 1 and 4 are correct.
- b) Only sentences 1, 2 and 5 are correct.
- c) Only sentences 2, 3 and 5 are correct.
- d) Only sentences 3, 4 and 5 are correct.
- e) Sentences 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are correct.
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Q1113849 • Inglês • Aspectos Linguísticos Linguistic Aspects • AMEOSC • Prefeitura de São Miguel do Oeste SC • Professor Língua Inglesa • 2026
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Peru's Nazca lines were paths for prehistoric culture: Japanese researchers

Tokyo, 16 Jan (EFE).- The mysteries shrouding Peru's Nazca Lines have intrigued scientists for decades. Now, a group of Japanese researchers has developed a new theory that the geoglyphs etched into the ground served as paths and routes. The lines forged into myriad figures of animals and plants straddle an area of 1,000 square kilometers of the immense Ica desert in southern Peru. They were created during the Nazca culture, a pre-Columbian archaeological culture that flourished between the 1st and 7th centuries BC. A research team led by Masato Sakai, of the University of Yamagata in western Japan, has discovered, with the help of local archaeologists, aerial images and drones, over 350 new etchings since 2004. Sakai says there are two types of geoglyphs, linear motifs that were created by removing the upper black stones to reveal the white earth underneath and raised lines that give the pictorial representations depth and that archeologists call relief lines. «The linear ones exist at the beginning and end of straight paths and can be used to travel from one valley to another (...) while the relief ones are on the sides of paths that are not straight and are usually etched on a slope,» the expert says. The meaning of the lines has long been up for debate. Some say they represented an astronomical calendar, others considered they were religious figures and some have even suggested that they serve as landing pads for UFOs. «I'm interested in letters,» Sakai says. «Everyone uses alphabets, but in Andean civilization, they didn't have that way of communicating, so I wanted to discover how they did (communicate).»

The researcher is convinced that the Nazca lines were used as a means of prehistoric communication

Despite their antiquity, the geoglyphs were not discovered until 1930 because these could only be appreciated with an aerial view or from some of the site's surrounding hills. The team of Japanese researchers started the project using satellite and aerial photos, and more recently using drones, and have now identified hundreds of figures, including a spider, a monkey, a hummingbird, a condor, a pelican, a gull, a snail, a whale, a snake and a llama. The team struck a deal with tech giant IBM in 2019 and have tapped into state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) that could help reveal the location of more figures and help with deciphering their meaning. «It is always a hypothesis, but we hope that with AI we can check whether theories are correct or suggest better ones that coincide with the new data,» the expert adds. Finding all the figures, which according to the expert could be in the thousands, is key to their conservation from both the weather and mining and agriculture which is prevalent in the region. «For the people of Nazca, the geoglyphs are a source of pride because the city is not very big, but many people come to see the figures. When we find new ones, we share the information with the local people because we know that they will respect and defend them, because it is the work of their ancestors» Sakai says. EFE

https://efe.com/other-news/2023-01-16/nazca-lines/

The words "hypothesis," "archaeological," "created," "lines," "culture" and "Japanese" appear in the text. Considering pronunciation, stress and spelling-sound relations in English, the correct statement is:
- a) In "Japanese," the primary stress falls on the first syllable, and "AI" is pronounced as a single vowel sound.
- b) In "hypothesis," the primary stress falls on the second syllable, and in "archaeological," the spelling "ch" represents the sound /k/.
- c) In "lines," the final -s is pronounced /s/, and "culture" begins with the consonant sound /k/.
- d) In "created," the final -ed is pronounced /t/, and the word "routes" is always pronounced with the same vowel sound as "doubts."
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Q1113805 • Inglês • Aspectos Linguísticos Linguistic Aspects • AMEOSC • Prefeitura de Palma Sola SC • Professor de Inglês • 2026
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Japan in the Ancient World

Japanese archaeologists divide the earliest part of Japanese history into four periods: the Paleolithic (preceramic) period, the Jomon (cord-marked pottery) period, the Yayoi period, and the Kofun (burial mound) period. Underlying this chronology, however, are two basic problems: First, who are the Japanese, and where did they come from? Second, how do the Japanese or "proto-Japanese" relate to the Ainu, a group of people who have resided in Japan since about 7500 B.C.E. but differ racially, culturally, and linguistically from modern Japanese in significant ways?

Paleolithic Japan (before 10,000 B.C.E.)

The Japanese islands have probably been occupied by humans for at least 30,000 years, if not longer. However, 10,000 years ago, Paleolithic Japan was a cooler place, and the sea level was 125 feet (38 meters) lower; therefore, some of the archaeological evidence of the earliest inhabitants is submerged. These hunters and gatherers, who had an extensive stone-tool inventory, most likely came to southern Japan through present-day Korea or to northern Japan from eastern Siberia, though there is abundant evidence of land connections to Asia at this time throughout the islands. It appears that the complete physical separation of the Japanese islands occurred only as recently as 18,000 to 12,000 years ago.

Jomon period (c. 10,000-c. 300 B.C.E.)

Starting about 13,000 years ago, when the Japanese climate began to warm, beautiful local pottery traditions—characterized by complex impressions made by twisted cords or sticks on the outside of pots before baking—abruptly appeared at various locales. Such ceramics eventually became commonplace throughout the islands. The Jomon people (named for this distinctive "cord-marked" ceramic style) were probably the direct descendants of the people of the previous Paleolithic traditions. They were very successful at hunting, fishing, and gathering, and because of the numerous rivers and rugged coastlines, they were largely sedentary. Shell mounds all over the islands indicate how extensively the ocean and rivers were exploited by Jomon people. The Jomon pottery eventually came to show distinctive regional styles, suggesting the existence of rather well-defined cultural groups and local folk traditions.

Yayoi (c. 300 B.C.E.-c. 300 C.E.)

About two thousand years ago, a distinct break occurred in the archaeological record. In Kyushu, the southernmost main island of Japan, bronze from the Korean peninsula and a newer style of earthenware pottery appeared, and iron smelting was developed. These changes characterize the Yayoi period, named after the district in modern Tokyo where certain artifacts were first discovered. The Yayoi period also saw thebeginning of Japanese-style intensive irrigated wet-rice cultivation, which became the main means of subsistence for almost everyone on the islands. This agrarian rice-based economy—with basically the same kind of farming practices—would persist until Japan's westernization in the late nineteenth century.

However, controversy surrounds the origins of this culture. The Yayoi people may have come from overseas and replaced the earlier Jomon people (as evidenced by the presence of many new technologies from abroad). For many years, Japanese archaeologists have assumed this to be true, with the implication being that the Jomon people are the ancestors of modern Ainu, and modern Japanese are the descendants of those who migrated from the Asian mainland during the Yayoi and Kofun periods. However, a majority of archaeologists feel that the record probably indicates a gradual but direct continuity from Jomon people to early, but historically identifiable, Japanese, with any migration from the mainland blending in with the local cultures. In either case, by the end of the Yayoi period, certain institutional structures were in place—a division of labor, the accumulation of prestige and luxury goods by particular individuals, and the rise of complex political organizations—which created a more stratified society, allowing for the development of a full-fledged Japanese state in the Kofun period.

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/japan-ancient-world

Regarding pronunciation and stress patterns in words related to the text "Japan in the Ancient World," judge the statements below.
I. In "archaeological," the spelling "ch" represents the sound /k/.
II. In "ceramic," the primary stress falls on the second syllable.
III. In "probably," the primary stress falls on the second syllable.
Which proposition(s) is/are CORRECT?
- a) Only III.
- b) Only I and II.
- c) Only I.
- d) Only I and III.
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Q1113725 • Inglês • Aspectos Linguísticos Linguistic Aspects • Avança SP • Prefeitura de São Miguel Arcanjo SP • Professor de Língua Inglesa • 2026
Choose the alternative in which all the words present the same vowel sound as the word "seat"
- a) beat - heat - leave
- b) said - head - bread
- c) sit - hit - live
- d) great - break - steak
- e) deaf- ready - meant
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Q1113724 • Inglês • Aspectos Linguísticos Linguistic Aspects • Avança SP • Prefeitura de São Miguel Arcanjo SP • Professor de Língua Inglesa • 2026
All the following alternatives contain words with the same final "-ed" pronunciation, except:
- a) worked - walked - laughed
- b) played - cleaned - opened
- c) wanted - needed - started
- d) watched - loved - decided
- e) cleaned - cried - imagined.
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Q1098735 • Inglês • Aspectos Linguísticos Linguistic Aspects • Avança SP • Prefeitura de Nova Odessa SP • Inglês • 2026
Brazilian learners of English often transfer pronunciation patterns from Portuguese. One common difficulty involves the pronunciation of the letter “h,” which in English usually represents the sound /h/ (as in house) at the beginning of words. Which word illustrates this pronunciation?
- a) hand
- b) school
- c) phone
- d) hour
- e) hisland
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Q1098734 • Inglês • Aspectos Linguísticos Linguistic Aspects • Avança SP • Prefeitura de Nova Odessa SP • Inglês • 2026
In English, the past tense ending -ed may be pronounced /t/, /d/, or /ɪd/.
Identify the group of verbs in which the -ed ending is pronounced /t/.
- a) washed – stopped – looked
- b) played – lived – cleaned
- c) started – wanted – needed
- d) allowed – opened – answered
- e) called – used – followed
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Q1097811 • Inglês • Aspectos Linguísticos Linguistic Aspects • IGEDUC • Prefeitura de Jati CE • Professor de Língua Inglesa • 2026
The divergence between spoken and written English is characterized by differences in lexical density, clausal complexity, and the use of deictic expressions. Based on the linguistic features of "Spoken Grammar" as described in corpus-based studies, choose the CORRECT alternative.
- a) Spoken English follows more rigid syntactic patterns than written English due to the immediate presenceof the interlocutor in the speech event.
- b) Spoken English frequently exhibits ellipsis and "heads and tails" structures (left/right dislocation) to facilitate real-time cognitive processing.
- c) Spoken English avoids the use of phrasal verbs and contractions because they increase the ambiguity of the message during oral interaction.
- d) Spoken English maintains higher lexical density than written English to ensure that abstract concepts are conveyed with maximum precision.
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Q1097809 • Inglês • Aspectos Linguísticos Linguistic Aspects • IGEDUC • Prefeitura de Jati CE • Professor de Língua Inglesa • 2026
Cohesion in English is achieved through grammatical and lexical devices, as categorized in the seminal work by Halliday and Hasan. Regarding the use of substitution and ellipsis as cohesive mechanisms in discourse, mark T for True or F for False:

(__) Substitution involves the replacement of one linguistic item by another, such as using "one" to replace a previously mentioned noun.
(__) Ellipsis can be defined as "substitution by zero," where a clause or part of it is omitted because it is understood from the context.
(__) Lexical cohesion is strictly limited to the repetition of the exact same word throughout a paragraph to maintain thematic unity.
(__) Anaphoric reference occurs when a pronoun refers forward to a noun that will only be introduced in the subsequent chapter of the book.

After analysis, choose the alternative that presents the CORRECT sequence:
- a) F, F, T, F.
- b) T, F, T, T.
- c) T, T, F, F.
- d) F, T, F, T.
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Q1095906 • Inglês • Aspectos Linguísticos Linguistic Aspects • Avança SP • Prefeitura de Nova Odessa SP • Inglês • 2026
In English pronunciation, the letter “g” may have two different sounds. For example, it has a hard sound /g/ in go and a soft sound /dʒ/ in giant.
Identify the group in which the letter “g” is pronounced with the soft sound /dʒ/.
- a) general – giraffe – gender
- b) Gentle – give – general
- c) good – great – geography
- d) geography – goal – grow
- e) get – gift – guess
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