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One day an Indian gentleman, a snake charmer, arrived in England by plane. He was coming from Bombay with two pieces of luggage. The big of them(a) e (b) contained a snake. A man a

Semântica e Significado de Vocábulos (Semantics)

IDECAN · 2016

One day an Indian gentleman, a snake charmer, arrived in England by plane. He was coming from Bombay with two pieces of luggage. The big of them(a) e (b) contained a snake. A man and a little boy was watching him at the customs(d) area. The man said to the little boy “Go and speak to the gentleman”. When the little boy was speaking with the traveller, the thief took the big suitcase and went out quickly. When the victim saw that he cried, “Help me! Help me! A thief!” A police officer was in this corner whistle but it was too late. The thieves escaped with the big suitcase, took their car and went in(c) the traffic. Later they had a big surprise because the suitcase contain a snake.

 

(ELLIS, Rod. Second Language Acquisition.

Oxford University Press. Pag. 15-16.)

 

All items about the text are correct, EXCEPT:

  1. Instead of “big of them” one should use “big one”.
  2. “big of them” should changed by “bigger of them”.
  3. Instead of “... went in” one should use “... went into”.
  4. “the customs” should be replaced by “the costume’s”.
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A alternativa D está incorreta porque propõe substituir "the customs" por "the costume’s", o que altera sentido e estrutura.

customs é um substantivo plural que, no contexto, forma a locução customs area = área de alfândega. É o termo esperado em textos sobre chegada de viajantes.

costume’s, com apóstrofo + s, indica posse (do traje) e não corresponde semanticamente ao contexto. Além disso, costume significa “traje” ou “hábito”, não “alfândega”.

Assim, a troca proposta seria tanto semântica quanto gramaticalmente inadequada: trocar alfândega por “do traje” torna a frase errada e sem sentido no contexto.

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