语言学选择题练习word精品

语言学选择题练习

川.There are four choices following each statement. Mark the choice that can best complete the statement:

1. The morpheme “ vision ” in the com mon word “ televisicD ________ .” is a(n) __

A. bound morpheme

B. bound form

C. i nflectio nal morpheme

D. free morpheme

2. The compo und word “ bookstore ” is the place where books are sold. This in dicates that the meaning of a compo und ___ D _____ .

A. is the sum total of the meaning of its comp onents

B. can always be worked out by look ing at the meanings of morphemes

C. is the same as the meaning of a free phrase.

D. None of the above.

3. The part of speech of the compo unds is gen erally determ ined by the part of speech of _ B __ .

A. the first eleme nt

B. the sec ond eleme nt

C. either the first or the sec ond eleme nt

D. both the first and the sec ond eleme nts

4. _ B ___ are those that cannot be used in depe nden tly but have to be comb ined with other

morphemes, either free or bound, to form a word.

A. Free morphemes

B. Bound morphemes

C. Bound words

D. Words

5. _ C _____ is a branch of grammar which studies the in ternal structure of words and the

rules by which words are formed.

A. Syn tax

B. Grammar

C. Morphology

D. Morpheme

6. The meaning carried by the in flecti onal morpheme is C ___ .

A. lexical

B. morphemic

C. grammatical

D. sema ntic

7. Bound morphemes are those that _ D _______ .

A. have to be used in depe nden tly

B. can not be comb ined with other morphemes

C. can either be free or bound

D. have to be comb ined with other morphemes

8. A modify the meaning of the stem, but usually do not cha nge the part of speech of the origi nal

word.

A. Prefixes

B. Suffixes

C. Roots

D. Affixes

9. __ B _____ a re ofte n thought to be the smallest meanin gful un its of Ian guage by the

li nguists.

A. Words

B. Morphemes

C. Phon emes

D. Sentences

10. -“” in the word “ books ” is __

A. a derivative affix

B. a stem

C. an in flect ional affix

D. a root

11 Of all the speech orga ns, the __ C ____ i s/are the most flexible.

A. mouth

B. lips

C. ton gue

D. vocal cords

12. The sounds produced without the vocal cords vibrating are A sounds.

A. voiceless

B. voiced

C. vowel

D. consonan tal

13. __ B _____ i s a voiced alveolar stop.

A. /z/

B. /d/

C. /k/

D. /b/

14. The assimilation rule assimilates one sound to another by “ copying ” a feature of a