usually, we have extremely broad

通常我们都会出
questions, some of which are more theoretical than others.

许多种类的问题有偏理论性的
Some are more thematic.

以及一些主题性质的
We had one I'll show you in a minute about work that looks quite

接下来我会给你们看看这次考试的题型
different from this one, but here is the question:

和以往有很大不同比如这个
"It is often said that many of the humanistic disciplines of the second

我们常说人们对于语言本身的兴趣
half of the twentieth century are marked by their interest

成为了许多二十世纪后半叶
in language itself.

人文学科的标志
In other words, language becomes not just a medium

换句话说语言已不仅只是个沟通媒介
but a problem.

它也是一门学问
To what extent are the problems of language foregrounded in the novels

那么这门学问在这段时期有
of this period?

多么凸显呢