语言学复习选择50题

语言学复习选择50题
语言学选择题
1、As modern linguistics 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、prescriptive
B、sociolinguistic
C、descriptive
D、psycholinguistic
2、The morpheme "vision" in the common word "television" is a(n) ___.
A、bound morpheme
B、bound form
C、inflectional morpheme
D、free morpheme
3、"Can I borrow your bike?" ___ "You have a bike."
A、is synonymous with
B、is inconsistent with
C、entails
D、presupposes先决条件
4、The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ___.
A、semantics
B、pragmatics语用学
C、sociolinguistics
D、psycholinguistics
5、___ refers to a marginal language of few lexical items and straightforward grammatical rules, used as a medium of communication.
A、Lingua franca
B、Creole
C、Pidgin 洋泾语
D、Standard language
6.The pair of words “lend”and “borrow”are ___.( )
A.gradable opposites
B.relational opposites
C.co-hyponyms
D.synonyms
7.A linguist regards the changes in language and language use as __.( )
A.unusual
B.something to be feared
C.abnormal
D.natural
8.A word with several meanings is called __word.( )
A.a polysemous多义的
B.a synonymous
C.an abnormal
D.a multiple
9.The function of the sentence “A nice day, isn't it?”is __.( )
/doc/0f9935061.html,rmative
B.phatic社交语
C.directive
D.performative
10.The semantic components of the word “gentleman” can be expressed as __.( )
A.+animate,+male,+human,-adult
B.+animate,+male,+human,+adult
C.+animate,-male,+human,-adult
D.+animate,-male,+human,+adult
11. The distinction between parole and langue was made by ___________.
A. Halliday .
B. Chomsky
C. Bloomfield
D. Saussure
12. The study of does NOT form the core of linguistics.
A syntax B. pragmatics C. morphology D. sociolinguistics
13.Which of the following statements is not the concern of psycholinguistics?
A. It aims to answer such questions as how the human mind works when we use
language.
B. It focuses on the way of processing the information we receive in the course of communication.
C. It pays more attention to the study of language acquisition in children.
D. It relates the social norms that determine the type of language to be used 'in a certain occasion.
14. Which of the following items is not a design feature of human language?
A Competence.B. Arbitrariness. C. Displacement.D. Productivity
15. The differences between Modern Linguistics and Traditional Grammar are all of the following except .
A. descriptive vs prescriptive
B. spoken vs written
C. non-Latin-based framework vs Latin-based framework
D. competence vs. performance
16.The term___________linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach w hich studies Janguage change over various periods of time and at various historical stages.
A. synchronic
B. diachronic语言’历时的
C. comparative
D. historical comparative
17.Which word is the absolute arbitrary one?
A Careful. B. Crack. C. Handbag. D. Table.
18.The application of linguistic principles and theories to language teaching and
learning is called_____________.
A Sociolinguistics B. Psycholinguistics
C. Computational linguistics
D. Applied linguistics
19. Competence refers to _____________-.
A. knowledge of meaning of words and sentences
B. the actual realization of the language user's knowledge of the rules in utterances
C. the ideal language user's knowledge of the rules of his language
D. what speakers can actually do with language
20. The distinction between competence and performance is similar to the distinction
between________________.
A prescriptive and descriptiveB. synchronic and diachronic
C. speech and writing
D. langue and parole
21. Children can speak before they can read or write shows that .
A. language is basically vocal
B. language is arbitrary
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D. language is productive
22. ___________means the lack of a logical connection between the form of something and its expression in sounds.
A. Ambiguity
B. Abstractness抽象性
C. Arbitrariness
D. Fuzziness
23. All human languages are organized on two levels: the sound level —meaningless, the grammatical level—meaningful. This means language has the design feature of .
A. creative
B. changeable
C. arbitrary
D. duality双重[二元] 性
24. ________are two sub-branches of linguistics that study the units at the
grammatical level.
A. Morphology and semantics
B. Morphology形态学and syntax句法
C. Semantics and syntax
D.Morphology and phonology
25. ________are two sub-branches of linguistics that study meaning .
A. Morphology and semantics
B. Morphology and syntax
C. Semantics语意学and pragmatics语用学
D.Morphology and phonology
26. ________are two sub-branches of linguistics that study the units at the sound
level.
A. Morphology and semantics
B. Morphology and syntax
C. Semantics and syntax
D. Phonetics语音学and phonology音位学
27.Sometimes, two varieties of a language exist side by side throughout the
community, with each having a definite role to play. This phenomenon is___________ .
A. bilingualism
B. diglossia高低双语现象
C. pidgin
D. creole
28. The dialect which is caused by social status is_______________.
A. regional dialect
B. sociolect
C. idiolect
D. diglossia
29.A speaker uses the Standard English dialect when interacting with strangers, and
uses a different dialect when interacting with individuals whom she recognizes as members of her own social group. This illustrates which of the following types of linguistic behavior?
A. Hypercorrection.
B. Negative transfer.
C. Code-switching.
D. Borrowing.
30.A: What do you think of Mr. Zhang?
B: A fine day, isn't it?
In the dialogue between A and B, B's answer flouts which of the four maxims of CP?
A The maxim of quantity. B. The maxim of quality.
C. The maxim of manner.
D. The maxim of relation.
31.A: Where is Paul?
B: Somewhere in our University.
In the dialogue between A and B, B's answer flouts which of the four maxims of CP?
A. The maxim of quantity.
B. The maxim of quality.
C. The maxim of manner.
D. The maxim of relation.
32. A: Shall we get something for the kids?
B: Y es. But I veto C-A-N-D-Y.
B's answer violates maxim of ________.
A quantity
B. quality
C. manner
D. relation
33.____________act expresses the intention of the speaker.
A. Locutionary
B. Illocutionary语内表现行为的
C. Perlocutionary
D. Speech
34. In a factory, Li, the guide, is interpretini for a group of foreign guests. When they
have finished visiting one workshop, he would like the group to follow him to the next workshop. He says, " _____________."
A. This way, please
B. Come here
C. Follow me
D. Move on
35. Liu had something to tell the manager, Mr. Smith, so he went to his place, entering
the room and said, "__________."
A. Y ou are not busy, I hope
B. Can I have a word with you, Mr. Smith
C. Got a minute
D. I'm terribly sorry to trouble you, Mr. . Smith
1-5 CDDBC 6-10 BDABB 11-15 DDDAD 16-20 BDDCD
21-25 ACDBC 26-30 D B B C D 31. ACBAB
1. According to F. de Saussure, _______ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community.
A. parole
B. Performance
C. langue
D. Language
2. Language can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situations of the speaker. This feature is called _______,
A. displacement
B. duality
C. flexibility
D. cultural transmission
3. The function of the sentence “What a beautiful day!” is
____________.
A. performative
B. emotive
C. informative
D. phatic社交语言
4. __________ is regarded as t he “ father of modern linguistics”.
A. Chomsky
B. Saussure
C. Halliday
D. Whorf
5. Of all the speech organs, the ____ is/are the most flexible.
A. mouth
B. lips
C. tongue
D. vocal cords
6. ____________ is the study of all the sounds that occur in the world’s language.
A. Morphology
B. Phonetics
C. Phonology
D. Syntax
7. Which of the following is a typical tone language?
A. English
B. Chinese
C. French
D. All of the above
8. _________ is a branch of grammar which studies the internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed.
A. Syntax
B. Grammar
C. Morphology
D. Morpheme
9. A ________ word is a combination of two or more words which functions as a single word.
A. compound
B. blend
C. shortened
D. clipped
10. ________mainly deals with how words are combined to form sentences and the rules that govern the formation of sentences.
A. Pragmatics
B. Syntax
C. Semantics
D. Phonetics
11. __________ proposed the theory of Systemic-functional Grammar.
A. Chomsky
B. Halliday
C. Saussure
D. Bloomfield
12. The relationship between “fruit” and “apple” is ______.
A. homonymy
B. hyponymy
C. polysemy
D. synonymy
13. ________ refers to the semantic phenomenon that a word may have than one meaning.
A. Hyponymy
B. Homonymy
C. Synonymy
D. Polysemy
14. When any of the maxims under the cooperative principle is flouted, _______ might arise.
A. impoliteness
B. contradictions
C. mutual understanding
D. conversational implicatures
15. The word “holiday” undergoes the semantic change of ______ with its meanin g changed from “ sacred days” to “all holidays”.
A. generalization
B. specialization
C. elevation
D. degradation 1～5CA DBC 6～10 BBCAB 11～15 BBDDA。