Directions: Answer the Questions in English briefly, with examples if necessary. 1. What are synthetic languages( 综合语 )? How are they characterized? 2. What are analytical languages (分析语) ? How are they characterized? 3. How many formal changes are possible to English words? Is there any formal change (形态变化) in Chinese language? 4. Why English language is more flexible in word order (语序) ? Why is it not so in Chinese? 5. What is the usual word order in English sentences? Which are the nine types of inversion in English sentences? 6. What are the E—C differences in form words ? 7. How many kinds of form words are there in English language? 8. How is English phonological system( 语音系统 ) formed? How is Chinese one? 9. Does Chinese phonological and characteristic system have any advantage in literary forms? 10. Why Chinese is called Tone Language (声调语言) ?