2015 语言学导论练习题

Multiple Choices

1)Which of the following has an inflectional morpheme in it?

A. singer

B. broken

C. review

2)Which of the following ends with a velar?

A. picnic

B. cage

C. laugh

3)Which of the following is not a minimal pair?

A. letter/later

B. gin/fine

C. rail/reign

4)Which of the following violates English phonotactic constraints?

A. [vusatk]

B. [spred]

C. [krust]

5)The communication system of honey bees clearly shows_____.

A. productivity

B. reciprocality

C. displacement

6)What semantic role is represented by the underlined item in the sentence John

baked Mary a cake?

A. theme

B. goal

C. experiencer

7)Which of the following expressions would not be generated by this phrase

structure rule: NP Det (Adj) N?

A. the rusty car

B. a screwdriver

C. flying planes

8)In the following examples, choose the one in which the bracketed sequence

contains a constituent.

A. The boy raced into the schoolyard.

B. Mo and Monica tried to convince Jack to resign.

C. I doubt tomorrow will be sunny.

9)What is the characteristic of human language that allows mankind to talk about

the past, present and future?

A. displacement

B. arbitrariness

C. discreteness

D. productivity

10)Which area of linguistics analyzes the structure of word forms?

A. semantics

B. morphology

C. etymology

D. pragmatics

11)Which of the following words is a blending?

A. horizon

B. illegal

C. motel

D. happiness

12)How many morphemes are included in the word illustrated?

A. 5

B. 4

C. 3

D. 2

13)Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of language?

A. Some languages are more primitive than others.

B. Some languages do not have a sound system.

C. Some languages do not have a written system.

D. Like everything else, language changes through time.

14)Which of the following is an inflectional morpheme?

A. –ize

B. im-

C. –s

D. –ful

15)Which of the following is an abbreviated word?

A. WHO

B. brunch

C. pro

D. textbook

16)The word “rewrote” contains _____ morphemes.

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

17)Which of the following sentences is ambiguous?

A. He is my boss.

B. Fine for parking.

C. The dog is running.

D. Winter is coming.

18)In “The key opened the door.” “key” is the _____.

A. theme

B. goal