Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2011

In the fragment “…style may be regarded as a choice of linguistic means…” (L.10),

regard means to consider or have an opinion about something or someone.

In the fragment “…style may be regarded as a choice of linguistic means…” (L.10),

regard is the same as to look carefully at something or someone.

Based on the text, judge the following items.

Language users set up which style to adopt regardless of the text to be presented.

Based on the text, judge the following items.

Several factors are supposed to be considered whenever a choice of style is required.

Each of the following items offers a suggestion for a translation into Portuguese of some excerpts of the text above. If the proposed translation is accurate and acceptable, label the item C (certo). Otherwise, label it E (errado).

“The concepts of ‘style’ and ‘stylistic variation’ in language rest on the general assumption that within the language system, the same content can be encoded in more than one linguistic form.” (L.2-5) — Os conceitos de “estilo” e de “variação linguística” residem na hipótese geral de que, dentro de um sistema linguístico, o mesmo conteúdo pode ser decodificado em mais de uma forma linguística.