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Linguistics:

I. Directions: Read each of the following statements carefully. Decide which one of the four choices best

completes the statement and put the letter A, B, C or D in the brackets

1. ( ) The study of language as a whole is often called __________ linguistics.

A. particular

B. general

C. ordinary

D. generative

2. ( ) __________ can be simply defined as the speech sounds we use when speaking a language.

A. Phones

B. Sounds

C. Phonemes

D. Speech sounds

3. ( ) The two clauses in a __________ sentence are structurally equal parts of the sentence.

A. simple

B. complete

C. complex

D. coordinate

4. ( ) The goal of __________ is to explore the nature of language variation and language use among a

variety of speech communities and indifferent social situations.

A. psycholinguistics

B. sociolinguistics

C. historical linguistics

D. general linguistics

5. ( ) A __________ vowel is one that is produced with the front part of the tongue maintaining the highest

position.

A. back

B. central

C. front

D. middle

6. ( ) The open, back and long vowel is __________.

A.［ɑ：］

B.［?：］

C.［?：］

D.［u:］

7. ( ) Language change is universal, continuous and, to a considerable extent __________.

A. regular but not systematic

B. irregular and systematic

C. regular and systematic

D. irregular but systematic

8. ( ) A scientific study of language is based on the __________ investigation of language data.

A. symbolic

B. systemic

C. systematic

D. system

9. ( ) __________ are sometimes called “semivowels”.

A. vowels

B. fricative

C. glides

D. nasals

10. ( ) __________ is a typical tone language.

A. English

B. Chinese

C. French

D. American English

11. ( ) A sentence is considered __________ when it conforms to the grammatical knowledge in the mind of

native speakers.

A. right

B. wrong

C. grammatical

D. ungrammatical

12. ( ) The number of the lexical items in the minor lexical categories is __________ and no new members

are allowed for.

A. large

B. small

C. limitless

D. fixed

13. ( ) Human beings are the only species that learns and acquires language__________ explicit instruction.

A. with

B. without

C. within

D. through

14. ( ) According to F. de Saussure, __________ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all