1、 C. crash D. bang3。The function of the sentence “Water boils at 100 degrees Centigrade. is _。 A. interrogative B. directiveC。 informativeD。 performative4.In Chinese when someone breaks a bowl or a plate the host or the people present are likely to say“碎碎(岁岁)平安”as a means of controlling the forces wh
2、ich they believes feel might affect their lives。 Which functions does it perform? Interpersonal Emotive C。 Performative D。 Recreational5.Which of the following property of language enables language users to overcome the barriers caused by time and place, due to this feature of language, speakers of
3、a language are free to talk about anything in any situation? A. Transferability B。 Duality C. Displacement Arbitrariness6。Study the following dialogue. What function does it play according to the functions of language? A nice day, isnt it? Right! I really enjoy the sunlight. A. Emotive Phatic D。 Int
4、erpersonal7. _ refers to the actual realization of the ideal language users knowledge of the rules of his language in utterances。 A. Performance Competence C. Langue D. Parole8. When a dog is barking, you assume it is barking for something or at someone that exists hear and now。 It couldnt be sorrow
5、ful for some lost love or lost bone. This indicates the design feature of _。 cultural transmission B。 productivity C. displacement duality9. _ answers such questions as how we as infants acquire our first language。 Psycholinguistics Anthropological linguistics C. Sociolinguistics Applied linguistics
6、10。 _ deals with language application to other fields, particularly education。 A. Linguistic theoryB。 Practical linguistics C. Applied linguistics D. Comparative linguisticsII。 Decide whether the following statements are true or false. (10)11.Language is a means of verbal communication. Therefore, t
7、he communication way used by the deaf-mute is not language。12。 Language change is universal, ongoing and arbitrary。13. Speaking is the quickest and most efficient way of the human communication systems.14。 Language is written because writing is the primary medium for all languages.15。 We were all bo
8、rn with the ability to acquire language, which means the details of any language system can be genetically transmitted.16. Only human beings are able to communicate。17.。 De Saussure, who made the distinction between langue and parole in the early 20th century, was a French linguist.18。 A study of th
9、e features of the English used in Shakespeares time is an example of the diachronic study of language。19。 Speech and writing came into being at much the same time in human history.20. All the languages in the world today have both spoken and written forms.III. Fill in the blanks. (10%)21. Language,
10、broadly speaking, is a means of _ communication。22。 In any language words can be used in new ways to mean new things and can be combined into innumerable sentences based on limited rules。 This feature is usually termed _.23。 Language has many functions. We can use language to talk about itself。 This
11、 function is _.24。 Theory that primitive man made involuntary vocal noises while performing heavy work has been called the _ theory。25. Linguistics is the _ study of language。26。 Modern linguistics is _ in the sense that the linguist tries to discover what language is rather than lay down some rules
12、 for people to observe。27。 One general principle of linguistic analysis is the primacy of _ over writing。28。 The description of a language as it changes through time is a _ study.29. Saussure put forward two important concepts. _ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all members of a sp
13、eech community.30。 Linguistic potential is similar to Saussures langue and Chomskys _.IV。 Explain the following terms, using examples. (20%)31。Design feature 32。Displacement 33.Competence 34. Synchronic linguisticsV.Answer the following questions. (20%)35。 Why do people take duality as one of the im
14、portant design features of human language? Can you tell us what language will be if it has no such design feature?(南开大学,2004)36. Why is it difficult to define language? (北京第二外国语大学,2004)VI。 Analyze the following situation. (20)37.How can a linguist make his analysis scientific? (青岛海洋大学,1999)第二章:语音I.C
15、hoose the best answer. (20%)1。Pitch variation is known as _ when its patterns are imposed on sentences。A。 intonationB. tone pronunciation D. voice2.Conventionally a _ is put in slashes (/ /)。 allophoneB. phone phoneme morphemeAn aspirated p, an unaspirated p and an unreleased p are _ of the p phonem
16、e.A. analoguesB. tagmemesC. morphemesD. allophonesThe opening between the vocal cords is sometimes referred to as _.A. glottisB. vocal cavity C. pharynx uvula5。The diphthongs that are made with a movement of the tongue towards the center are known as _ diphthongs. wide B. closing narrowD. centering6
17、.A phoneme is a group of similar sounds called _。 minimal pairs B. allomorphs phones allophonesWhich branch of phonetics concerns the production of speech sounds?A. Acoustic phonetics Articulatory phonetics Auditory phonetics None of the above8。Which one is different from the others according to pla
18、ces of articulation?A. n B. m C。 b p9。Which vowel is different from the others according to the characteristics of vowels? i:B. u C. e i What kind of sounds can we make when the vocal cords are vibrating? Voiceless Voiced Glottal stopD. ConsonantDecide whether the following statements are true or fa
19、lse。 (10)11。Suprasegmental phonology refers to the study of phonological properties of units larger than the segmentphoneme, such as syllable, word and sentence.12.The air stream provided by the lungs has to undergo a number of modification to acquire the quality of a speech sound。Two sounds are in
20、free variation when they occur in the same environment and do not contrast, namely, the substitution of one for the other does not produce a different word, but merely a different pronunciation。p is a voiced bilabial stop.Acoustic phonetics is concerned with the perception of speech sounds.All sylla
21、bles must have a nucleus but not all syllables contain an onset and a coda。17。When pure vowels or monophthongs are pronounced, no vowel glides take place。18.According to the length or tenseness of the pronunciation, vowels can be divided into tense vs. lax or long vs。 short。19.Received Pronunciation
22、 is the pronunciation accepted by most people。20。The maximal onset principle states that when there is a choice as to where to place a consonant, it is put into the coda rather than the onset.Fill in the blanks。 (20)21。Consonant sounds can be either _ or _, while all vowel sounds are _.22.Consonant
23、sounds can also be made when two organs of speech in the mouth are brought close together so that the air is pushed out between them, causing _.The qualities of vowels depend upon the position of the _ and the lips.24.One element in the description of vowels is the part of the tongue which is at the
24、 highest point in the mouth. A second element is the _ to which that part of the tongue is raised。Consonants differ from vowels in that the latter are produced without _。26. In phonological analysis the words fail / veil are distinguishable simply because of the two phonemes /f/ - /v/。 This is an ex
25、ample for illustrating _。In English there are a number of _, which are produced by moving from one vowel position to another through intervening positions。28._ refers to the phenomenon of sounds continually show the influence of their neighbors。29。_ is the smallest linguistic unit。 Speech takes plac
26、e when the organs of speech move to produce patterns of sound. These movements have an effect on the _ coming from the lungs。IV.31.Sound assimilationSuprasegmental feature33。Complementary distribution 34.Distinctive featuresV。What is acoustic phonetics?(中国人民大学,2003)36。What are the differences between voiced sounds and voiceless sounds in terms of a
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