语言学教程基础测试题(一)
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《语言学教程》基础测试题(一)
1.Modern linguistics is mostly prescriptive, but sometimes descriptive. (false)
2.Linguistics studies particular language, not language in general. (false)
3.The discretion between competence and performance was proposed by Chomsky.
(true)
4. A synchronic study of language is the description of language at some point in
time. (true)
nguage is arbitrary on all aspects. (false)
6.Vibration of the vocal cords results in a quality of speech sounds called voicing.
(true)
7.English consonants can be classified in terms of place of articulation and the part
of tongue that is raised the highest. (false)
8. A phone is a phonetic unit that distinguishes meaning. (false)
9. A syllable can be divided into two parts, the nucleus and the coda. (false)
10.Any sound produced by a human being is a phoneme. (false)
11.Since /p/ and /b/ are phonetically similar, occur in the same environments and they
can distinguish meaning, they are said to be A.in contrast distribution.
A.in contrast distribution
B. in complementary distribution
C.allophones
D. minimal pair
12.The sound /f/ is D. voiceless labiodental fricative.
A.voiced alveolar stop
B.voiceless velar fricative
C.voiced platal affricative
D. voiceless labiodental fricative
13. A B. front vowel is one that is produced with the front part of the tongue maintaining the highest position.
A.middle
B.front
C.central
D.high
14. Discretion features can be found running over a sequence of two or more phonemic segments. The phonemic features that occur above the level of the segments are called D. suprasegmental features.
A.immediate constitute
B.semantic features
C.phonetic components
D.suprasegmental features
15. The different phones which can represent a phoneme in different phonetic environments are called the C. allophones of that phoneme.
A.phones
B.phonemes
C.allophones
D.sounds
16. Which one is different from the others according to places of articulation?
possible sentences in languages is called syntax.
23. The study of sounds used in linguistic communication is called phonetics.
24. Parole refers to the realization of langue in actual use.
25. Consonants differ from vowels in that the latter are produced without obstruction of airstream.
26. English consonants can be classified in terms of manner of articulation or in terms of place of articulation.