Questões de Língua Inglesa do ano 2011

Based on the text above, judge the items below.

The word “hence” (L.6) means also.

In the text, the word “bias” (L.5)

can be correctly understood as the expressing of an unquestionable preference towards a particular subject or thing, while rejecting others.

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).

“Operating at all linguistic levels (e.g. lexicology, syntax, text linguistics, and intonation), stylisticians analyze both the style of specific texts and stylistic variation across texts.” (R.6-8) — Ao operar em todos os níveis linguísticos (i.e, nos níveis lexicológico, sintático, da linguística textual e entoação), os estudiosos do estilo analisam tanto os estilos de textos específicos como a variação linguística através de textos.

Based on the text above, judge the following items.

The expression “in addition” (l.12) means furthermore.

Um sinônimo para Instead, conforme empregado no texto, é