专八语言学选择题及答案.docx

1、专八语言学选择题及答案专八语言学试题一1. Linguistics is the scientific study of _.A. a particular languageB. the English languageC. human languages in general D. the system of a particular language 2. The consonant f in English can be correctly described as having the following phonetic features: _.A. voiceless, bilab

2、ial, stop￥B. voiceless, labiodental, fricativeC. voiced, bilabial, stopD. voiced, labiodental, fricative3. There are different types of affixes or morphemes. The affix ed in the word learned is known as a(n) _.A. derivational morpheme B. free morphemeC. inflectional morphemeD. free form】4. In the ph

3、rase structure rule SNP VP, the arrow can be read as _.A. is equal toB. consists of C. hasD. generates5. I bought some roses _ I bought some flowers.A. entails B. presupposesC. is inconsistent withD. is synonymous with6. Ys utterance in the following conversation exchange violates the maxim of _.X:

4、Who was that you were with last nightY: Did you know that you were wearing odd socksA. qualityB. quantityC. relationD. manner7. Changes in a language are changes in the grammar of the speakers of the language. This means that phonemes, _, words and grammatical rules may be borrowed, added, lost or a

5、ltered.A. phrasesB. sentencesC. morphemes D. utterances 8. In a speech community people have something in common _a language or a particular variety of language and rules for using it.A. socially,B. linguisticallyC. culturallyD. pragmatically9. Which of the major mental functions listed below is not

6、 under the control of the left hemisphere in most people _.A. language and speechB. visual and spatial skills C. reading and writingD. analytic reasoning 10. In general, the _ stage begins roughly in the second half of the childs second year.A. babblingB. one-wordC. two-wordD. multiword 答案： 专八语言学试题二

7、 famous quotation from Shakespeares play “Romeo and Juliet” A rose by any other name would smell as sweet well illustrates _.()、 conventional nature of language creative nature of language universality of language big difference between human language and animal communication the following sound com

8、binations, only _ is permissible according to the sequential rules in English.()【 sentence that has a NP and a VP can be shown in a _ formula SNP VP.() diagram is the _ on Case assignment that states that a Case assignor and a Case recipient should stay adjacent to each other.() Condition- Condition

9、 Parameter analysis is a way to analyze _ meaning. to Searle,those illocutionary acts whose point is to commit the speaker to some future course of action are called _.() term _ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language change over various periods of tim

10、e and at various historical stages.， comparative way in which people address each other depends on their age, sex, social group, and personal relationship. The English system of address forms frequently used includes first name, last name, title+last name, _,and kin term.+first name+title alone name

11、+last name+title and thought may be viewed as two independent circles overlappingin some parts. When language and thought are identical or closely parallel to each other, we may regard thought as subvocal speech, and speech as _.()( thought thought thought thought of the following best states the be

12、haviorist view of child language acquisition_.() acquisition is a process of habit formation acquisition is the species-specific property of human beings are born with an innate ability to acquire language| are equipped with the neural prerequisites for language and language use答案 专八语言学试题三 modern li

13、nguistics aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, and not to lay down rules for correct linguistic behavior, it is said to be _.A. prescriptiveB. sociolinguisticC. descriptiveD. psycholinguistic all the speech organs, the _ is/are the most flexible.（A. mouthB. lipsC. tongueD.

14、vocal cords morpheme vision in the common word television is a(n) _.A. bound morphemeB. bound formC. inflectional morpheme￥D. free morpheme _ in the embedded clause refers to the introductory word that introduces the embedded clause.A. coordinatorB. particleC. prepositionD. subordinator5.Can I borro

15、w your bike _ You have a bike.A. is synonymous withB. is inconsistent withC. entailsD. presupposes branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called _.A. semanticsB. pragmatics&C. sociolinguisticsD. psycholinguistics changes may be explained, in

16、 part, as analogic changes, which are _ or generalization.A. elaborationB. simplificationC. external borrowingD. internal borrowing refers to a marginal language of few lexical items and straightforward grammatical rules, used as a medium of communication.A. Lingua francaB. CreoleC. PidginD. Standar

17、d language , neurologists and linguists have concluded that, in addition to the motor area which is responsible for physical articulation of utterances, three areas of the left brain are vital to language, namely, _ .A. Brocas area, Wernickes area and the angular gyrusB. Brocas area, Wernickes area

18、and cerebral cortexC. Brocas area, Wernickes area and neuronsD. Brocas area, Wernickes area and Exners area to Krashen, _ refers to the gradual and subconcious development of ability in the first language by using it naturally in $daily communicative situations.A. learningB. competenceC. performance

19、D. acquisition答案 专八语言学试题四 pair of words “lend”and “borrow”are _.() opposites opposites discovery of Indo-European language family began with the work of the British scholar.() Grimm Rask) Bopp William Jones linguist regards the changes in language and language use as _.() to be feared fast and fluen

20、t speech with good intonation and pronunciation but the content of their speech ranges from mildly inappropriate to complete nonsense,often as unintelligible.()！s aphasic linguistic deprivation damage on the angular gyruss aphasic Southern learners of English in China tend to say “night” as “light”.

21、This shows:.() cannot pronounce/n/ interference because there is notthe sound /n/in their mother tongue teachers do not have a good teaching method、 do not like to pronounce nasal sounds word with several meanings is called _worD.() polysemous synonymous abnormal multiple function of the sentence “A

22、 nice day, isnt it”is _.()￥ most recognizable differences between American English and British English are in _ and vocabulary.() with the way in which a language varies through geographical space.() geography semantic components of the word “gentleman” can be expressed as _.()A.+animate,+male,+huma

23、n,-adultB.+animate,+male,+human,+adultC.+animate,-male,+human,-adultD.+animate,-male,+human,+adult 答案 专八语言学试题五Tick off the correct or the best possible answers: 1 One of the properties of language is that a language user can understand and produce sentences he/she has never heard before. This proper

24、ty of language is called _.A. duality B. productivity /C. displacement D. arbitrary Key: B2 The _ function refers to the fact that language can be used for establishing a favorable atmosphere or maintaining social contact rather than for exchanging information or ideas. A. phatic B. directive C. evo

25、cative D. performative%Key: A3 From a functional approach, the _ meaning of a language use consists of what is communicated of the feelings and attitudes of the speaker/writer.A. affective B. associative C. stylistic D. collocativeKey: A4 When -ing in gangling is removed to get a verb gangle, we cal

26、l this way of creating words _.、A. suffixation B. back-formation C. blending D. acronymyKey: B5 _ refers to the process by which words rise from humble beginnings to positions of importance.A. Degradation B. Specialization C. Elevation D. ExtensionKey: C6 As we know, every speaker has his own pet wo

27、rds and expressions and special way of expressing his ideas in language. This language variety of individual users is called _.A. idiolect B. regional dialect C. temporal dialect D. social dialect！Key: A7 When pitch, stress and length variations are tied to the sentence rather than to the word, they

28、 are collectively known as _.A. intonation B. tone C. phoneme D. sentence stressKey: A8 _ refers to the change of a sound as a result of the influence of an adjacent soun/D.A. Addition of sound B. Loss of soundC. Metathesis D. AssimilationKey: D9Basically, all the languages in the world can be class

29、ified in terms of language family. Vietnamese and Korean are two languages in the _ family.A. Indo-European #B. Sino-Tibetan C. Hamito-Semitic D. Malayo-PolynesianKey: B10A _ is the minimal contrastive unit in the writing system of a language.A. morpheme B. phoneme C. grapheme 。D. letterKey: C11 All

30、 mono-morphemic words are constituted by free morphemes, and those poly-morphemic words which consist wholly of free morphemes are called_.A. hyponyms B. compoundsC. blends D. allomorphsKey: B12 The requirement that the forms of two or more words of specific word classes which stand in specific syntactic relationship with one another shall also be characterized by the same paradigmatically marked category