英语语言学练习(含答案)
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英语语言学练习(含答案)
Chapter 1
1.Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of language .(√)
2.What first drew the attention of the linguistics were the rules used in language .(×)[What first drew the attention of the linguistics were the sounds used in language .]
3The major branches of linguistics are phonetics ,phonedogy ,psycholinguistics ,morphology ,syntax ,semantics ,pragmatic ,sociolinguisti cs ,and applied linguistics .(√)
4.As linguist became interest in how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in communication ,they developed another branches of study related to sounds called phonetics .(×) [As linguist became interest in how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in communication ,they developed another branches of study related to sounds called phonology .]
5.Linguistic study aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use ,it is said to be descriptive and modern linguistics is mostly descriptive .(√)
6.The description of a language at some point of time in history is a diachronic study ,but the description of language as it changes changes though time is a synchronic .(×)[The description of a language at some point of time in history is a synchronic study ,but the description of language as it changes changes though time is a diachronic .]
ngue and parole are relatively stable ,it does not change frequently .(×)
[Langue and parole varies from person to person ,from situation to situation .]
8.Chomsky define com petence as the ideal user’s knowledge of the rules of his language ,and performance the actual realization of this language in linguistic communication .(√)
9.Modern linguistics regards the written as primary .(×)
[Modern linguistics regards the spoken language as primary .]
nguage is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication .(√)
nguage is arbitrary ,this means that there is logical connection between meanings and sounds .(×)[Language is arbitrary ,this means that there is not logical connection between meanings and sounds .]
nguage feature are arbitrariness ,productivity ,duality ,displacement ,cultural transmission .(√)
nguage is arbitrary by nature ,and it is entirely arbitrary .(×)
[Language is arbitrary by nature ,and it is not entirely arbitrary .]
14.Productivity is unique to human language .(√)
nguage is a system ,which consists of three sets of structures ,or three levels .(×)[Language is a system ,which consists of two sets of structures ,or three levels .]
16.Three main functions of language are :the descriptive function ,the expressive,and the social function.(√)
nguage cannot beautiful used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situation of the speaker .(×)[Language can beautiful used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situation of the speaker .]
18."what cannot I do for you ,girl ?" This sentence illustrates the expressive function of language .(×)["what cannot I do for you ,girl ?" This sentence illustrates the social function of language .]
19.An English speaker and a Chinese speaker are both able to use a language ,but are not mutually intelligible . This indicates cultural transmission feature of language .(√)
20The ideational function is indicate ,establish ,or maintain social relationships between people .(×)[The interpersonal function is indicate ,establish ,or maintain social relationships between people .]
Chapter 2
1.Speech and writing are the two media order substances used by natural language as vehicle for communication .(√)
2.Phonetics is defined as the study of the phonic medium of language ;it is concerned with a part of the sounds that occur in the world’s language .(×)
[Phonetics is defined as the study of the phonic medium of language ;it is concerned with all the sounds that occur in the world’s language .]
3.The branches of phonetics are articulatory phonetics ,auditory phonetics ,and acoustics phonetics .(√)
4.Phonetic similarly ,phonetic identity is the criterion with which were operate in the phonolgical analysis of language .(×)
[Phonetic similarly ,not phonetic identity is the criterion with which were operate in the phonolgical analysis of language .]
5.When the vocal cords are drawn wide apart,letting air go through without causing
vibration, the sounds produced in such a condition are voiceless. (√)
6.The speech organ located in this cavity are the tongue, the uvula,the soft palate (the velum),the hard palate,the teeth ridge(the alveolus),the teeth and the lips.(√)