英语语言学试题(8)

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(完整版)英语专八语言学测试题

(完整版)英语专八语言学测试题

英语专八人文语言学测试题1. Which of the following features is NOT one of the design features of language?A language is a systemB language is symbolicC Animal also have languageD language is arbitrary2. The fact that different languages have different words for the same object is good proof that human loanguage is __________.A arbitraryB non-arbitraryC logicalD non-productive3. Which of the foloowing terms best describes the “-ate” in the word “affectionate”?A derivational morphemeB infectional morphemeC free morphemeD prefix4. Which of the foloowing terms best describes the pair of words kill and dill?A minimal pairB phonemic contrastC closed class wordsD bound morphemes5. What is the basic lexical relation between piece and peace?A synonymyB antonymyC homonymyD polysemy6. /p/ is different from /b/ in ______.A the manner of articulationB the shape of the lipsC the vibration of the vocal cordsD the place of articulation7. Of all the speech organs, the ____ is / are the most flexible.A mouthB lipsC tongueD vocal cords8. The phonological features of the consonant /t/ are ______.A voiced stopB voiceless stopC voiced fricativeD voiceless fricative9. The branch of linguistics that studies show context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ________.A semanticsB pragmaticsC sociaolinguisticsD psycholinguistics10. The utterance “We’ve already eaten ten tons.” Obviously violates the maxim of ______.A qualityB quantityC relationD manner11. All the back vowels in English are pronounced with rounded-lips, i.e. rounded, except _____.A //12. The semantic relationship between the two sentences “Mary’s son is an engineer.” And “Mary has a son.” is _______.A entailmentB presuppositionC synonymyD inconsistency13. Which of the following sentences is a commissive?A The eqarth is round.B I now prinounce you husband and wife.C I’m really sorry!D I’ll be here tomorrow14. Semantic feature analysis attempts to account for the _____ of a word according to the presence or abence of a specific semantic feature in the word.A conceptual meaningB social meaningC connotative meaningD affective meaning15. ____ act is the extra meaning of the utterance produced on the basis of its literal meaning.A SpeechB LocutionaryC IllocutionaryD Perlocutionary16. _____is a group of people using a given language or dialect. They use the same kind of language or dialect which is highly strtified in terms of social division.A Speech communityB Individual dialectC Regional dialectD Social dialect17. The situation where two very different varieties of the same language are used side by side for two different sets of functions is termed as _______.A diglossiaB bilingualismC multilingualismD register18. A ____is a variety of a language that is not a native language of anynone, but is learned on co9ntact situation such as trading.A pidginB creoleC dialectD lingua franca19. The Word“lab”is formed through _________.A back formationB blendingC clippingD derivation20. Which of the following items is not one of the grammatical categories of English pronouns?A genderB numberC caseD voice21. The pair of words “ lend ” and “ borrow ” are _______.A gradable oppositesB converse oppositesC co-hypinymsD synonyms22. “Big” and “Small ”are a pair of _________opposites.A complementaryB gradableC completeD converse23. _______is the study of how speakers of a language use sentences to effect successful communication.A SemanticsB pragmaticsC sociolinguisticsD psycholinguistics24. A variety of a language used recognizably in a specific region or by a specific social class is called __________.A dialectB registersC creolesD pidgins25. In a speech community people have something in common________ -- a language or a particular variety of language and rules for using it.A sociallyB linguisticallyC culturallyD pragmatically26. [ l ] and [ r ] function in a minimal pair of ___________.A lid and ridB lad and redC peel and peerD both A,B,C27. Man’s linguistic ability enables him to produce and understand an infinitely large number of sentences in his native language, including the sentences which were never heard before. This design feature of language is ____________.A specializationB cultural transmissionC ProductivityD arbitrariness28. The study of language developed over a period of time is generally termed as ______ linguistics, which focuses on the changes and developments of language.A comparativeB appliedC synchronicD diachronic29. Human language operates on two levels of structure. At one level are elements which have no meaning in themselves but which combine to form units at another level which do have meaning. This design feature of language is called ______.A D。

英语语言学试卷精粹及答案(10套题)

英语语言学试卷精粹及答案(10套题)

有答案的第一部分选择题41、Explain how the inventory of sounds can change, giving some examples inEnglish for illustration.42、Briefly discuss the individual factors which affect the acquisition ofa second language.英语语言学试题(2)五、论述题(每小题10分,共20分)36.Paraphrase each of the following sentences in two different ways to show the syntactic rules account for the ambiguity of sentences.(1)The shooting of the hunters might be terrible.(2)He saw young men and women present.(3)They were surprised at the president's appointment.37.Decide the meaning of the following affixes and give each affix two examples.re-un-anti-super--wise-itis-ize-age英语语言学试题(3)Ⅴ.Answer the following questions.(10%×2=20%)41.Explain with examples the three notions of phone, phoneme and allophone, and also how they are related.英语语言学试题(5)五、论述题(第41、42小题各7分,第43小题6分,共20分)41. Under what conditions will two sounds be assigned to the same phoneme?42. For the following sentence, draw a tree diagram to reveal its underlying structure.The girl ate the orange.43. Study the passage taken from Shakespeare’s HAMLET below carefully and identify every difference in expression between Elizabethan and Modern English that is evident.King: Where is Polonius?Hamlet: In heaven, Send thither to see.If your messenger find him not there,seek him i’ the other place yourself.But indeed, if you find him not withinthis month, you shall nose him as yougo up the stairs into the lobby.Act IV, Scene iii英语语言学试题(6)41. The phonological features that occur above the level of individual sounds are called suprasegmental features. Discuss the main suprasegmental features, illustrating withexamples how they function in the distinction of meaning.42. Explain and give examples to show in what way componential analysis is similar to the analysis of phonemes into distinctive features.英语语言学试题(7)五、论述题(每小题10分,共20分)1. Comment on the following conversation in terms of Grice’s Cooperative Principle:A: Where’ve you been?B: Out.2. Analyse the following words and show how many morphemes each of them contains:specialize , indisputable, individualistic, downfall, unexceptionableness, ungentlemanliness(每个语素0. 5分)英语语言学试题(8)语言学试题)41.Why do we say tree diagrams are more advantageous and informative than linear structure in analyzing the constituent relationship among linguistic elements? Support your statement with examples.42.Describe the process of language perception, comprehension and production英语语言学试题(9)语言学试题及参考答案41. Explain sociological triggers for language change by giving a typical example in the history of English.42. Explain briefly the four main individual learner factors that affect a learner's acquisition of a second language.语言学试题参考答案一、单项选择题(本大题共10小题,每小题2分,共20分)1、C2、C3、D4、D5、D6、B7、B8、C9、A 10、D二、填空题(本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)11、knowledge12、bilabial13、morphology14、sentence15、complete16、representatives17、coinage18、delete19、critical20、interlanguage三、判断改错题(本大题共10小题,每小题2分,共20分)21、FActually modern linguistics lays more emphasis on the spoken form of language than the written form for a number of reasons.22、FVoicing distinguishes meaning in English but not in Chinese.23、FThe meaning of some compound words has nothing to do with the sum total of the meanings of their components, such as the compound "redcoat".24、FApart from S and C, they also refer to a word, or aphrase that performs a particular grammatical function.25、FDialectal synonyms can often be found not only in different regional dialects such as British English and American English but also within the variety itself. For example, within British English, "girl" is called "lassie" in Scottish dialect, and "liquor" is called "whishey" in Irish dialect.26、T27、T28、FThey have a fairly clear fairly clear functional differentiation, i.e. one language may be used in some domains, other language in other domains.29、FThe true statement is "According to the strong version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, language determinesspeakers' perceptions and patterns their way of life"30、T四、名词解释题(本大题共10小题,每小题3分,共30分)31、One of the major defining features of human language. Human language consists of two levels. At the lower level, there are a limited number of sounds which are meaningless while at the higher level there are an unlimited number of combinations of these sounds. It is also known as double articulation.32、Linguistics that studies language over a period of time, also known as historical linguistics, e.g.the study of the Chinese language since the end of the Qing dynasty up to the present.33、A way to transcribe speech sounds. The basic principle is to use one letter to indicate one sound. It is generally used in dictionaries and language teachingtextbooks.34、The rules that govern which affix can be added to what type of stem to form a new word, e.g.-ly can be added to a noun to form an adjective.35、a rewrite rule that allows for the possible combinations of words to form phrases and sentences36、Relational opposites, a kind of antonyms, refer to pairs of words that exhibit the reversal of a relationship between the two items. For example, "husband" and "wife", "father" and "son" etc.37、Componential analysis is a way proposed by the structural semanticists to analyze word meaning. The approach is based upon the belief that the meaning of a word can be dissected into meaning components, called semantic features. For example, the word "man" is analyzed as comprising of +HUMAN,+ADULT,+ANIMATE,+MALE.38、Context is regarded as constituted by all kinds of knowledge assumed to be shared by the speaker and the hearer, For example, the knowledge of the language used and the knowledge of the world, including the general knowledge about the world and the specific knowledge about the situation in which linguistic communication is taking place.39、A euphemism is a mild, indirect or less offensive word or expression that replaces a taboo word or serves to avoid more direct wording that might be harsh, unpleasantly direct, or offensive, e.g. "pass away" for "die".40、Brain lateralization refers to the localization of cognitive and perceptual functions in a particular hemisphere of the brain. For example, the right hemisphere processes stimuli more holistically and the left hemisphere more analytically. In most people, the left hemisphere has primary responsibility for language, while the right hemisphere controls visual and spatial skills.五、论述题(本大题共2小题,每小题10分,共20分)41、The inventory of sounds can change, and sound changes include changes in vowel sounds, sound loss, sound addition, and sound movement.1) Vowel sound change: English has undergone the systematic and regular change in the vowel sounds, known as the Great Vowel shift which occurred at the end of the Middle English period and which involved seven long, or tense vowels. These changes led to one of the major discrepancies between the phonemic representations of words and morphemes, i.e. between pronunciation and the spelling system of Modern English, e.g.five→/fi:v/(Middle English)→/faiv/(Modern English)2) Sound loss: Sounds can change by the loss of phonemes. In the history of English the velar fricative /x/ was lost. This sound existed in Old English, so "night" was pronounced as /nixt/, but in Modern English, its pronunciation is /nait/.3) Sound addition: Sound addition includes the gain orinsertion of a sound. For example, the word leisure was borrowed from French, so the phoneme /3/ was added to the inventory of English sounds. A change that involves the insertion of a consonant or vowel sound to the middle of a word is known as epenthesis,e.g.spinle--spindle.4) Sound movement: Sound change as a result of sound movement known as metathesis involves a reversal in position of two adjoining sound segments. Metathesis is less common, but it does exist. In some dialects of English, for example, the word ask is pronounced /? ks/. Also, bridd ("bird") is an Old English word. When metathesis occurred to this word, the movement of /r/ sound to the right of the vowel sound resulted in its Modern English counterpart "bird".评分标准:满分为10分,总论及四小点各占2分。

语言学考试题及答案英语

语言学考试题及答案英语

语言学考试题及答案英语一、选择题(每题2分,共20分)1. 语言学是研究语言的科学,其主要研究对象是:A. 语言的起源B. 语言的结构C. 语言的演变D. 语言的运用答案:B2. 语音学是语言学的一个分支,它主要研究:A. 语言的社会功能B. 语言的物理属性C. 语言的语法结构D. 语言的语义内容答案:B3. 下列哪项是语义学的研究范畴?A. 语音的产生B. 词汇的意义C. 句子的构造D. 语言的演变答案:B4. 语言的语法规则包括:A. 词汇的选择B. 句子的构造C. 语调的运用D. 语言的起源答案:B5. 社会语言学主要关注语言与:A. 个人心理B. 社会结构C. 语言的演变D. 文化传承答案:B6. 心理语言学研究的是:A. 语言与社会的关系B. 语言与心理的关系C. 语言与文化的关系D. 语言与物理的关系答案:B7. 语言的产生和发展与人类的哪项能力密切相关?A. 逻辑思维B. 语言模仿C. 抽象思维D. 社会交往答案:D8. 语言的方言是指:A. 同一语言的不同变体B. 不同语言之间的相似性C. 语言的起源D. 语言的演变答案:A9. 语言的标准化是指:A. 语言的简化B. 语言的统一C. 语言的规范化D. 语言的创新答案:C10. 语言的借词是指:A. 从其他语言借用的词汇B. 同一语言内部的词汇C. 语言的起源D. 语言的演变答案:A二、填空题(每题2分,共20分)1. 语言学的分支包括语音学、语法学、语义学、__________和心理语言学。

答案:社会语言学2. 语言的最小意义单位是__________。

答案:语素3. 语言的音位是__________的最小单位。

答案:语音4. 语言的词汇包括基本词汇和__________。

答案:派生词汇5. 语言的句法结构包括词法和__________。

答案:句法6. 语言的语用学研究的是语言的__________。

答案:使用7. 语言的方言差异可能导致__________。

(答案)英语语言学复习资料

(答案)英语语言学复习资料

RevisionI. Multiple choices.1. _C_________ are pitch variations, which are caused by the differing rates of vibration of the vocal cords.A. StressesB. V oicingsC. TonesD. Intonations2. ______C____ plays the performative function.A. Hello, do you hear me?B. You’d better go to the clinic.C. Can’t you see people are dying?D. What a blessing!3. The ____B______ nature of language explains the symbolic nature of language: words are just symbols; they are associated with objects, actions, ideas, etc. by convention.A. dualityB. arbitraryC. productivityD. displacement4. The two words petrol and gasoline are ___A_______.A. dialectal synonymsB. stylistic synonymsC. synonyms that differ in their emotive meaningD. collocative synonyms5. _____C_____ is not a design feature of language.A. ArbitrarinessB. CreativityC. CommunicabilityD. Duality6. Syntactic deep structure was developed to _______B___.A. explain relations between sentences with the same meaningB. explain a single sentence with more than one meaningC. explain relations between sentences with different meaningsD. both A and B7. Promises and offers are characteristic of the group of ____C______ of illocutionary acts.A. representativesB. declarativesC. commissivesD. expressives8. –ish in the word boyish is _______D___.A. a free morphemeB. a rootC. a stemD. an affix9. ____D______ does NOT belong to semantic changes.A. BroadeningB. BorrowingC. NarrowingD. Class shift10. The two words suite and sweet are ______D____.A. hyponymsB. relational antonymsC. homographsD. Homophones11. According to ____A______ rule, the word sign should pronounced as [saIn].A. deletionB. sequentialC. assimilationD. suprasegmental12. What essentially distinguishes semantics from pragmatics is ______A____.A. whether in the study of the meaning the context of use is consideredB. whether it studies the meaning or notC. whether it studies how the speakers use language to effect communicationD. whether it is a branch of linguistics13. The sentence John likes linguistics, but Mary is interested in history is a __B________.A. simple sentenceB. coordinated sentenceC. complex sentenceD. clause14. _____C_____ is an error caused by negative transfer..A. goedB. comedC. footsD. He tomorrow come15. In general, linguistic change in ___D_______ of a language is the more noticeable than in other systems of the grammar.A. the sound systemB. the vocabularyC. the syntaxD. the sound system and the vocabulary16. ____D______ manifests various grammatical relations or grammatical categories such as number, tense, degree and case.A. RootsB. StemsC. Derivational affixesD. Inflectional affixesII. Blank-filling.1. _______ is the term used in linguistics to describe the relationship between a particular type of language and its context of use.2. One of the design features termed as ___displacement _______ means that human language enable their users to symbolize objects, events and concepts which are not present (in time and space) at the moment of communication.3. Foreign language learners will subconsciously use their L1 knowledge in learning the foreign language and this is called language ___transfer _______.4. In injustice and imperfect, in- and im- are supposed to be the __affix_______ of the same morpheme.5. Chomsky defines _competence_________ as the ideal user’s knowledge of the rules of his language.6. Predication analysis is to break down predications into their constituents: argument____ and predicate__________.7. If we think of a sentence as what people actually utter in the course of communication, it becomes an __utterance______.8. If you tell someone the time instead of the price that is inquired by the person, you violate the maxim of___relation_______.9. The experience and his study of Hopi, an American Indian language, helped Whorf develop his unique understanding of linguistic _relativity_________, which is widely known as the SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESE.10. Evidence in support of lateralization for language in the left hemisphere of the brain comes from researches in __dichotic________ listening tasks.11. __ Componential________ analysis is based upon the belief that the meaning of a word can be divided into meaning components.12. Transformational rules are those rules which relate or transform _deep structure_________ ofa sentence into __surface structure________.13. The social group isolated for any given study is called the speech community________.14. _ Interpersonal_________ function is concerned with interaction between the addresser and addressee in the discourse situation and the addresser’s attitude toward what he speaks or writes about.15. Vibration of the vocal cords results in a quality of speech sounds called “_voicing_________”.16. The ultimate objective of language is not just to create grammatically well-formed sentences, but to convey __meaning________.17. Those morphemes that can not be used by themselves, but must be combined with other morphemes to form words are called __bound________ morphemes.18. _ Reference_________ means what a linguistic form refers to in the real, physical world; it deals with the relationship between the linguistic element and non-linguistic world of experience.19. The notion of __ context________ is essential to the pragmatic study of language.20. John believes (that the airplane was invented by an Irishman). The part in the bracket is a __ complement________ clause.III. True or False.1. A root is not always a free form.2. Behaviorism in linguistics holds that children learn language through a chain of stimulus-response reinforcement.3. The idea of doing something while speaking can certainly be broadened to include all the non-conventional acts such as stating, promising, requesting, and suggestion.4. A study of the features of the English used in Shakespeare’s time would be a diachronic study.5. The creativity of language originates from duality because by duality the speaker is able to combine the basic linguistic units to form an infinite set of sentences.6. The examples of semantic narrowing include wife, girl, fowl and bird.7. There is no absolute synonymy.8. A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound and cannot be further analyzed.9. Consciously or unconsciously, people’s social background exerts a shaping influence on their choice of linguistic features that are appropriate to their social identities.10. In the transformation of the sentence He doesn’t sleep well, do insertion comes first.IV. Definition1.categoryIt refers to a group of linguistic items which fulfill the same or similar functions in a particular language such as a sentence, a noun phrase or a verb.plementary distributionallophones of the same phoneme and they don’t distinguish meaning but complement each other in distribution.3.contrastive analysisa method of analyzing languages for instructional purposes whereby a native language and target language are compared with a view to establishing points of difference likely to cause difficultiesfor learners.4.conversational implicatureThe use of conversational maxims to imply meaning during conversation.5. Cooperative PrincipleThe principle that the participants must first of all be willing to cooperate in making conversation, otherwise, it would be impossible to carry on the talk.6.the critical period hypothesisThe critical period Hypothesis:says that there is a period when language acquisition can take place naturally and effortlessly, but that after a certain age the brain is no longer able to process language input in this way.7. displacementDisplacement means that human languages enable their users to symbolize objects, events and concepts which are not present (in time and space) at the moment of conversation.8. entailmentthe relationship between two sentences where the truth of one is inferred from the truth of the other.9. illocutionary actThe act of expressing the speaker’s int ention and performed in saying something.10. negative transferthe mistaken transfer of features of one’s native language into a second language.V. Discussion1. Describe with examples the classification of morphemes.2. Describe the major ways of word formation with some examples.3. Describe major sense relations with examples.4. What are the three metafunctions proposed by Halliday?5. What does Chomsky mean by Language Acquisition Device (LAD)?In Chomsky's Innateness Hypothesis, it is held that, in human brain, there is innate UniversalGrammar which lies in one part of human brain called language acquisition device (LAD).6. What category/ categories of CP does the following exchange violate?A: Are you going to use your laptop this evening?B: I ha ven’t finished my assignment yet.7. Distinguish the following case of ambiguity by tree diagrams.Sentence: The magician touched the child with the wand.。

英语语言学测试题及答案

英语语言学测试题及答案

英语语言学测试题及答案一、选择题(每题2分,共20分)1. The term "phoneme" refers to:A. A single soundB. A unit of soundC. A letter of the alphabetD. A combination of sounds答案:B2. The study of language change over time is known as:A. PhoneticsB. PhonologyC. Historical LinguisticsD. Syntax答案:C3. Which of the following is a branch of linguistics that deals with the meaning of words?A. SemanticsB. PragmaticsC. MorphologyD. Syntax答案:A4. The smallest unit of meaning in a language is called:A. A wordB. A morphemeC. A syllableD. A phoneme答案:B5. The process of forming words by combining smaller units is known as:A. SyntaxB. MorphologyC. SemanticsD. Phonology答案:B6. The study of the rules governing the structure of sentences is called:A. SyntaxB. SemanticsC. PragmaticsD. Morphology答案:A7. The branch of linguistics that deals with the social context in which language is used is:A. SociolinguisticsB. PsycholinguisticsC. NeurolinguisticsD. Computational Linguistics答案:A8. The study of how language is processed in the brain is known as:A. PsycholinguisticsB. NeurolinguisticsC. SociolinguisticsD. Computational Linguistics答案:B9. The process of acquiring a first language is called:A. Second language acquisitionB. Foreign language learningC. Language learningD. First language acquisition答案:D10. The concept that language is arbitrary means that:A. It is randomB. It is meaninglessC. There is no necessary connection between the form of a word and its meaningD. It is always logical答案:C二、填空题(每题2分,共20分)1. The study of speech sounds is called ____________.答案:Phonetics2. The branch of linguistics that examines how language is used in social contexts is ____________.答案:Sociolinguistics3. The smallest meaningful unit of language is known as the ____________.答案:Morpheme4. The process of combining morphemes to form words is known as ____________.答案:Morphology5. The study of the way language is structured and organized is called ____________.答案:Linguistics6. The branch of linguistics that deals with the rules governing the formation of words is ____________.答案:Morphology7. The study of the way meaning is conveyed in language is known as ____________.答案:Semantics8. The branch of linguistics that deals with the rules governing the formation of sentences is ____________.答案:Syntax9. The study of the way language is used in everyday life is called ____________.答案:Pragmatics10. The study of the way language is processed in the brain is known as ____________.答案:Neurolinguistics三、简答题(每题10分,共40分)1. Explain the difference between phonetics and phonology.答案:Phonetics is the study of speech sounds and theirproduction, while phonology is the study of the sound system of a language, including the rules governing the use of these sounds.2. What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?答案:The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis suggests that the language a person speaks influences the way they perceive the world and think.3. Describe the role of sociolinguistics in understanding language.答案:Sociolinguistics helps us understand how language varies with different social contexts, such as class, gender, ethnicity, and age, and how these variations influence language use.4. How does first language acquisition differ from second language acquisition?答案:First language acquisition is the process of learning a native language during early childhood, while second language acquisition is the process of learning a new language after the age of language development. The process of second language acquisition is influenced by the learner's first language and cognitive abilities.。

英语语言学Chapter8

英语语言学Chapter8

Ⅱ.Fill in each blank below with one word which begins with the letter given:1.P ________ is the study of how speakers of a language use sentences to effect successful communication.2.What essentially distinguishes s_______ and pragmatics is whether in the study of meaning the context of use is considered.3.The notion of c_______ is essential to the pragmatic study of language.4.If we think of a sentence as what people actually utter in the course of communication, it becomes an u_______ .5.The meaning of a sentence is a_______ ,and decontexualized.6.C_______ were statements that either state or describe,and were thus verifiable.7.P_______ were sentences that did not state a fact or describe a state, and were not verifiable.8.A l_______ act is the act of uttering words, phrases, clauses It is the act of conveying literal meaning by means of syntax, lexicon and phonology.9.An i______ act is the act of expressing the speaker’s intention; it is the act performed in saying something.10.A c _______ is commit the speaker himself to some future course of action.11.An e_______ is to express feelings or attitude towards an existing state.12.There are four maxims under the cooperative principle: the maxim of q_______ , the maxim of quality, the maxim of relation and the maxim of manner.13.P _______ is the study of language in relation to the mind.14.Psycholinguistics adopts an e_______ approach.15.The brain is divided into two roughly symmetrical halves, called h_______ , one on he right and one on the left.16.The localization of cognitive and perceptual functions in a particular side of the brain is called l_______ .17.Brain lateralization is g_______ programmed, but takes time to develop.18.According to Chomsky, c_______ is the ideal user’s internalized knowledge of his language.19.The basic essentials of the first language are acquired in the short period from about age two to puberty, which is called the c_______ period for first language acquisition.20.The strong version of Sapir-Whorf hypothesis has two aspects: linguistic d_______ and linguistic relativism.21.Because languages differ in many ways, Whorf believed that speakers of different languages perceive and experience the world differently, relative to their linguistic background.This notion is called linguistic r_______ .22.Langue comprehending is a complicated process that includes hearing and distinguishing the sound, comprehending the meaning and making r_______ .23.Language production contains language f _______ and carrying our it24.According to the Cognitive Theory ,the development of the linguistic ability can’t precede that of the c _______ abilityIII. There are four choices following each statement. Mark the choice that can best complete the1. The study of _____ does NOT form the core of linguistics.A. syntaxB. PragmaticsC. MorphologyD. sociolinguistics2. If the study of meaning is conducted in the context of language use, a branch of linguistic study called _____ come into being.A. syntaxB. SemanticsC. MorphologyD. pragmatics3. Which of the following statements is not the concern of psycholinguistics?A. It aims to answer such questions as how the human mind works when we use languageB. It relates the social norms that determine the type of language to be used in a certain occasion.C. It pays more attention to the study of language acquisition in childrenD. It focuses on the way of processing the information we receive in the course of communication.4. Which of the following words is the entire arbitrary one?A. bookB. beautifulC. crashD. newspaper5. Which of the following items is not a design feature of human language?A. arbitrarinessB. competenceC. displacementD. productivity6. The difference between modern linguistics and traditional grammar are all of the following EXCEPT --_______A. descriptive vs. prescriptiveB. non Latin-based vs. Latin-based frameworkC. spoken vs. writtenD. competence vs. performance7. The term _____ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language change over various periods of time and at various historical stage.A. synchronicB. comparativeC. diachronicD. historical comparative8. Which word is the absolute arbitrary one?A. carefulB. handbagC. crackD. table9. The application of linguistics principles and theories to language teaching and learning is called _____.A. sociolinguisticsB. PsycholinguisticsC. computational linguisticsD. Applied Linguistics10. ______ is regarded as the “Father of modern linguistics”.A. ChomskyB. SaussureC. HallidayD. Whorf11. Competence refers to ________.A. the ideal language user’s knowledge of the rules of his languageB. the actual realization of the language user’s knowledge of the rules in utterancesC. knowledge of meaning of words and sentencesD. what speakers can actually do with language12. The subject area on the borders of linguistics and literature has become known as _____ .A. anthropological linguisticsB. linguistic stylisticsC. neurolinguisticsD. mathematical linguistics13. The distinction between competence and performance is similar to the distinction between________.A. prescriptive & descriptiveB. synchronic and diachronicC. speech and writingD. langue & parole14. _____ answers such questions as how we as infants acquire our first language.A. applied linguisticsB. sociolinguisticsC. psycholinguisticsD. anthropological linguistics15. Children can speak before they can read or write shows that ______.A. language is arbitraryB. language is productiveC. language is used for communicationD. language is basically vocal16. _____ means the lack of logical connection between the form of something and its expression in sounds.A. AmbiguityB. FuzzinessC. AbstractnessD. Arbitrariness17. Which of the following statements about language is NOT TRUE?A. Language means the system of pronunciation, grammar and vocabularyB. Language includes animal and artificial features of languageC. Language means a particular type or style of language used for a particular purposeD. Language refers to the common features of all human languages18. All human languages are organized on two levels: the sound level – meaningless, the grammatical level – meaningful. This means language has the design feature of _______.A. dualityB. changeableC. CreativeD. arbitrary19. ____ are two sub-branches of linguistics that study the units at the grammatical level.A. morphology and semanticsB. morphology and syntaxC. semantics and syntaxD. morphology and phonology20. ____ dictionary established a uniform standard for English spelling and word use.A. LongmanB. OxfordC. Webster’sD. Johnson’s21. Langue & Parole are a pair of important distinctions put forward by _______ .A. ChomskyB. LyonsC. SaussureD. Halliday22. Language has the feature of ____ in the sense that users can understand and produce sentences they have never heard before.A. dualityB. interchangeabilityC. displacementD. productivity23. Linguistics gives priority to the spoken language instead of the written language because______.A. vocal sounds are derived from writing systemsB. spoken language precedes written language only in Indo-European languagesC. we have recording devices to study speech in modern timesD. speech precedes writing everywhere in the world24. The distinction between competence and performance is made by _____ in _______.A. F. de. Saussure; SwissB. Noam Chomsky; USAC. M. A. K. Halliday; UKD. L. Bloomfield; USA25. If a linguistic study describes and analyzes the language people actually use, it is said to be _______.A. prescriptiveB. analyticC. descriptiveD. linguistic26. Which of the following is not a design feature of human language?A. ArbitrarinessB. DisplacementC. DualityD. Meaningfulness27. Modern linguistics regards the written language as _______.A. primaryB. correctC. secondaryD. stable28. In modern linguistics, speech is regarded as more basic than writing, because _______.A. in linguistic evolution, speech is prior to writingB. speech plays a greater role than writing in terms of the amount of information conveyedC. speech is always the way in which every native speaker acquires his mother tongueD. All of the above29. A historical study of language is a_______ study of language.A. synchronicB. diachronicC. prescriptiveD. comparative30. Saussure took a(n) _______ view of language, while Chomsky looks at language from a________ point of view.A. sociological, psychologicalB. psychological, sociologicalC. applied, pragmaticD. semantic, linguistic31. According to F. de Saussure, _______ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community.A. paroleB. performanceC. langueD. Language32. Language is said to be arbitrary because there is no logical connection between _______ and meanings.A. senseB. soundsC. objectsD. ideas33. Language can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situations of the speaker. This feature is called _______.A. displacementB. dualityC. flexibilityD. cultural transmission34. The details of any language system is passed on from one generation to the next through _______, rather than by instinct.A. learningB. teachingC. booksD. both A and B。

自考本科英语语言学Chapter8LanguageAndSociety

自考本科英语语言学Chapter8LanguageAndSociety

Chapter 8 Language And Society1. Language is not only used to communicate meaning, but also used to establishand maintain social relationships.1. The relatedness between language and society2. The users of the same language in a sense all speak differently related to their语言和社会的关联social background.3. The structure of language vocabulary is different,reflects both the physical andsocial environments of a society.There are different words about snow in Eskimo.1.The scope of sociolinguistics 1. Speech community (linguistic community) : is widely used by sociolinguists to refer to社会语言学范围 2. Speech community and speech variety a community mainly based language. It’s generally defined as a group of people who言语社团和言语变体have the opportunity to interact with each other and there are exist various social groupsdefined not only by the speaker’s geographical background, but also by their educationalbackground, their occupation, gender, age, or ethnic affiliation.2. Speech variety, or language variety, refers to any distinguishable form of speech usedby a speaker or a group of speakers. Linguistic features of a speech variety can be foundat the lexical, the phonological, the morphological, or the syntactical level of the languageThree types of speech variety: regional dialects, sociolects and registers.3. Two approaches to sociolinguistic studies1 Regional dialect: is a linguistic variety used by people living in the same geographical region. (同一地理区域使用的)2.V arieties of language 2 sociolect: refers to the linguistic variety characteristic of a particular social class. (特定社会阶层使用的)语言的各种变体 1. Dialectal varieties 3 language and gender.女性的语言比男性“更正确”原因在女性对自己身份更看重(more status-conscious)4 idiolect: is a personal dialect of an individual speaker that combines elements regarding regional, social, gender and age5 language and age6 ethnic dialect; is a social dialect of a language that cuts across regional differences; it’s mainly spoken by a lessprivileged population that has experienced some form of social isolation such as racial discrimination and segregation1. Field of discourse语场:指社会行为的类型,即正在进行的活动的领域和目的,包括谈话的主题。

英语语言学练习题(8页)

英语语言学练习题(8页)

Linguistics supplementary exercisesChapter 1 IntroductionⅠ. Decide whether each of the following statements is True or False:1. Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of language.2. Linguistics studies particular language, not languages in general.3. A scientific study of language is based on what the linguist thinks.4. In the study of linguistics, hypotheses formed should be based on language facts and checked against the observed facts.5. General linguistics is generally the study of language as a whole.6. General linguistics, which relates itself to the research of other areas, studies the basic concepts, theories, descriptions, models and methods applicable in any linguistic study.7. Phonetics is different from phonology in that the latter studies the combinations of the sounds to convey meaning in communication.8. Morphology studies how words can be formed to produce meaningful sentences.9. The study of the ways in which morphemes can be combined to form words is called morphology.10. Syntax is different from morphology in that the former not only studies the morphemes, but also the combination of morphemes into words and words into sentences.11. The study of meaning in language is known as semantics.12. Both semantics and pragmatics study meanings.13. Pragmatics is different from semantics in that pragmatics studies meaning not inisolation, but in context.14. Social changes can often bring about language changes.15. Sociolinguistics is the study of language in relation to society.16. Modern linguistics is mostly prescriptive, but sometimes descriptive.17. Modern linguistics is different from traditional grammar.18. A diachronic study of language is the description of language at some point in time.19. Modern linguistics regards the written language as primary, not the written language.20. The distinction between competence and performance was proposed by F. de Saussure.Ⅱ. Fill in each of the following blanks with one word which begins with the letter given:21. Chomsky defines “competence” as the ideal user’s k__________ of the rules of his language.22. Langue refers to the a__________ linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community while the parole is the concrete use of the conventions and application of the rules.23. D_________ is one of the design features of human language which refers to the phenomenon that language consists of two levels: a lower level of meaningless individual sounds and a higher level of meaningful units.24. Language is a system of a_________ vocal symbols used for human communication.25. The discipline that studies the rules governing the formation of words into permissible sentences in languages is called s________.26. Human capacity for language has a g_______ basis, but the details of language have to be taught and learned.27. P _______ refers to the realization of langue in actual use.28. Findings in linguistic studies can often be applied to the settlement of some practical problems. The study of such applications is generally known as a________ linguistics. 29. Language is p___________ in that it makes possible the construction and interpretation of new signals by its users. In other words, they can produce and understand an infinitely large number of sentences which they have never heard before.30. Linguistics is generally defined as the s _______ study of language.Ⅲ. There are four choices following each statement. Mark the choice that can best complete the statement:31. If a linguistic study describes and analyzes the language people actually use, it is said to be _______.A. prescriptiveB. analyticC. descriptiveD. linguistic32. Which of the following is not a design feature of human language?A. ArbitrarinessB. DisplacementC. DualityD. Meaningfulness33. Modern linguistics regards the written language as _______.A. primaryB. correctC. secondaryD. stable34. In modern linguistics, speech is regarded as more basic than writing, because _______.A. in linguistic evolution, speech is prior to writingB. speech plays a greater role than writing in terms of the amount of information conveyedC. speech is always the way in which every native speaker acquires his mother tongueD. All of the above35. A historical study of language is a _______ study of language.A. synchronicB. diachronicC. prescriptiveD. comparative36. Saussure took a(n) _______ view of language, while Chomsky looks at language froma ________ point of view.A. sociological…psychologicalB. psychological…sociologicalC. applied…pragmaticD.semantic…linguistic37. According to F. de Saussure, _______ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the mem- bers of a speech community.A. paroleB. performanceC. langueD. Language38. Language is said to be arbitrary because there is no logical connection between _______ and meanings.A. senseB. soundsC. objectsD. ideas39. Language can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situations of the speaker. This feature is called _______,A. displacementB. dualityC. flexibilityD. cultural transmission40. The details of any language system is passed on from one generation to the next through _______, rather than by instinct.A. learningB. teachingC. booksD. both A and BⅣ. Define the following terms:41. Linguistics 42. Phonology 43. Syntax 44. Pragmatics 45.Psycholinguistics46. Language 47. Phonetics 48. Morphology 49. Semantics 50. Sociolinguistics51. Applied Linguistics52. Arbitrariness53. Productivity54. Displacement55. Duality 56. Design Features 57. Competence 58. Performance 59. Langue 60. ParoleⅤ. Answer the following questions as comprehensively as possible. Give examples for illustration if necessary:61. Language is generally defined as a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human commu- nication. Explain it in detail.62. What are the design features of human language? Illustrate them with examples.63. How is modern linguistics different from traditional grammar?64. How do you understand the distinction between a synchronic study and a diachronic study?65. Why does modern linguistics regard the spoken form of language as primary, not the written?66. What are the major distinctions between langue and parole?67. How do you understand competence and performance?68. Saussure’s distinction between langue and parole seems similar to Chomsky’s distinction between competence and performance. What do you think are their major differences?69. Do you think human language is entirely arbitrary? Why?Chapter 2 PhonologyⅠ. Decide whether each of the following statements is True or False: 1. Voicing is a phonological feature that distinguishes meaning in both Chinese and English.2. If two phonetically similar sounds occur in the same environments and they distinguish meaning, they are said to be in complementary distribution.3. A phone is a phonetic unit that distinguishes meaning.4. English is a tone language while Chinese is not.1. 语言的普遍特征:任意性arbitrariness 双层结构duality 既由声音和意义结构多产性productivity移位性displacement:我们能用语言可以表达许多不在场的东西文化传播性cultural transmission2。

英语语言学试卷精粹及答案(10套题)

英语语言学试卷精粹及答案(10套题)

有答案的第一部分选择题41、Explain how the inventory of sounds can change, giving some examples inEnglish for illustration.42、Briefly discuss the individual factors which affect the acquisition ofa second language.英语语言学试题(2)五、论述题(每小题10分,共20分)36.Paraphrase each of the following sentences in two different ways to show the syntactic rules account for the ambiguity of sentences.(1)The shooting of the hunters might be terrible.(2)He saw young men and women present.(3)They were surprised at the president's appointment.37.Decide the meaning of the following affixes and give each affix two examples.re-un-anti-super--wise-itis-ize-age英语语言学试题(3)Ⅴ.Answer the following questions.(10%×2=20%)41.Explain with examples the three notions of phone, phoneme and allophone, and also how they are related.英语语言学试题(5)五、论述题(第41、42小题各7分,第43小题6分,共20分)41. Under what conditions will two sounds be assigned to the same phoneme?42. For the following sentence, draw a tree diagram to reveal its underlying structure.The girl ate the orange.43. Study the passage taken from Shakespeare’s HAMLET below carefully and identify every difference in expression between Elizabethan and Modern English that is evident.King: Where is Polonius?Hamlet: In heaven, Send thither to see.If your messenger find him not there,seek him i’ the other place yourself.But indeed, if you find him not withinthis month, you shall nose him as yougo up the stairs into the lobby.Act IV, Scene iii英语语言学试题(6)41. The phonological features that occur above the level of individual sounds are called suprasegmental features. Discuss the main suprasegmental features, illustrating withexamples how they function in the distinction of meaning.42. Explain and give examples to show in what way componential analysis is similar to the analysis of phonemes into distinctive features.英语语言学试题(7)五、论述题(每小题10分,共20分)1. Comment on the following conversation in terms of Grice’s Cooperative Principle:A: Where’ve you been?B: Out.2. Analyse the following words and show how many morphemes each of them contains:specialize , indisputable, individualistic, downfall, unexceptionableness, ungentlemanliness(每个语素0. 5分)英语语言学试题(8)语言学试题)41.Why do we say tree diagrams are more advantageous and informative than linear structure in analyzing the constituent relationship among linguistic elements? Support your statement with examples.42.Describe the process of language perception, comprehension and production英语语言学试题(9)语言学试题及参考答案41. Explain sociological triggers for language change by giving a typical example in the history of English.42. Explain briefly the four main individual learner factors that affect a learner's acquisition of a second language.语言学试题参考答案一、单项选择题(本大题共10小题,每小题2分,共20分)1、C2、C3、D4、D5、D6、B7、B8、C9、A 10、D二、填空题(本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)11、knowledge12、bilabial13、morphology14、sentence15、complete16、representatives17、coinage18、delete19、critical20、interlanguage三、判断改错题(本大题共10小题,每小题2分,共20分)21、FActually modern linguistics lays more emphasis on the spoken form of language than the written form for a number of reasons.22、FVoicing distinguishes meaning in English but not in Chinese.23、FThe meaning of some compound words has nothing to do with the sum total of the meanings of their components, such as the compound "redcoat".24、FApart from S and C, they also refer to a word, or aphrase that performs a particular grammatical function.25、FDialectal synonyms can often be found not only in different regional dialects such as British English and American English but also within the variety itself. For example, within British English, "girl" is called "lassie" in Scottish dialect, and "liquor" is called "whishey" in Irish dialect.26、T27、T28、FThey have a fairly clear fairly clear functional differentiation, i.e. one language may be used in some domains, other language in other domains.29、FThe true statement is "According to the strong version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, language determinesspeakers' perceptions and patterns their way of life"30、T四、名词解释题(本大题共10小题,每小题3分,共30分)31、One of the major defining features of human language. Human language consists of two levels. At the lower level, there are a limited number of sounds which are meaningless while at the higher level there are an unlimited number of combinations of these sounds. It is also known as double articulation.32、Linguistics that studies language over a period of time, also known as historical linguistics, e.g.the study of the Chinese language since the end of the Qing dynasty up to the present.33、A way to transcribe speech sounds. The basic principle is to use one letter to indicate one sound. It is generally used in dictionaries and language teachingtextbooks.34、The rules that govern which affix can be added to what type of stem to form a new word, e.g.-ly can be added to a noun to form an adjective.35、a rewrite rule that allows for the possible combinations of words to form phrases and sentences36、Relational opposites, a kind of antonyms, refer to pairs of words that exhibit the reversal of a relationship between the two items. For example, "husband" and "wife", "father" and "son" etc.37、Componential analysis is a way proposed by the structural semanticists to analyze word meaning. The approach is based upon the belief that the meaning of a word can be dissected into meaning components, called semantic features. For example, the word "man" is analyzed as comprising of +HUMAN,+ADULT,+ANIMATE,+MALE.38、Context is regarded as constituted by all kinds of knowledge assumed to be shared by the speaker and the hearer, For example, the knowledge of the language used and the knowledge of the world, including the general knowledge about the world and the specific knowledge about the situation in which linguistic communication is taking place.39、A euphemism is a mild, indirect or less offensive word or expression that replaces a taboo word or serves to avoid more direct wording that might be harsh, unpleasantly direct, or offensive, e.g. "pass away" for "die".40、Brain lateralization refers to the localization of cognitive and perceptual functions in a particular hemisphere of the brain. For example, the right hemisphere processes stimuli more holistically and the left hemisphere more analytically. In most people, the left hemisphere has primary responsibility for language, while the right hemisphere controls visual and spatial skills.五、论述题(本大题共2小题,每小题10分,共20分)41、The inventory of sounds can change, and sound changes include changes in vowel sounds, sound loss, sound addition, and sound movement.1) Vowel sound change: English has undergone the systematic and regular change in the vowel sounds, known as the Great Vowel shift which occurred at the end of the Middle English period and which involved seven long, or tense vowels. These changes led to one of the major discrepancies between the phonemic representations of words and morphemes, i.e. between pronunciation and the spelling system of Modern English, e.g.five→/fi:v/(Middle English)→/faiv/(Modern English)2) Sound loss: Sounds can change by the loss of phonemes. In the history of English the velar fricative /x/ was lost. This sound existed in Old English, so "night" was pronounced as /nixt/, but in Modern English, its pronunciation is /nait/.3) Sound addition: Sound addition includes the gain orinsertion of a sound. For example, the word leisure was borrowed from French, so the phoneme /3/ was added to the inventory of English sounds. A change that involves the insertion of a consonant or vowel sound to the middle of a word is known as epenthesis,e.g.spinle--spindle.4) Sound movement: Sound change as a result of sound movement known as metathesis involves a reversal in position of two adjoining sound segments. Metathesis is less common, but it does exist. In some dialects of English, for example, the word ask is pronounced /? ks/. Also, bridd ("bird") is an Old English word. When metathesis occurred to this word, the movement of /r/ sound to the right of the vowel sound resulted in its Modern English counterpart "bird".评分标准:满分为10分,总论及四小点各占2分。

语言学试题及答案英文

语言学试题及答案英文

语言学试题及答案英文1. 语言学是一门研究什么领域的学科?A. 人类语言B. 人类行为C. 人类文化D. 人类心理答案:A2. 请列举至少三种语言的类型。

答案:分析语言、综合语言、多词根语言。

3. 什么是音位学?A. 研究语言中意义的学科B. 研究语言中语法结构的学科C. 研究语言中声音系统的学科D. 研究语言中词汇的学科答案:C4. 下列哪项是语言学研究的主要分支?A. 社会语言学B. 物理化学C. 植物学D. 经济学答案:A5. 请解释“语言变异”的含义。

答案:语言变异指的是在不同地区、社会群体或个人之间,语言的发音、词汇、语法等方面存在的差异。

6. 什么是语用学?A. 研究语言如何被使用的学科B. 研究语言如何被创造的学科C. 研究语言如何被理解的学科D. 研究语言如何被翻译的学科答案:A7. 请列举两种语言的书写系统。

答案:表音文字(如英文)、表意文字(如汉字)。

8. 什么是语言的同化?A. 一种语言逐渐被另一种语言所替代B. 一种语言的词汇被另一种语言的词汇所替代C. 一种语言的语法结构被另一种语言的语法结构所替代D. 一种语言的发音系统被另一种语言的发音系统所替代答案:A9. 语言学中的“语料库”是什么?A. 语言学家收集的大量语言数据B. 语言学家进行实验的实验室C. 语言学家进行教学的教室D. 语言学家进行研究的图书馆答案:A10. 下列哪个术语与语言的演变无关?A. 语言演化B. 语言变迁C. 语言接触D. 语言创造答案:D。

英语语言学试题及答案

英语语言学试题及答案

英语语言学试题及答案一、选择题(每题2分,共20分)1. The term "phoneme" in linguistics refers to:A. A single speech soundB. A combination of two speech soundsC. A set of speech sounds that can be exchanged without changing the meaning of a wordD. The pronunciation of a word in a particular dialect答案:C2. Which of the following is an example of "synchronic" analysis?A. Studying how a language has changed over timeB. Studying a language at a single point in timeC. Comparing two languages from different language familiesD. Analyzing the grammar of a dead language答案:B3. The "active voice" in English is characterized by:A. The subject of the sentence performs the actionB. The subject of the sentence receives the actionC. The use of passive constructionsD. The absence of a subject in the sentence答案:A4. Which of the following sentence structures is considered "inverse"?A. Subject-Verb-ObjectB. Object-Subject-VerbC. Verb-Object-SubjectD. Subject-Object-Verb答案:B5. The process of "creolization" results in the formation of:A. A pidginB. A dialectC. A creoleD. A standard language答案:C6. In English, the word "run" can function as:a. A nounb. A verbc. An adjectived. All of the above答案:D7. The term "register" refers to:A. The highest pitch a voice can reachB. A dialect used by a particular social groupC. The level of formality in language useD. A type of linguistic accent答案:C8. The "universal grammar" hypothesis was proposed by:A. Noam ChomskyB. B.F. SkinnerC. Ferdinand de SaussureD. Edward Sapir答案:A9. The "allophone" of the English phoneme /p/ in the word "spin" is:A. Aspirated [pʰ]B. Unaspirated [p]C. Voiced [b]D. Voiceless [p]答案:A10. The linguistic concept of "polysemy" refers to:A. The use of a single word to express multiple meaningsB. The use of multiple words to express a single meaningC. The change in meaning of a word over timeD. The complete replacement of one word by another答案:A二、填空题(每题2分,共20分)1. The study of language in relation to the brain and the nervous system is known as __________.答案:neurolinguistics2. A(n) __________ is a word that has a meaning and stands alone, typically consisting of a single morpheme.3. The __________ of a word is the set of words that are used together with it and influence its meaning.4. In linguistics, __________ refers to the smallest unit of meaning in a language.5. The __________ is the standard form of a verb that is typically used when conjugating the verb in the present tense.6. A(n) __________ is a word that is formed from a root word and one or more affixes.7. The __________ is the study of the historical developmentof languages.8. The __________ is the systematic study of the structureand function of words.9. The __________ is the study of the way in which languages change over time due to contact with other languages.10. The __________ is the branch of linguistics that studies the sounds of a language and how they function in a system ofcommunication.三、简答题(每题10分,共30分)1. 描述语音学中的“最小对立对”概念,并给出一个英语例子。

英语语言学题库

英语语言学题库

How many syllables are there in the word “rhythmical”?A.ThreeB.FourC.FiveD.Ten答案:A标准答案:A您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.02.第2题Which of the following underlined parts is a bound morpheme?A.relationshipB.bedroomkmanD.childlike答案:A标准答案:A您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.03.第3题Which of the following is an aspirated consonant?A.[f]B.[s]C.[k]D.[r]答案:C标准答案:C您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.04.第4题Which of the following underlined parts is a derivational morpheme?rgerB.dataC.traineeD.Kat e’s答案:C标准答案:C您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.0Which of the following sentences is an example of overgeneralization?A.Jane told me to give up smoking.B.Jane asked me to give up smoking.C.Jane advised me to give up smoking.D.Jane suggested me to give up smoking.答案:D标准答案:D您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.06.第6题Which side(s) of muscles of ours does our left brain control?A.both left and rightB.leftC.rightD.sometimes left, sometimes right答案:C标准答案:C您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.07.第108题Which of the following pairs of words are homophones?A.flour---flowerB.lead (to guide)---lead (a kind of metal)C.mouth (a speech organ)---mouth(an entrance to a cave)D.animal---cow答案:A标准答案:A您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.08.第109题The relation between ‘furniture’ and ‘wardrobe’ is ___.A.homophonyB.homographyC.hyponymyD.polysemy答案:C标准答案:C您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.0Which of the following is a representative?A.You’d better go to see a doctor.B.I promise to buy you something when I come back.C.I now declare the meeting close.D.I have never seen the man before.答案:D标准答案:D您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.010.第111题Which of the following is a directive?A.Your money or your life!B.You are fired!C.The earth is round.D.Thank you very much.答案:A标准答案:A您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.011.第119题Which of the following is a declaration?A.Open the door, please.B.I appoint you chairman of the committee.C.Would you like to go to the movie with us?D.I’ve never seen her before.答案:B标准答案:B您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.012.第120题The word "realization" consists of _____ syllables as against _____ morphemes.A.five/fiveB.five/fourC.four/threeD.four/four答案:C标准答案:C您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.0The words “subway” and “underground” are ______ synonyms.A.nearB.dialectalC.collocationally-restrictedD.stylistic答案:B标准答案:B您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.014.第122题Which of the following best describes the relations between “Alice is a vegetarian” and “Alice prefers eating steak”?A.The former is synonymous with the latter.B.The former is inconsistent with the latter.C.The former entails the latter.D.The former presupposes the latter.答案:B标准答案:B您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.015.第123题‘It is 8 o’clock’ is a ___-place predication.A.noB.oneC.twoD.three答案:A标准答案:A您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.016.第124题‘She sings very well’ is a ___-place predication.A.noB.oneC.twoD.three答案:B标准答案:B您的答案:题目分数:0.517.第125题‘Slim’ and ‘skinny’ are ___.A.dialectal synonymsB.collocational synonymsC.stylistic synonymsD.synonyms that differ in their emotive meaning答案:D标准答案:D您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.018.第126题‘Handsome’ and ‘pretty’ are ___.A.dialectal synonymsB.collocational synonymsC.stylistic synonymsD.synonyms that differ in their emotive meaning答案:B标准答案:B您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.019.第127题Which of the following pairs of words are homographs?A.sew---sowB.tear(a drop of liquid that flows from the eye)---tear (to pull apart)C.tec---techD.mouth (a speech organ)---mouth(an entrance to a cave)答案:B标准答案:B您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.020.第128题Which of the following words is NOT a coined word?A.dacronB.kodakC.xeroxD.gym答案:D标准答案:D您的答案:题目分数:0.521.第129题“Up you go, chaps!” belongs to ____ language.A.intimateB.frozenC.consultativeD.casual答案:A标准答案:A您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.022.第130题Language acquisition refers to the child’s acquisition of his ____.A.first languageB.second languageC.foreign languageD.target language答案:A标准答案:A您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.023.第131题The first consonants the child can make are made with the lips and they are ____.A.[p,b,n]B.[p,b,m]C.[t,d,n]D.[t,d,m]答案:B标准答案:B您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.024.第132题If the child calls all men “Daddy”, then we may say the child has ____ the meaning of the word “Daddy”.A.overgeneralizedB.overextendedC.overusedD.overstressed答案:B标准答案:B您的答案:此题得分:0.025.第7题Arbitrariness of language means language can be used freely. 答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.026.第8题[i] is a semi-close vowel.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.027.第9题[h] is the glottal sound.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.028.第10题Phonetics deals with speech sounds in all human languages. 答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.029.第11题Tsled’ is a possibl e word in English.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.030.第12题English is a tone language.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.031.第13题‘Teach-in’ is a compound word.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.032.第14题The morpheme ‘–or’ in ‘actor’ is an inflectional morpheme.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.033.第15题The –s in ‘works’ of ‘He works hard.’ is a bound morpheme.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.034.第16题In XP, X refers to any such head as N, V, A or P.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.035.第17题The words ‘alive’ and ‘dead’ are relational opposites.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.036.第18题The words ‘lead’(领导) and ‘lead’(铅球) are homographs. 答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.037.第19题The words ‘flat’ and ‘apartment’ are stylistic synonyms.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.038.第20题The words ‘politician’ and ‘statesman’ are collocational synonyms.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.039.第21题The words ‘buy’ and ‘purchase’ are dialectal sy nonyms.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.040.第22题‘His friend is coming.’ presupposes ‘He has a friend.’答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.041.第23题' I fire you!' is a commissive.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.042.第24题' Do not say what you believe to be false' is a maxim of relation.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.043.第25题B' s reply violates the maxim of quality in the dialogue below: A: Where do you live? B: In South China Normal University.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.044.第26题B probably means that he doesn' t want to make any comment on the lecture, in the dialogue below: A: What do you think of the lecture? (The speech maker is coming) B: Do we have classes this evening?答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.045.第27题B probably means that it is impolite to ask about her age, in the dialogue below: A: How old are you? B: I am 80.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.046.第28题B probably means that A should not laugh at him since they know each other, in the dialogue below: A: Are you a good student? B: Are you?答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.047.第29题The word ' mice' , which is pronounced as [mais], was pronounced as [mi:s] in Middle English.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.048.第30题In Chaucer' s the Canterbury Tales, we can find ' his' to replace ' it' in Modern English, as in ' Whan that Aprille with his shoures sooth' . This reflects the change in the ' agreement' rule.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.049.第31题' I love thee not.' before the 16th century, has now become ' I do not love you.' This means the change in negation rule.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.050.第32题The word ' walkman' is a blend.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.051.第33题Linguistics is scientific because it is helpful to language use.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.052.第34题General linguistics deals with the general aspects of language application.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.053.第35题Phonology studies how a sound is produced.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.054.第36题Modern linguistics aims at prescribing models for language users to follow.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.055.第37题Parole is a French word; it means the concrete language events.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.056.第38题F. de Saussure was a Swiss linguist.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.057.第39题Chomsky regards competence as an act of doing things with a sentence. 答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.058.第40题Performance is the focus of Chomsky’s linguistic study.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.059.第41题Duality of language means language is a two-level system.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.060.第42题Linguists are interested in all sounds.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.061.第43题Applied linguistics means the language application to specific areas.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.062.第44题Modern linguistics aims at prescribing models for language users to follow.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.063.第45题Synchronic linguistics deals with a series of language phenomena at the same time. 答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.064.第46题Diachronic linguistics is also called historical linguistics.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.065.第47题The word ' videophone' is an acronym.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.066.第48题UNESCO is a blend.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.067.第49题The word ' tea' is a loan word from Chinese.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:此题得分:0.068.第50题The word ' dinner' comes from French.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.069.第51题Computer language is one of the sources that have influenced the English language.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.070.第52题Pidgins came from a blending of a few languages.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.071.第53题One of the most important features of bilingualism is the specialization of function of the two varieties.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.072.第54题Of ' reply' and ' answer' , the latter is more formal.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.073.第55题A prominent phonological feature of Black English is the deletion of the consonant at the end of a word, as in ' desk' [des].答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:此题得分:0.074.第56题The use of such sentences as ' I ain' t afraid of no ghosts' to mean ' I' m not afraid of ghosts' is one of the syntactic features of Black English.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.075.第57题Received Pronunciation in British English is a dialect of London that is representative of standard English.答案:错误标准答案:0您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.076.第58题The word ' dog' often conjures up different images in the US and Hong Kong.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.077.第59题Language plays a major role in socializing the people and perpetuating culture, especially in print form.答案:正确标准答案:1您的答案:题目分数:0.5此题得分:0.078.第60题It is acceptable to translate ' Every dog has his day.' into ' 每条狗都有自己的日子。

英语语言学各章节题目

英语语言学各章节题目

1. Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human __________A. contactB. communicationC. relationD. community2. Which of the following words is entirely arbitraryA. treeB. typewriterC. crashD. bang3. Which of the following property of language enables language users to overcome the barriers caused by time and place, due to this feature of language, speakers of a language are free to talk about anything in any situationA. TransferabilityB. DualityC. DisplacementD. Arbitrariness4. __________ refers to the actual realization of the ideal language user’s knowledge of the rules of his language in utterances.A. PerformanceB. CompetenceC. LangueD. Parole5. __________ deals with language application to other fields, particularly education.A. Linguistic theoryB. Practical linguisticsC. Comparative linguisticsD. Applied linguisticsII. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.6. Language is written because writing is the primary medium for all languages.7. We were all born with the ability to acquire language, which means the details of any language system can be genetically transmitted.8. Only human beings are able to communicate.9. F. de Saussure, who made the distinction between langue and parole in the early 20th century, was a French linguist.10. The conventional nature of language is illustrated by a famous quotation from Shakespear’s play Romeo and Juliet: “A rose by any other name would smell assweet”.11. Speech and writing came into being at much the same time in human history. III. Fill in the blanks.12. Linguistics is the __________ study of language.13. Modern linguistics is __________ in the sense that the linguist tries to discover what language is rather than lay down some rules for people to observe.14. One general principle of linguistic analysis is the primacy of __________ over writing.15. The description of a language as it changes through time is a __________ study.16. Saussure put forward two important concepts. __________ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all members of a speech community.17. Linguistic potential is similar to Saussure’s langue and Chomsky’s __________.Explain the following terms:syntaxanthropological linguisticsExplain Halliday's theory of metafunctions of language.Sounds1. Pitch variation is known as __________ when its patterns are imposed on sentences.A. intonationB. toneC. pronunciationD. voice2. Which branch of phonetics concerns the production of speech soundsA. Acoustic phoneticsB. Articulatory phoneticsC. Auditory phoneticsD. None of the above3. Which one is different from the others according to places of articulationA. [n]B. [m]C. [ b ]D. [p]4. Which vowel is different from the others according to the characteristics of vowelsA. [i:]B. [ u ]C. [e]D. [ i ]5. What kind of sounds can we make when the vocal cords are vibratingA. VoicelessB. VoicedC. Glottal stopD. ConsonantII. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.6. Suprasegmental phonology refers to the study of phonological properties of units larger than the segment-phoneme, such as syllable, word and sentence.7. [p] is a voiced bilabial stop.8. Acoustic phonetics is concerned with the perception of speech sounds.9. According to the length or tenseness of the pronunciation, vowels can be divided into long vs. short or tense vs. lax.10. In English, all the back vowels are rounded.11. In English, all the front vowels and the central vowels are unrounded.III. Fill in the blanks.12. According to the feature of voicing, consonant sounds can be either __________ or __________, while all vowel sounds are __________.13. Consonants differ from vowels in that the latter are produced without __________.14. In phonological analysis the words fail / veil are distinguishable simply because of the two phonemes /f/ - /v/. This is an example for illustrating __________.15. In English there are a number of __________, which are produced by moving from one vowel position to another through intervening positions.takes place when the organs of speech move to produce patterns of sound. Thesemovements have an effect on the __________ coming from the lungs.17. Write the symbol that corresponds to each of the following phonetic descriptions; then give an English word that contains this sound. Example: voiced alveolar stop[d] dog.(1) voiceless bilabial unaspirated stop(2) low front vowel(3) lateral liquid(4) velar nasal(5) voiced interdental fricative1. Nouns, verbs and adjectives can be classified as __________.A. content wordsB. grammatical wordsC. function wordsD. form words2. Morphemes that represent tense, number, gender and case are called __________ morpheme.A. inflectionalB. freeC. boundD. derivational3. There are __________ morphemes in the word denationalization.A. threeB. fourC. fiveD. six4. In English –ise and –tion are called __________.A. prefixesB. suffixesC. infixesD. stems5. The three subtypes of affixes are: prefix, suffix and __________.A. derivational affixB. inflectional affixC. infixD. back-formation6. __________ is a way in which new words may be formed from already existing words by subtracting an affix which is thought to be part of the old word.A. affixationB. back-formationC. insertionD. addition7. The word DINK is formed in the way of __________.A. acronymyB. clippingC. compoundingD. blending8. The words like smog and motel are formed by __________.A. blendingB. clippingC. back-formationD. acronymyII. Fill in the blanks.9. A small set of conjunctions, prepositions and pronouns belong to __________ class, while the largest part of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs belongs to __________ class.10. __________ is a reverse process of derivation, and therefore is a process of shortening.11. __________ is extremely productive, because English had lost most of its inflectional endings by the end of Middle English period, which facilitated the use of words interchangeably as verbs or nouns, verbs or adjectives, and vice versa.12. A word formed by derivation is called a __________ , and a word formed by compounding is called a __________ .13. Bound morphemes are classified into two types: __________ and __________ .Explain the following term, using examples.AllomorphInflectionBound root1. The sentence structure is ________.A. only linearB. only hierarchicalC. complexD. both linear and hierarchical2. The syntactic rules of any language are ____ in number.A. largeB. smallC. finiteD. infinite3. A sentence is considered ____ when it does not conform to the grammatical knowledge in the mind of native speakers.A. rightB. wrongC. grammaticalD. ungrammatical4. A __________ in the embedded clause refers to the introductory word that introduces the embedded clause.A. coordinatorB. particleC. prepositionD. subordinator5. Phrase structure rules allow us to better understand _____________.A. how words and phrases form sentences.B. what constitutes the grammaticality of strings of wordsC. how people produce and recognize possible sentencesD. all of the above.6. The phrase “on the shelf” belongs to __________ construction.A. endocentricB. exocentricC. subordinateD. coordinateII. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. (10%) 12. The syntactic rules of any language are finite in number, but there is no limit to the number of sentences native speakers of that language are able to produce and comprehend.13. In a complex sentence, the two clauses hold unequal status, one subordinating the other.14. Constituents that can be substituted for one another without loss of grammaticality belong to the same syntactic category.16. In English syntactic analysis, four phrasal categories are commonly recognized and discussed, namely, noun phrase, verb phrase, infinitive phrase, and auxiliary phrase.17. In English the subject usually precedes the verb and the direct object usually follows the verb.III. Fill in the blanks. (20%)21. A __________ sentence consists of a single clause which contains a subject and a predicate and stands alone as its own sentence.23. A __________ may be a noun or a noun phrase in a sentence that usually precedes the predicate.24. The part of a sentence which comprises a finite verb or a verb phrase and which says something about the subject is grammatically called __________.25. A __________ sentence contains two, or more, clauses, one of which is incorporated into the other.Explain the term "IC analysis".Explain the three types of syntactic relationsDistinguish the two possible meanings of “more beautiful flowers”37. Draw a tree diagram of the sentence:The student wrote a letter yesterday.1. According to the “semantic triangle” presented by Ogden and Richards, the symbol or ________ refers to the linguistic elements(words, sentences, etc.), the ___________ refers to the object in the world of experience and the thought or reference refers to concept.2. __________ analysis is based upon the belief that the meaning of a word can be divided into meaning components.3. The semantic component of the word _________ are +Human, +Adult, +male, -Married.4. ________ opposites may be seen in terms of degrees of the quality involved.5. We call the relation between “animal” and “cow” as___________.A. polysemyB. antonymyC. homophonyD. hyponymy6. The pair of words “wide/narrow” are called__________.A. gradable oppositesB. complementary antonymsC. co-hyponymsD. relational opposites7. What is the meaning relationship between the two words “rose/tulip”A. polysemyB. hyponymyC. homophonyD. co-hyponyms8. A word with several meaning is called___________.A. an abnormal wordB. a polysemic wordC. a synonymous wordD. None of the above9. “Words are names or labels for things.” This view is called _________ in semantic theory. A. mentalism B. conceptualism C. naming theoryD. contexualism10. The pair of words “borrow/lend” are ca lled __________.A. relational oppositesB. synonymsC. complementariesD. gradable opposites11. Which description of componential analysis for the word “woman” is rightA. +human, -adult, -maleB. +human, +adult, -maleC. +human, +adult, +maleD. +human, -adult, +male12. What is the meaning relationship between the two words“flower/tulip”A. PolysemyB. HomonymyC. HyponymyD. Antonymy13. The semantic components of the word “man” can be expressed as________.A. +human, +male, -adultB. +human, -male, -adultC. +human, +male, +adultD. +human, -male, +adultExplain the following term, using examples.1) Componential analysis2) Semantic triangleExplain the three kinds of antonymy.1. What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is whether in the study of meaning _________ is considered.A. referenceB. speech actC. practical usageD. context2. A sentence is a _________ concept, and the meaning of a sentence is often studied in isolation.A. pragmaticB. grammaticalC. mentalD. conceptual3. If we think of a sentence as what people actually utter in the course of communication, it becomes a (n) _________.A. constativeB. directiveC. utteranceD. expressive4. __________ is the act performed by or resulting from saying something; it is the consequence of, or the change brought about by the utterance.A. A locutionary actB. An illocutionary actC. A perlocutionary actD. A performative act5. According to Searle, the illocutionary point of the representative is ______.A. to get the hearer to do somethingB. to commit the speaker to something’s being the caseC. to commit the speaker to some future course of actionD. to express the feelings or attitude towards an existing state of affairs6. All the acts that belong to the same category share the same purpose, but they differ __________.A. in their illocutionary actsB. in their intentions expressedC. in their strength or forceD. in their effect brought about7. When any of the maxims under the cooperative principle is flouted, _______ might arise.A. impolitenessB. contradictionsC. mutual understandingD. conversational implicaturesII. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.8. Pragmatics treats the meaning of language as something intrinsic and inherent.9. It would be impossible to give an adequate description of meaning if the context of language use was left unconsidered.10. What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is whether in the study of meaning the context of use is considered.11. The meaning of a sentence is abstract, but context-dependent.12. The meaning of an utterance is decontexualized, therefore stable.13. Utterances always take the form of complete sentences14. Speech act theory was originated with the British philosopher John Searle.15. __________ were statements that either state or describe, and were thus verifiable.16. __________ were sentences that did not state a fact or describe a state, and were not verifiable.17. A(n) __________ act is the act of uttering words, phrases, clauses. It is the act of conveying literal meaning by means of syntax, lexicon and phonology.18. A(n) __________ act is the act of expressing the speaker’s intention; it is the act performed in saying something.19. A(n) _________ is commit the speaker himself to some future course of action.20. A(n) ________ is to express feelings or attitude towards an existing state.21. There are four maxims under the cooperative principle: the maxim of __________ , the maxim of quality, the maxim of relation and the maximof manner.IV Analyze the implicatures in the dialogues1) A: Can you answer the phoneB: I’m in the bath.2) A: I have to leave now.B: It’s raining hard outside.V . What type of illocutionary act do the following utterances involve 1)‘I suggest that you see a dentist as soon as possible.’2) ‘I will pay you the money I owe you next time.’3) ‘Passengers are reminded that flight No. 2284 leaves here at 7:00 sharp.’4)‘Shut up! Leave me alone!’5)‘I’m very sorry to hear that you’ve just lost your pet dog.’study of _ is Syntax.A textual organizationB sentence structuresC word formationD language functionsof the following is NOT a distinctive feature of human languageA arbitrarinessB productivityC cultural transmissionD finitenessspeech act theory was first put forward by_.A John ScarlB Johan AustinC Noam ChomskyD Hallidaystudy of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in condition is_.A morphologyB general linguisticsC phonologyD semanticsof the following is NOT a compound wordA LandladyB GreenhouseC UpliftD Unacceptableword holiday originally meant holy day; but now the word signifies any which we don’t have to work. This is an example ofA meaning shiftB widening of meaningC narrowing of meaningD loss of meaningessentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is the notion of___A. referenceB. meaningC. antonymyD. contextwords "kid, child, offspring” are examples of___A. dialectal synonymsB. stylistic synonymsC. emotive synonymsD. collocational synonymsdistinction between parole and langue was made by____A. HallidayB. ChomskyC. BloomfieldD. Saussurerefers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules of word formation. A. Phonology B. Morphology C. Semantics D. Sociolinguisticsdistinctive features of a speech variety may be all the following EXCEPTA. lexicalB. syntacticC. phonologicalD. psycholinguisticword tail once referred to “the tail of a horse”, but now it is used to mean “the tail of any animal.” This is an example ofA. widening of meaningB. narrowing of meaningC. meaning shiftD. loss of meaningof the following is NOT a design feature of human languageA. ArbitrarinessB. Displacement.C. Duality.D. Diachronicity.type of sentence is "Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry" A. A simple sentence. B. A coordinate sentence.C. A complex sentence.D. None of the above.phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is called___ A. hyponymy. B. synonymy. C. polysemy. D. homonymy.16. The study of the mental processes of language comprehension and production is ____A. corpus linguistics.B. sociolinguistics.C. theoretical linguistics.D. psycholinguistics.special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is called( )A. dialect.B. idiolect.C. pidgin.D. register.a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing____A. an illocutionary act.B. a perlocutionary act.C. a locutionary act.D. none of the above.19. _____ refers to the learning and development of a language.A. Language acquisitionB. Language comprehensionC. Language productionD. Language instructionword “' Motel” comes from “motor + hotel”. This is an example of_____ in morphology. A. backformation B. conversion C. blending D. acronymis the tool of communication. The symbol “' Highway Closed” on a highway serves( ) A. an expressive function. B. an informative function.C. a performative function.D. a persuasive function.22. ______ is defined as the study of the relationship between language and mind.A. SemanticsB. PragmaticsC. Cognitive linguisticsD. Sociolinguistics23. A vowel is different from a consonant in English because ofA. absence of obstructionB. presence of obstructionC. manner of articulationD. place of articulation24. The definition ”the act of using , or promoting the use of, several languages ,either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers” refer toA. PidginB. CreoleC. MultilingualismD. Bilingualism25. ____ is a language phenomenon in which words sound like what they refer to.A. OnomatopoeiaB. CollocationC. DenotationD. Assimilationsentence "Close your book and listen to me carefully!" performs a(n) _____ function.A. interrogativeB. informativeC. performativeD. directive27. Which of the following pairs of words are homophonesA. wind (v.) / wind (n.)B. suspect (v.) / suspect (n.)C. bare (adj.) / bear (v.)D. convict (v.) /convict (n.)English, if a word begins with a [l] or a [r], then the next sound must be a vowel. This is a(n)( ) A. assimilation rule B. sequential rule C. deletion rule D. grammar ruleof the following is an example of clipping A. APEC B. Motel C. Xerox D. Disco30. The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a particular type of situation is called A. register B. dialect C. slang. D. variety31. Which of the following italicized parts is an inflectional morphemeA. unlockB. government.C. goes D off-stage32. Which of the following sentences has the "S + V + O" structureA. He died a hero.B. I went to London.C. She became angry.D. Mary enjoyed parties.33. Which of the following CAN NOT be used as an adverbA. Heart and soul.B. The lion's share.C. Null and void.D. Hammer and tongs. BDBCD BDBDB DADBD DCAAC BCACA DCBDA CDB。

新编简明英语语言学 Chapter 8 Language and society

新编简明英语语言学 Chapter 8 Language and society

Chapter 8 Language and society语言和社会知识点:1.*Definition: sociolinguistics; regional dialect; sociolect; idiolect; ReceivedPronunciation2.Relatedness between language and society3.*Varieties of language4.*Halliday’s register theory5.Degree of formality6.Standard Dialect7.# Pidgin and Creole8.*#Bilingualism vs. diglossia考核目标:识记:*Definition: sociolinguistics; regional dialect; sociolect; idiolect; Received Pronunciation领会:Relatedness between language and society; Varieties of language; Degree of formality; Degree of formality; Standard Dialect; Pidgin and Creole简单应用:Bilingualism vs. diglossia综合应用:Halliday’s register theory一、定义1.Sociolinguistics 社会语言学: is s the sub-field of linguistics that studies relation between language and society, between the ues of language and the social structures in which the users of lamguage live. 社会语言学是语言学中的一个次领域,它研究语言与社会的关系,以及语言的运用和语言使用者所在的社会结构之间的关系。

英语语言学练习(含答案)

英语语言学练习(含答案)

Chapter 11.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 ,pragmat ic ,sociolinguistics ,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 competence 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 s ystem 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 be tween people .(×)[The interpersonal function is indicate ,establish ,or maintain social relationships between people .]Chapter 21.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 operatein the phonolgical analysis of langua ge .(×)[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 suc h 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.(√)7.Two ways to transcribe speech sounds are broad transcription and narrow transcription. Narrow transcription is the transcription with letter-symbols only,broad transcription is the transcription with letter-symbols together with the diacritics.(×)[Two ways to transcribe speech sounds are broad transcription and narrow transcription. broad transcription is the transcription with letter-symbols only,Narrow transcription is the transcription with letter-symbols together with the diacritics.]8.In the case of sport,the [p] sound is said to be unaspirated,and in the case of speed,the [p] sound is said to be aspirated.(×)[In the case of sport,the [p] sound is said to be aspirated,and in the case of speed,the [p] sound is said to be unaspirated.]9.English consonants can be classified in two ways:one is in terms of manner of articulation and the other is in terms of place of articulation.(√)10.In terms of manner of articulation the English consonants can be classified into six types:stops、fricatives、affricates、liquids、nasals、and bilabial. (×)[In terms of manner of articulation the English consonants can be classified into six types:stops、fricatives、affricates、liquids、nasals、and glides . ]11.In terms of place of articulation,the English consonants can be classified into seven types:bilabial、labiodental、dental、alveolar、palatal、velar、and glottal. (√)12.Vowels may be distinguished as front,central,and back according to which part of the tongue is held lowest.(×)[Vowels may be distinguished as front,central,and back according to which part of the tongue is held highest .]13、We classify the vowels into four groups:close vowels,semi-close vowels,semi-open vowels, and open vowels. (√)14、In English,all the front vowels and the central vowels are unrounded vowels,without rounding the lips,and all the back vowels are rounded.(×)[In English,all the front vowels and the central vowels are unrounded vowels without the [a:],without rounding the lips,and all the back vowels are rounded.]15.The main supranational features include stress ,intonation ,and tone .Stressc ontains word stress and sentence stress.(√)16.There are four tones .The first tone is level ,the second rise ,the third fall -rise ,and the fourth fall .(√)17."He is driving my car ",the words that are normally unstressed .i.e.is ,car ,can all bear the stress to express what the speaker intends to mean.(×)["He is driving my car ",the words that are normally unstressed .i.e.is ,my ,can all bear the stress to express what the speaker intends to mean.]18.The location of stress in English distinguishes me aning .(√)19When spoken in different intonation ,the same sequence of word may have different meanings.(×)[When spoken in different tones ,the same sequence of word may have different meanings.]20.A phoneme is a phonological unit ,it is an concrete unit . (×)[A phoneme is a phonological unit ,it is an abstract unit .]Chapter 31. Conjunctions,prepositions,articles and pronouns consist of the "grammatical" and "functional" words. (√)2. Linguisis use the term morphlolgy to refer to the part of the grammar that is concerned with word and word structure.(√)3.Linguisis define the word as the smallest free form found in language. (√)4. The plural marking -s is a free form. (×) [The plural marking -s is not a free form]5. Morpheme is the smallest unit of language that carries information about meaning or function. (√)6. The word READER consists of two morphemes:read and -er. (√)7. The English plural and possessive morphems may be said to share a single morph,the suffix /-s/. (√)8. A morpheme which can be a word by itself is called a bound morpheme,whereas a morpheme that must be attached to another one is a free morpheme. (×)[A morpheme which can be a word by itself is called a free morpheme,whereas a morpheme that must be attached to another one is a bound morpheme.]9. STEM is any morpheme or combination of morphemes to which an inflectional affix can be added. (√)10. AFFIX is a collective term for the type of morpheme that can be used only when added to another morpheme (the root or stem). (√)11. The root constitutes the core of the word and carries the major component of its meaning. (√)12. Unlike roots,affixes do not belong to a lexical category and are always free morphemes. (×)[Unlike roots,affixes do not belong to a lexical category and are always bound morphemes.]13. A morpheme can be defined as a minimal unit of meaning. (√)14. -en,-ate,and -ic are thus called derivational morphemes. (√)15.The morpheme BOY is free morpheme since it can be used as a word on its own;the plural -s ,on the other hand,is bound. (√)16. It is not always possible to assign a lexical meaning to some of the morphemes. (√)17. Compounding is a very common and frequently process for enlarging the vocabulary of the English language. (√)18. Morphemes m ay have different forms. (√)19. The plural marking -s is not a free form since it never occurs in isolation and cannot be separated from the noun to which it belongs. (√)20.It is important to note that a morpheme is neither a meaning nor a stretch of s ound joined together. (√)Chapter 41.Category refers to a group of linguistic items which fullfill the different functiongs in a particular language such as a sentence ,a noun phrase order averb .(×)[Category refers to a group of linguistic items which f ullfill the same or similar functiongs in a particular language such as a sentence ,a noun phrase order a verb .]2.Syntax is a branch of linguistics that studies the rules that govern the formation of sentences .(√)3.Phrases that are formed of more than one word usually contain the following elements :head and specifier .(×)[Phrases that are formed of more than one word usually contain the following elements :head,specifier and complement .]4.Such special type of grammatical mechanism that regulates the arrangement of elements that make up a phrase is called a phrase structure rule .(√)5.Syntactic units that are built around a certain word category are called sentences .(×)[Syntactic units that are built around a certain word category are called phrases .]6.Such special type of grammatical mechanism that regulates the arrangement of elements that make up a phrase structure rule .(√)7.The words on the right side of the heads are said to function as specifiers . (×) [The words on the right side of the heads are said to function as specifiers . ]8.Major lexical categories are Non ,verb ,Adjevtive and Preposition .(√)9.The XP rules =(specifier )×(complement).(√)10.Major lexical categories play a very important role in sentence . (×) [Major lexical categories play a very important role in sentence formation .]11.The most central categories to the synthetic study are the word-level categories .(√)12.According to the XP rules ,the auxiliary is the tail of a sentence which takesa vp category as its complement on the right and an vp ,the subject ,as its specifier on the left .(×)[According to the XP rules ,the auxiliary is the head of a sentence which takes a vp category as its complement on the right and an vp ,the subject ,as its specifier on the right .]13.The words around which a phrase is formed is termed head .(√)14.Words which include the sentence complement are termed complementizers . (√)15.The construction in which the phrase is embedded a complement is called matrix clause .(×)[T he construction in which the complement phrase is embedded a complement is called matrix clause .]16.This classification reflects a variety of factors ,including the type of meaning that words express ,the type of affixes that they take ,and the type of structures in which they can occur .(√)Chapter 51.In semantic triangle, the relation between a word and a thing it refers to is not direct,and it is mediated by concept. (√)2.The relationship of “flower”,“violet”,“rose” and “tulip” is hyponymy. (√)3. A referring expression can be used to refer to nonexistent things. (√)4.Pragmatics studies the aspect of meaning that is not accounted for by semantics.(√)5.In terms of truth condition, if X is true, Y is false, and if X is false, Y is true. The relationship6. “I bought some roses” entails “I bought some flowers”. (√)7. The naming theory was proposed by the Greek scholar Plato. (√)8.According to Behaviorist learning theory, children are believed to gradually assume correct forms of the languag e of their community when their “bad” speech gets corrected and when their good speech gets positively reinforced. (√)9.The contextualist view of meaning is based on the presumption that one can derive meaning from or reduce meaning to observable context.(√)10.The term antonymy is used for oppositeness of meaning;words that are opposite in meaning are antonymy. (√)11.Semantics can be defined as the study of naming.(×)[Semantics can be defined as the study of meaning.]12.Once the notion of meaning was taken into consideration, semantics spilled into pragmatics.(×)[Once the notion of context was taken into consideration,semantics spilled into pragmatics.]13.According to semantic triangle, there is a direct link between a symbol and referent, i.e. between a word and a thing it refers to.(×)[According to semantic triangle, there is no direct link between a symbol and referent, i.e. between a word and a thing it refers to.]14.Antonyms are divided into three kinds:gragable,relational,superordinate.(×) [Antonyms are divided into three kinds:gragable,relational,complementary.]16.The meaning of the word black consists in the two collocational of black hair and black coffee. (×)17.Words are identical in sound and spelling but nearly alike or exacyly the same in meaning.(×)[Words are different in sound and spelling but nearly alike or exacyly the same in meaning.]18.Hyponyms is helpless in both receptive and productive processing of language.(×) [Hyponyms is helpful in both receptive and productive processing of language.]19.”Can I borrow your bike?"is synonymous with "You have a bike."(×)[”Can I borrow your bike?" presupposes "You have a bike."]ponential analysis can help explain the sense relations of words.(×) [Componential analysis cannot help explain the sense relations of words.](注:可编辑下载,若有不当之处,请指正,谢谢!)。

英语语言学填空题及答案(最新版)

英语语言学填空题及答案(最新版)

英语语言学填空题及答案(最新版)Chapter one1.Linguistics is generally defined as the .2.The study of language as a whole is often called .3.The study of_ used in linguistic communication led to theestablishment of phonetics.4.The study of is known as semantics.5.Psycholinguistics relates the study of language to .6. The study of is generally known as applied linguistics.7. If a linguistic study aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, it is said to be .8. The description of a language at some point of time in isa synchronic study the description of a language as it through time is a diachronic.9. From the point of view of linguistic evolution, speech is to writing.10. _ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the member of a speech community, and refers to the realization of langue in actual use.11. Linguistic is descriptive while traditional grammer is .12. Modern linguistic regards the language as primary, not the written.13. Many of the rules of traditional grammer apply only to thelanguage.14. When the study of meaning is ,not in isdation ,but in the context of language use, it becomes another branch of linguistic study called pragmatics.15. Prescriptive and descriptive represent two different oflinguistic study.答案:1.scientific study of language2.general linguistics3.sounds4.meaning5.psychology6.applications7.descriptive8.history; changes9.prior/doc/a86555740.html,ngue; parole11.prescriptive12.spoken13.written14.conducted15.typesChapter Two1. Phonetics is defined as the study of the of language; if is concerned with all the sounds that occur in the world’s language.2. The three branches of phonetics are_ , auditory phonetics and acousfic phonetics respectively.3. English consonants can be classified in two ways: one is in termsof _and the other is in terms of _ .4. Both phonology and phonetics are concerned with the same aspect of language-_______.5. The different throes which can represent a phoneme indifferent phonetics envronments are called the _ of that phoneme.6. The assimulation rules assimilates one sound to another by “copying” a feature of a_______; thus making the two phones similate.7. The assimulation rule also accounts for the _______ of the alvedar nasal in some sound combinations.8. The deletion rule tells us when a sound is to be deleted althoughit is______.9. Language is first ______through its sounds.10. The letter [P] in terms of place of articulation______ in terms ofmanner of articulation is _______.11. _______, not phonetic identity is the ctciterion with which we operate the phonological analysis of language .12. The greatest source of modification of the air stream is founding the _______.13. Corresponding to the distinction of long and short vowels is the distinction of _____and______ vowels .14. A phoneme is further analyzable because it consists of a set of______.15. Similar alteration of stress also occurs between a ______and a phrase consisting of the same elements.答案:1.phonic medium/doc/a86555740.html,beled articulation phonetics3.manner of articulation; place of articulation4.the speech sounds5.allo phones6.sequential phoneme7.varying pronunciation8.orthographically represented9.perceived10.bilabial; stops11.phonetic similarity12.oral cavity13.tense; lox14.simultaneous distinctive features/doc/a86555740.html,pound nounChapter Three1.Linguists define the word as the smallest ______found inlanguage.2.Morpheme is the_______________ that carries information aboutmeaning or function.3.The root consistutes the _____ of the word and carries themajor components of its meaning .4.Morpheme are usually ______: there is no nature connectionbetween their sound and meaning.5.When _______ are conjoined to other morpheme (or words), anew words are derived , or formed.6.Derivation is an _______ that form a word with meaning andcategory distinct from that of its bases.7.Unlike phonemes and syllables which are the elements ofsound , words_______.8.______ are the foundation building blocks of a language .9.Linguists use the term morphology to refer to the part ofthegrammer that is concerned with ______ and ________.10.The content words of language , such as ____,_____,_____andadverbs, are sometimes called open class words.11.Affixes______ belong to a lexical category and are alwaysbound morpheme.12.Bound morphemes which are for the most part purelygrammatical makers and signify such concepts as tense, number, case are called_________.13._______, ________ and free morphemes combine are the majorways to produce new words.14.The ways word are formed are called _______.15.When two words are in the same _______, the compound willbe in this category.答案:1.free form2.smallest unit of language3.core4.arbitrary5.derivational morphemes6.affixational process7.carry meaning8.words9.word formation; word structure10.nouns; verbs; adjectives11.do not12.inflectional morphemes13.derivation; compounds14.morphological rules15.grammatical categoryChapter four1.To determine a word's category,three criteria are usually employed: , , .2. The XP rule is .3.Syntax is a branch of linguistics that studies the rules that .4.The S rule is5.The first, formed by the in accordance with the subcategorization properties, is called deep structure.6.questions begin with a wh- word are called .7.Corresponding to the final syntactic form of sentence which results from appropriate transformations , is called .8.If the head is a verb, then the specifier is .9.Word level categories are divided into two kinds: and .10.Syntactic units that are built around a certain word category are called .11. The structures which formed by joining two or more elements ofthe some type with the help of a conjunction are .12.The information about is included in the head and termed subcategorization.13.The element which specifies optionally expressible properties of hand is .14.A special type of rule that can move an element from one position to another is .15.The construction in which the complement phrases is embedded is called .答案1.meaning,inflection, distribution2.XP→(specifier)X(complement)/doc/a86555740.html,ern the formation of sentences4.S→NP VP5.XP rule , head’s6.questions7.suffice structure8.qualifier9.major lexical categories , minor lexical categories10.phrases11.coordinate structures12.a word’s complement13.modifiers14.transformation15.matrix clauseChapter five1.According to the naming theory , words are just or labeis for things .2.3.Two kinds of context are recognized :the situational context and the .4.In the English vocabulary there are two category of words:and .5.Synonyms can be divided into the ,stylistic synonyms, and collocational synonyms.6.When two words are identical in ,they are .When two words are identical in ,they are homographs.7.swperordinate is more general in meaning, but hyponyms ismore .8.three kinds of antonymy are recognized:Gradable antonymys, , and .9.There are four certain relations between sentences,theyare: , , and preswpposes.10.There are two aspects to sentence meaning: grammatical meaning and meaning .11.In terms of truth condition, if X is true, Y is true ,if X is false,Y may be true or false, we called the relation is12.A polysemic word is the result of the evolution of themeaning of the word. The various meaning of the word are to some degree. Complete homonyms are often brought into being by .13. Reference deals with the relationship between theelement and word of experience.14. held the view that “we shall know a word by thecompany it keeps15.semantics canbe simply defined as the study of . 答案:/doc/a86555740.html,s2.referent3.linguistic context4.native words, borrowed words5.Dialectal synonyms ,emotive synonyms6.homophones, spelling7.specific/doc/a86555740.html,plementary antonyms, relational opposites9.synonymous , inconsistence , entails10.semantic11.entails12.primary , related , coincidence13.linguistic ,non-linguistic14.J.R.Firth15.meaningWelcome T o Download欢迎您的下载,资料仅供参考!。

英语八级语言学习题及答案

英语八级语言学习题及答案

语言学试题及参考答案一1. Linguistics is the scientific study of __________.A. a particular languageB. the English languageC. human languages in generalD. the system of a particular language2. The consonant [f] in English can be correctly described as having the following phonetic features: __________.A. voiceless, bilabial, stopB. voiceless, labiodental, fricativeC. voiced, bilabial, stopD. voiced, labiodental, fricative3. There are different types of affixes or morphemes. The affix "ed" in the word "learned" is known as a(n) __________.A. derivational morphemeB. free morphemeC. inflectional morphemeD. free form4. In the phrase structure rule "S→NP VP", the arrow can be read as __________.A. is equal toB. consists ofC. hasD. generates5. "I bought some roses" __________ "I bought some flowers".A. entailsB. presupposesC. is inconsistent withD. is synonymous with6. Y's utterance in the following conversation exchange violates the maxim of __________.X: Who was that you were with last night?Y: Did you know that you were wearing odd socks?A. qualityB. quantityC. relationD. manner7. Changes in a language are changes in the grammar of the speakers of the language. This means that phonemes, __________, words and grammatical rules may be borrowed, added, lost or altered.A. phrasesB. sentencesC. morphemesD. utterances8. In a speech community people have something in common __________a language or a particular variety of language and rules for using it.A. sociallyB. linguisticallyC. culturallyD. pragmatically9. Which of the major mental functions listed below is not under the control of the left hemisphere in most people? __________.A. language and speechB. visual and spatial skillsC. reading and writingD. analytic reasoning10. In general, the __________ stage begins roughly in the second half of the child's second year.A. babblingB. one-wordC. two-wordD. multiword答案:1、C 2、B 3、C 4、B 5、A 6、C 7、C 8、B 9、B 10、C语言学试题二1.The famous quotation from Shakespeare's play “Romeo and Juliet” …A rose by any other name would smell as sweet‟ well illustrates _______.()A.the conventional nature of languageB.the creative nature of languageC.the universality of languageD.the big difference between human language and animal communication2.Of the following sound combinations, only _______ is permissible according to the sequential rules in English.( )A.kiblB.bkilC.ilkbD.ilbk3.The sentence that has a NP and a VP can be shown in a _______ formula "S→NP VP".()A.hierarchicalB.linearC.tree diagramD.vertical4.It is the _______ on Case assignment that states that a Case assignor and a Case recipient should stay adjacent to each other.( )A.Case ConditionB.parameterC.Adjacent ConditionD.Adjacent Parameter5.Predication analysis is a way to analyze _______ meaning.A.phonemeB.wordC.phraseD.sentence6.According to Searle,those illocutionary acts whose point is to commit the speaker to some future course of action are called _______.( )misivesB.directivesC.expressivesD.declaratives7.The term _______ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language change over various periods of time and at various historical stages.A.synchronicB.diachronicparativeD.historical comparative8.The way in which people address each other depends on their age, sex, social group, and personal relationship. The English system of address forms frequently used includes first name, last name, title+last name, _______,and kin term.A.title+first nameB.title+titleC.title aloneD.first name+last name+titlenguage and thought may be viewed as two independent circles overlapping in some parts. When language and thought are identical or closely parallel to each other, we may regard thought as "subvocal speech," and speech as "_______".( )A.vocal thoughtB.subvocal thoughtC.covert thoughtD.overt thought10.Whcih of the following best states the behaviorist view of child language acquisition?_______.( )nguage acquisition is a process of habit formationnguage acquisition is the species-specific property of human beingsC.Children are born with an innate ability to acquire languageD.Humans are equipped with the neural prerequisites for language and language use答案 1.A 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.D6.A7.B8.C9.D 10.A语言学试题三1、As modern linguistics aims to describe and analyze the language peopleactually use, and not to lay down rules for "correct" linguistic behavior,it is said to be ___.A、prescriptiveB、sociolinguisticC、descriptiveD、psycholinguistic2、Of all the speech organs, the ___ is/are the most flexible.A、mouthB、lipsC、tongueD、vocal cords3、The morpheme "vision" in the common word "television" is a(n) ___.A、bound morphemeB、bound formC、inflectional morphemeD、free morpheme4、A ___ in the embedded clause refers to the introductory word that introduces the embedded clause.A、coordinatorB、particleC、prepositionD、subordinator5、"Can I borrow your bike?" ___ "Y ou have a bike."A、is synonymous withB、is inconsistent withC、entailsD、presupposes6、The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ___.A、semanticsB、pragmaticsC、sociolinguisticsD、psycholinguistics7、Grammatical changes may be explained, in part, as analogic changes, which are ___ or generalization.A、elaborationB、simplificationC、external borrowingD、internal borrowing8、___ refers to a marginal language of few lexical items and straightforward grammatical rules, used as a medium of communication.A、Lingua francaB、CreoleC、PidginD、Standard language9、Psychologists, neurologists and linguists have concluded that, in addition to the motor area which is responsible for physical articulation of utterances, three areas of the left brain are vital to language, namely, ___ .A、Broca's area, Wernicke's area and the angular gyrusB、Broca's area, Wernicke's area and cerebral cortexC、Broca's area, Wernicke's area and neuronsD、Broca's area, Wernicke's area and Exner's area10、According to Krashen, ___ refers to the gradual and subconciousdevelopment of ability in the first language by using it naturally indaily communicative situations.A、learningB、competenceC、performanceD、acquisition答案1、C 2、C 3、D 4、D 5、D6、B7、B8、C9、A 10、D语言学试题四1.The pair of words “lend”and “borrow”are ___.( )A.gradable oppositesB.relational oppositesC.co-hyponymsD.synonyms2.The discovery of Indo-European language family began with the work of the British scholar .( )A.Jacob GrimmB.Rasmus RaskC.Franz BoppD.Sir William Jones3.A linguist regards the changes in language and language use as __.( )A.unusualB.something to be fearedC.abnormalD.natural4.__produce fast and fluent speech with good intonation and pronunciation but the content of their speech ranges from mildly inappropriate to complete nonsense,often as unintelligible.( )A.Broca's aphasicB.The linguistic deprivationC.The damage on the angular gyrusD.Wernicke's aphasic5.Some Sou thern learners of English in China tend to say “night” as “light”.This shows: .( )A.They cannot pronounce/n/B.Interlangue interference because there is notthe sound /n/in their mother tongueC.The teachers do not have a good teaching methodD.They do not like to pronounce nasal sounds6.A word with several meanings is called __word.( )A.a polysemousB.a synonymousC.an abnormalD.a multiple7.The function of the sentence “A nice day, isn't it?”is __.()rmativeB.phaticC.directiveD.performative8.The most recognizable differences between American English and British English are in __ and vocabulary.( )ageB.grammarC.pronunciationD.structure9.__deals with the way in which a language varies through geographical space.( )A.Linguistic geographyB.LexicologyC.LexicographyD.Sociolinguistics10.The semantic components of the word “gentleman” can be expressed as __.()A.+animate,+male,+human,-adultB.+animate,+male,+human,+adultC.+animate,-male,+human,-adultD.+animate,-male,+human,+adult答案 1.B 2.D 3.D 4.D 5.B6.A7.B8.C9.A 10.B语言学试题五Tick off the correct or the best possible answers:1 One of the properties of language is that a language user can understand and produce sentences he/she has never heard before. This property of language is called ________.A. dualityB. productivityC. displacementD. arbitraryKey: B2 The ______ function refers to the fact that language can be used for establishing a favorable atmosphere or maintaining social contact rather than for exchanging information or ideas.A. phaticB. directiveC. evocativeD. performativeKey: A3 From a functional approach, the _______ meaning of a language use consists of what is communicated of the feelings and attitudes of the speaker/writer.A. affectiveB. associativeC. stylisticD. collocativeKey: A4 When -ing in 'gangling' is removed to get a verb 'gangle', we call this way of creating words ________.A. suffixationB. back-formationC. blendingD. acronymyKey: B5 ______ refers to the process by which words rise from humble beginnings to positions of importance.A. DegradationB. SpecializationC. ElevationD. ExtensionKey: C6 As we know, every speaker has his own pet words and expressions and special way of expressing his ideas in language. This language variety of individual users is called ______. A. idiolect B. regional dialect C. temporal dialect D. social dialectKey: A7 When pitch, stress and length variations are tied to the sentence rather than to the word, they are collectively known as ________.A. intonationB. toneC. phonemeD. sentence stressKey: A8 _______ refers to the change of a sound as a result of the influence of an adjacent sound.A. Addition of soundB. Loss of soundC. MetathesisD. AssimilationKey: D9 Basically, all the languages in the world can be classified in terms of language family. Vietnamese and Korean are two languages in the ______ family.A. Indo-EuropeanB. Sino-TibetanC. Hamito-SemiticD. Malayo-PolynesianKey: B10 A _______ is the minimal contrastive unit in the writing system of a language.A. morphemeB. phonemeC. graphemeD. letterKey: C11 All mono-morphemic words are constituted by free morphemes, and those poly-morphemic words which consist wholly of free morphemes are called_________.A. hyponymsB. compoundsC. blendsD. allomorphsKey: B12 The requirement that the forms of two or more words of specific word classes which stand in specific syntactic relationship with one another shall also be characterized by the same paradigmatically marked category or categories is called _______.A. concordB. governmentC. recursivenessD. cohesionKey: A13. The formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word plus a part of another is called _____.A. blendingB. clippingC. acronymyD. compoundingKey: A14. The distinction of 'linguistic potential' and 'actual linguistic behavior' is proposed by _______.A. N. ChomskyB. F. de SaussureC. M. A. HallidayD. J. AustinKey: C15. The word meaning given in the dictionary is called _____ meaning.A. denotativeB. connotativeC. collectiveD. stylisticKey: A16. When we consider the variation relating to what a user is trying to do with language, we are dealing with addressee relationship-continually categorized as "______".A. tenor of discourseB. mode of discourseC. field of discourseD. idiolectKey: A17. According to words' structures, Turkish is a typical ______ language.A. isolatingB. fusionalC. analyticD. agglutinativeKey: D18. ______ refer to the fact that one type of utterance is typically followed by a special type of utterance.A. Minimal pairsB. Illocutionary actsC. Social dialectsD. Adjacency pairsKey: D19. The relation between "dead" and "alive" is labeled as ________.A. gradabilityB. complementarityC. hyponymyD. homonymyKey: B20. The words "encore" and "au pair " are loanwords from _______.A. FrenchB. GermanC. ItalianD. SpanishKey: A21. The distinction of langue and parole is proposed by______.a. N. Chomskyb. F. de Saussurec. M. A. Hallidayd. J. AustinKey: b22 Which of the following is the exception to the feature of arbitrariness of languagea. native English wordsb. borrowed wordsc. echoic wordsd. one-syllable wordsKey: c23 Which of the following feature cannot be used to describe the phone [s]a. voicelessb. oralc. alveolard. lateralKey: d24 In terms of place of articulation, the two consonants [f], [v] are ________.a. dentalb. alveolarc. palatald. labiodentalKey: d25 In terms of manner of articulation, the sounds [p], [b], [t], [d], [k], [g] are ________.a. affricatesb. fricativesc. bilabiald. oral stopsKey: d26 Which of the following statements about allophone is NOT correcta. Allophones are different forms of the same phonemeb. Allophones of the same phoneme are in complementary distribution.c. Allophones distinguish meaning.d. Allophones are language specific.Key: c27 Which of the following words is not a free morphemea. ableb. petc. changed. dustyKey: d28 How many morphemes are there in the word dischargeda. 2b. 3c. 4d. 5Key: b29 Which of the following words is made up of bound morphemes onlya. happinessb. televisionc. ecologyd. teacherKey: c30. Language is passed on from one generation to the next by teaching and learning rather than by instinct. This property of language is called_____.a. interchangeabilityb. productivityc. cultural transmissiond. arbitrarinessKey: c31 The famous quotation from Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet 'A rose by any other name would smell as sweet' well illustrates _______.A. the conventional nature of languageB. the creative nature of languageC. the universality of languageD. the big difference between human language and animal communicationKey: A32 Of the following sound combinations, only _______ is permissible according to the sequential rules in English.A. kiblB. bkilC. ilkbD. ilbkKey: A33 The sentence that has a NP and a VP can be shown in a _______ formula "S→NP VP".A. hierarchicalB. linearC. tree diagramD. verticalKey: B34 It is the _______ on Case assignment that states that a Case assignor and a Case recipient should stay adjacent to each other.A. Case ConditionB. Case ParameterC. Adjacent ConditionD. Adjacent ParameterKey: C35. Predication analysis is a way to analyze _______ meaning.A. phonemeB. wordC. phraseD. sentenceKey: D36. According to Searle, those illocutionary acts whose point is to commit the speaker to some future course of action are called _______.A. commisivesB. directivesC. expressivesD. declarativesKey: A37. The term _______ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language change over various periods of time and at various historical stages.A. synchronicB. diachronicC. comparativeD. historical comparativeKey: B38. The way in which people address each other depends on their age, sex, social group, and personal relationship. The English system of address forms frequently used includes first name, last name, title+last name, _______, and kin term.A. title+first nameB. title+titleC. title aloneD. first name+last name+titleKey: C39. Language and thought may be viewed as two independent circles overlapping in some parts. When language and thought are identical or closely parallel to each other, we may regard thought as "subvocal speech," and speech as "_______".A. vocal thoughtB. subvocal thoughtC. covert thoughtD. overt thoughtKey: D40.Whcih of the following best states the behaviorist view of child language acquisitionA. Language acquisition is a process of habit formation.B. Language acquisition is the species-specific property of human beings.C. Children are born with an innate ability to acquire language.D. Humans are equipped with the neural prerequisites for language and language use.Key: A41. The words "kowtow" and "tea " are loanwords from _______.A. ChineseB. GermanC. ItalianD. SpanishKey: A42. The term _______ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language change over various periods of time and at various historical stages.A. synchronicB. diachronicC. comparativeD. historical comparativeKey: B43. The formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word plus a part of another is called _____.A. blendingB. clippingC. acronymyD. compoundingKey: A44. According to words' structures, Latin is a typical ______ language.A. isolatingB. fusionalC. analyticD. agglutinativeKey: B45. The relation between "animal" and "lamb" is labeled as ________.A. gradabilityB. complementarityC. hyponymyD. homonymyKey: C46. One of the property of language is that there is no logical connection between meaning and sounds. This property of language is called________.A. dualityB. productivityC. displacementD. arbitrarinessKey: D47. The________ function refers to the use of language to create certain feelings in the hearer.A. phaticB. directiveC. evocativeD. performativeKey: A48. The _______ meaning of a word consists of the associations it acquires on account of the meanings of words which tend to occur in its environment.A. associativeB. affectiveC. stylisticD. collocativeKey: D49. When -or in editor is removed to get a verb edit, we call this way of creating words ________.A. suffixationB. back-formationC. blendingD. acronymyKey:50. The relation between "rose" and "flower" is labeled as ________.A. gradabilityB. complementarityC. hyponymyD. homonymyKey: C51. Language can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situations of the speaker. This is what we mean by __________.A. dualityB. productivityC. displacementD. arbitrarinessKey: C52. When language is used to get the hearer to do something, then it serves a _______ function.A. directiveB. informativeC. interrogativeD. expressive53. The description of a language at some point in time is a ________ study.A. diachronicB. synchronicC. descriptiveD. prescriptiveKey: B54. The distinction between "competence" and "performance" was made by______ .A. N. ChomskyB. F. de SaussureC. M. A. HallidayD. L. BloomfieldKey: A55. According to the places of articulation, sounds in English such as [t], [l], and[z] can be labeled as _______ ones.A. dentalB. bilabialC. velarD. alveolarKey: D56. According to the morphological analysis, the underlined part in the word "internationalism" should be regarded as a ___________ .A. rootB. stemC. prefixD. suffixKey: B57. Words such as "telex" and "workfare" are created through ___________.A. affixationB. compoundingC. conversionD. blendingKey: D58. According to the syntactic construction analysis, simple sentence such as "John is astudent." belongs to __________construction.A. endocentricB. exocentricC. coordinateD. subordinateKey: B59. The sense relationship between "male" and "female" is _________.A. complementarityB. gradabilityC. relational oppositesD. hyponymy Key: A60. Componential analysis is a method of analyzing________ meaning.A. sentenceB. lexicalC. grammaticalD. utteranceKey: B。

《英语语言学》练习题

《英语语言学》练习题

《英语语言学》练习题一I. Fill in each of the following blanks with one word beginning with the letter given:1.Modern linguistics is d__________ rather than prescriptive.2.Consonants can be described in terms of p________ of articulation, manners ofarticulation, and v_______.3.A_________ are variants of the same phoneme in different phonetic contexts.4.The smallest meaningful unit of language is called m________.5.According to Saussure, a linguistic sign is composed of s________ ands_______.6.General linguistics is based on the view that language as a system composed ofthree aspects: sound, s________ and meaning.7.Monophthongs and d_________ are two major types of vowels.8.Sequences that are possible but do not occur yet are called a_________ gap, e.g./blik/, /bilk/, /klib/, and /kilb/.9.M_________ and s________ make up two subsystems of language.10.The language used to talk about language is called m___________.11.According to M.A.K. Halliday, language plays three metafunctionssimultaneously: the ideational function, the i________ function and the t__________ function.12.Chinese is a typical t________ language. M(mother), m(hemp) m(horse)m(scold), for example, are four distinguished words .13.The total number of words stored in the brain is called l_______, which can beunderstood as a mental dictionary.14.Words like went, which is not related in form to indicate grammatical contrastwith the root, are called s________.15.S_________ is defined as the study of meaning.16.S_________ are words which have different forms but similar meanings.II. Indicate the following statements true or false. Put T for true and F for false in the brackets:( ) 1. The Swiss linguist de Saussure regarded the linguistic sign as co mposed of sound image and referent.( ) 2. Chinese is an agglutinating language.( ) 3. Not all vowels are voiced.( ) 4. If segments appear in the same position but the mutual substitution does not result in change of meaning, they are said to be in free variation.( ) 5. A greenbottle is a type of bottle.( ) 6. Productivity is the first and foremost striking feature of human language. ( ) 7. Language contains two subsystems, one of speaking and the other of writing.( ) 8. Language can be used to refer to things real or imagined, past, present or future.( ) 9. Modern linguistics is prescriptive rather than descriptive.( ) 10. The study of speech sounds is called Phonology.( ) 11. The voiceless bilabial stop in pin and the one in spin are in complementary distribution.( ) 12. Tone is the variation of pitch to distinguish utterance meaning.( ) 13. Compounding, the combination of free morphemes, is a common way to form words.( ) 14. In the phrases a herd of cattle, a flock of sheep, both cattle and sheep contain only one morpheme.( ) 15. The meaning of compounds is always the sum of meaning of the compounds.III. Multiple Choice1._________ is the first and foremost striking feature of human language.A. DualityB. ArbitrarinessC. CreativityD. Displacement2.Which of the following does not belong to the language metafunctionsillustrated by M.A.K. Halliday?A.Ideational functionB. Interpersonal functionC.Textual function.D. Logical function3.The study of speech sounds is called ________.A. PhoneticsB. Articulatory phoneticsC. PhonologyD. Acoustic Phonetics4.Every syllable has a(n) _______, which is usually a vowel.A. onsetB. nucleusC. codaD. rhyme5.Which of the following does not belong to suprasegmental features?A.StressB. IntonationC. ToneD. Syllable6.________ is defined as the study of the internal structure and the formation ofwords.A. MorphologyB. SyntaxC. LexiconD. Morpheme7._____ is a process that puts an existing word of one class into another class.A. ClippingB. BlendingC. EponymD. Conversion8.In the phrases a herd of cattle, a flock of sheep, both cattle and sheep contain _____morphemes.A. oneB. twoC. threeD. four9.Sip and zip, tip and dip, map and nap, etc, are all ______.A. minimal pairsB. minimal setsC. allophonesD. phonesIV. For each group of sounds listed below, state the phonetic feature(s) then share: Example: [s] [f] [p] [h] voiceless1)[g] [z] [d]2)[v] [h] [s]3)[m] [p] [b] [f] [v]4)[t] [d] [n] [l] [s] [z]5)[i:] [i] [u] [u:]V. Transcribe the sound represented by the underlined letter(s) in the words and then describe it.Example: heat [i:] vowel front higha)photob)writec)card)actore)cityf)cityg)worryh)yesVI. Write the phonetic symbol that corresponds to the articulatory description.Example: vowel front high [i:]1bilabial nasal2voiced labiovelar glide3literal liquid4voiced bilabial stop5front high laxVII. Pronounce the words key and core, ski and score, paying attention to the phoneme /k/. What difference do you notice between the first pair and the second pair in terms of the phonetic features of the voiceless velar stop?VIII. Consider the following words and answer the questions below:a)fingerb)disgracefulc)stepsisterd)psycholinguisticse)antidisestablishmentarianismi.Tell the number of morphemes in each word.ii.Underline the free morphemes in each word where possible to do so.IX. Identify the difference between a greenhouse and a green house, and the difference between a sleeping car and a sleeping baby.X. Define the following term, giving examples for illustration:AllophoneXI. Draw tree diagrams for the following two sentences:1. A clever magician fooled the audience.2.The tower on the hill collapsed in the wind.3.They can fish.4.Pat found a book on Wall Street.5.I saw the man with a telescope.XII. Explain the ambiguity of the following sentences.a.This is a beautiful girl’s dress.b.Those who went there quickly made a fortune.c. A woman murdererXIII. Tell the process of word formation illustrated by the example and find as manywords as you can that are formed in the same way.(1)flu(2)OPEC(3)Nobel(4)televise(5)better (v.)XIV. How would you read the phrases in the two columns? What does each of them mean?Column I Column IIa. The White House a white houseb. a redcoat a red coata. a bluebird a blue birdb. a lighthouse keeper a light housekeeperXV. Explain the relation between bank1 (the side of a river) and bank2 (the financial institute).XVI. Identify the type of transitivity process in each of the following sentences.(1)John washed the car.(2)John likes the car.XVII. Answer the following question:What are the three metafunctions according to Halliday?注:期末试题题型及分值比率:I.Indicate the following statements true or false. Put T for true and F for false in the brackets: 30%II. Multiple Choice 5%III. Tell the semantic relation within the given sentence and that between the two sentences. 10%IV. Data Analysis: 10%V. Try to think of contexts in which the following sentences can be used for otherpurposes than just stating facts5%VI. Define the following term, giving examples for illustration10%VII. Give examples to illustrate gradable antonyms, complementary antonyms, andreversal antonyms 30%VIII. Answer the following questions二I.Indicate the following statements true or false. Put T for true and F for false in the brackets:( ) 1. Pragmatics is concerned with speaker meaning.( ) 2. The reference of a deixis to a preceding expression is technically termed cataphoric reference.II. Multiple Choice1.Both pretty and handsome mean good-looking but they differ in ________meaning.A. collocativeB. socialC. affectiveD. reflected2.______ refers to having the right to speak by turns.A.Adjacency pairsB. Turn-talkingC. Preferred second partsD. Insertion sequences3. British English and American English are ______ varieties of the English language.A. functionalB. socialC. regionalD. standard4. ______ is the approximate language system that the learner constructs for use incommunication through the target language.A. MetalanguageB. InterlanguageC. SignD. Esperanto5.In _____ stage, children use single words to represent various meanings.A. telegraphicB. two-wordC. holophrasticD. babbling6.______ is a term widely used in sociolinguistics to refer to “varieties according to use.”A. RegisterB. FieldC. ModeD. TenorIII. Tell the semantic relation within the given sentence and that between the two sentences.II.My uncle is male.III.The spinster is married.IV.Jim is an orphan. Jim lives with his parents.V.Sam is the husband of Sally. Sally is the wife of Sam.VI.He has gone to London. He has gone to England.IV. Data Analysis:1.What is the illocution of A’s utterance in the following brief encounter?A: Y ou are in a non-smoking zone, sir.B: Thanks (extinguishing the cigarette).2.What kind of pre-sequence is A’s first utterance? (Hint: A and B are twosecretaries working in the same office.)A: Are you going to be here long?B: Y ou can go if you like.A: I’ll just be outside. Call me if you need me.B: OK.V. Try to think of contexts in which the following sentences can be used for other purposes than just stating facts:1. The room is messy.2. It would be good if she had a green skirt onVI. Define the following term, giving examples for illustration:V arietyVII. Give examples to illustrate gradable antonyms, complementary antonyms, and reversal antonyms.VIII. Answer the following questions:1.What are the features of metaphors?2.How do you distinguish homonymy from polysemy?3.What is reference and what is sense? How are they related?4.What are the components of metaphor?5.What is the difference between linguistic competence and communicativecompetence?6.What is the difference between referential meaning and associative meanings ofwords?7.How do you distinguish pidgin from Creole?8.What are the three dimensions that a speech act consists of?9.How do sociolinguists classify the varieties of English?10.What are the four maxims of the Cooperative Principle?注:期末试题题型及分值比率:I.Indicate the following statements true or false. Put T for true and F for false inthe brackets: 30%II. Multiple Choice 5%III. Tell the semantic relation within the given sentence and that between the two sentences. 10%IV. Data Analysis: 10%V. Try to think of contexts in which the following sentences can be used for other purposes than just stating facts5%VI. Define the following term, giving examples for illustration10%VII. Give examples to illustrate gradable antonyms, complementary antonyms, andreversal antonyms 30%VIII. 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英语专业语言学考试

英语专业语言学考试

Chapter 11.What is language?Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication2. Design features of language ?a) Arbitrariness:It refers to the fact that the forms of linguistic signs bear no natural relationship to their meaning.b) Duality:the property of having two levels of structures. Such that units of the primary level are composed of elements of the secondary level and each of the two levels has its own principles of organizationc) Productivity/creativity:Language is resourceful because of its duality and recursiveness. Language has its potential to create endless sentences.d) Displacement:Human languages enable their users to symbolize objects, events and concepts which are not present (in time and space) at the moment of communication.3. Functions of language1) Informative: The speakers use language to talk about their thoughts, ideas, beliefs or what they believe, they see, they hear.e.g. Water boils at 212 degree Fahrenheit.2) Interpersonal function: people use language to establish and maintain theirstatus in society.e.g. It includes forms of address, speech function, modality, etc.3) Performative: Language is used to “do things”, to perform actions.4) Emotive function: It is crucial in changing the emotional status of an audience for or against someone or something.5) Phatic communion: The speaker will use seemingly meaningless expressions to establish a comfortable relationship between people without involving any factual content.6) Recreational function: The language is used for the sheer joy.7) Metalingual function: Language can be used to talk about language. Language is self-reflexive.E.g. paraphrase: (order change, similar expressions)definition: (/a:/ is a vowel and /b/ is a consonant.)4. Main branches of linguistics1) Phonetics----speech soundsIt studies speech sounds, including the production of speech, that is, how the speech sounds are actually made, transmitted and received, the sounds of speech, the description and classification of speech sounds, etc.2) Phonology ---phonemeIt studies the rules governing of the structure, distribution and sequencing of speech sounds and the shape of syllables. Simply put it, it studies how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in communication.3) Morphology---morphemeIt is concerned with the internal organization of words. It studies the minimal units of meaning---morphemes and word-formation process.4) SyntaxIt studies the rules in the formation, organization of a sentence. Or specifically, it studies the word order of a sentence.5) SemanticsIt concerns the study of meaning in a language.6) PragmaticsIt is the study of meaning in a context, in a particular situation.5.Macrolinguistics:Linguistics is a discipline. It has relationships with other disciplines such as psychology, sociology, computer science and so on.1)Psycholinguistics: It investigates the interrelation of language and mind.2) Sociolinguistics:It concerns the relationship between language and society, including the social functions of language and the social characteristics of its users.3) Anthropological linguistics:It uses the theories and methods of anthropology to study language variation and language use in relation to the cultural patterns and beliefs of man.6. Important distinctions in linguistics1)Descriptive vs. prescriptiveThe distinction lies in prescribing how things ought to be and describing how things are. Descriptive linguistics describes and analyzes the facts observed. Prescriptive linguist ics tries to lay down rules for “correct” behavior.2) Synchronic and DiachronicA synchronic description takes a fixed instant as its point of observation.That is, if we study language at some point in time, it is synchronic study.Diachronic linguistics is the study of a language through the course of its history. That is, if we study language as it exists in different historical periods, it is diachronic study.3) Langue and paroleLangue is the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community, including rules, conventions; It is stable and systemic.Parole is the concrete use of rules. Parole is subject to personal and situational constraints4) Competence and performanceCompetence refers to the language user’s underlying know ledge about the system of rules.Performance refers to the actual use of language in concrete situations.Chapter 21.Phonetics studies how speech sounds are produced, transmitted, andperceived.Articulatory Phonetics is the study of the production of speech sounds.Acoustic Phonetics is the study of the physical properties of speech sounds.Perceptual or Auditory Phonetics is concerned with the perception of speech sounds.2.Consonants and vowelsConsonants are produced with some form of obstruction of the air passage, with or without the vibration of the vocal cords.A vowel is produced without any obstruction of the air stream in the mouth,The distinction between vowels and consonants lies in the obstruction of airstream.Place of articulation(1).Bilabial (双唇音): [p], [b], [m], [w](2). Labial-dental(唇齿音: [f], [v](3). Dental(齿音): [ð], [θ](4). Alveolar(齿龈音): [t], [d], [s], [z], [n], [l](5). Post-alveolar(后齿龈音):[ſ], [3](7). Palatal(硬腭音): [j](8). Velar(软腭音): [k], [g], [η](11). Glottal(声门音): [h]3.What is minimal pair?two different forms are identical in every way except for one sound segment which occurs in the same place.4.Allophones[p, ph] are two different phones and are variants of the phoneme /p/. Such variants of a phoneme are called allophones of the same phoneme.complementary distribution: they never occur in the same context: Phonetic similarity: the allophones of a phoneme must bear some phonetic resemblance.5.Assimilation:Nasalization, dentalization, and velarization are allinstances of assimilation, a process by which one sound takes on some or all the characteristics of a neighboring sound.6.Suprasegmentals features are those aspects of speech that involvemore than single sound segments. The principle suprasegmentals arestress, tone, and intonation.7.The syllable structure: All syllables must have a nucleus but allsyllables contain an onset and a coda. A syllable that has no coda iscalled an open syllable while a syllable with coda is a closed syllable.8.Tone: languages like Chinese are known as tone languages.Chapter 31. Morpheme(词素): the smallest meaningful unit in composition of words.Morphology: the study of word-formation, or the internal structure ofwords, and the rules by which words are formed from smaller components --- morphemes.1.types of morphemes1)free morpheme and bound morpheme(自由词素和粘附词素)Free morphemes ---morphemes which may occur alone or mayconstitute words by themselves, e.g. dog, nation, desk, close.Bound morphemes --- morphemes which can not occur alone and must appear with at least another morpheme, e.g. dis-, un-, -ed, -ment.2)root, affix and stem(词根、词缀和词干)Root--- the base form of a word that cannot further be analyzed without total loss of identity. It is the part of the word left when all the affixes are removed. All words contain a root.Affix--- the morphemes that can be used only when added to another morpheme(the root or stem). There are three subtypes: Prefixes, Suffixes & Infixes. Stem--- any morpheme or combination of morphemes to which an inflectional affix can be added. Or it is the part of word form which remains when all inflectional affixes have been removed.3).inflectional affix and derivational affix(屈折词缀和派生词缀)Inflectional affix--- affixes which often only add a grammaticalmeaning to the stem.Derivational affix--- affixes which change the lexical meaning.•Two fields of Morphology:Inflectional morphology- the study of inflections.•Derivational morphology (派生形态学): the study of word-formation.2.what is word1)stability2)relative uninterruptbility3)a minimum free form(A word is a minimal free form of a language that has a given sound, meaning and syntactic function.)3.classification of words1) Variable & invariable wordsVariable: words with ordered and regular series of grammatically different word forms. Part of the word remains relatively constant.Invariable: words without inflective endings.e.g. since, when, seldom, through, etc.2) Grammatical words and Lexical wordsGrammatical / Function words: words which express grammatical meaning; to link different parts together.Lexical / Content words: words which have lexical meaning, or which carry the main content of a language3) Closed-class & open-class wordsClosed-class: whose membership is fixed or limited, i.e., new members cannot normally be added, such as pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, articles, auxiliaries.Open-class: whose membership is in principle infinite or unlimited, i.e., new members can be added, such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs4)Word class: known as Parts of Speech in traditional grammar, which establishes nine word classes, such as noun, verb, adjectives, adverbs, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, interjection and article.Pro-form: substitutes for other terms.●Pro-adjective: Your car is red. So is his.●Pro-verb: He speaks English better than he does.●Pro-adverb: He hopes to win and I hope so too.●Pro-locative: He went there, under the tree.4.Lexical Change1) Invention/Coinage 发明法2) Blending混成法:3) Back-formation逆构词法4) Clipping /Abbreviations缩写词5) Acronym缩略语6) Analogical creation类推构词7) Borrowing借词pound refers to a word that is composed of more than one morpheme, or the way to join two separate words to produce a single form. Derivation shows a relationship between roots and affixes. New derivational words are created by attaching prefixes or suffixes to already existing words.Chapter 41.Positional relation, or WORD ORDER, refers to the sequential arrangement of words in a language, or (a relation between one item and others in a sequence or between elements which are all present). Positional relations are a manifestation of one aspect of Syntagmatic Relations observed by F. de Saussure.2.The Relation of Substitutability refers to classes or sets of wordssubstitutable for each other grammatically in sentences with the same structure, (or relation holding between elements replaceable with each other at a particular place in a structure, between one element present and the others absent).3.The technique of breaking up sentences into smaller units by makingsuccessive binary cutting is called Immediate Constituent (IC) Analysis.4.Immediate constituents: constituents immediately, directly, below thelevel of construction, or, the two parts that are yielded after each cut. An immediate constituent can be further segmented until we obtain thesmallest grammatical unitAdvantage of IC analysis⏹On one hand, the internal structure of a sentence may be demonstratedclearly in IC analysis.⏹On the other hand, if some ambiguities exist, they will also be revealed.5.Endocentric: Endocentric construction is one whose distribution isfunctionally equivalent to that of one or more of its constituents, i.e., aword or a group of words, which serves as a definable centre or head.6.Exocentric: Exocentric construction refers to a group of syntacticallyrelated words where none of the words is functionally equivalent to the group as a whole, that is, there is no definable “Centre”or “Head”inside the group,7.Category: It refers to classes and functions in its narrow sense, e.g. noun,verb, subject, predicate, noun phrase, verb phrase, etc. More specifically, it refers to the defining properties of these general units:Categories of the noun: number, gender, case and countabilityCategories of the verb: tense, aspect, voice8.Agreement: Agreement (or Concord) may be defined as the requirementthat the forms of two or more words of specific word classes that stand in specific syntactic relationship with one another shall also, becharacterized by the same paradigmaticlly marked category (orcategories).Chapter51.Semantics:It refers to the study of meaning in language. More specifically, semantics is the study of the meaning of linguistic units, words and sentencesin particular2.The word “meaning” itself has different meanings. In this lecture The Meaning of Meaning written in 1923, C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards presented a “representative list of the main definitions which reputable students of mea ning have favored”.3.Seven types of meaning:*Conceptual/denotative meaning Connotative meaningSocial meaningAffective meaning Reflected meaning Collocative meaning Thematic meaning4.“Semantic triangle” theory (语义三角理论)⏹a) Proposed by Ogden and Richards in the book The Meaning ofMeaning.⏹b) They argue that the relation between a word and a thing it refersto is not direct. It is mediated by concept, mental image. In other words, the link between words and things can be made only through the use of mind.For every word, there is an associated concept.⏹Concept--- is the mental image, the abstraction or generalization ofobjects of the same kind. It is abstracted from the object which is referred to.5. Sense: Sense is concerned with the inherent meaning of the linguistic form. It is the collection of all the features of the linguistic form; it is abstract and de-contextualised.Reference: Reference means what a linguistic form refers to in the real,physical world; it deals with the relationship between the linguistic element and the non-linguistic world of experience.6.Sense relations:a)Synonymy:1)Dialectal synonymy: regional dialects2)Stylistic synonymy (Register)3) Synonyms that differ in their emotive or evaluative meaning4)Collocational synonymy:5)Semantically different synonymsUsage of Synonymy:1. Paraphrase2. Cohesion in textual analysisb)Antonymy1)Gradable antonymy2)Complementary antonymy3)Converse antonymyc)Hyponymy⏹Superordinate/hypernym: the more general term⏹Hyponym: the more specific term⏹Co-hyponyms: members of the same classponential analysis: It is an approach that analyzes word meaning by decomposing it into its semantic features.Chapter61.Six subjects of research⏹Language acquisition (L1 / L2) ⏹Language comprehension⏹Language production ⏹Language disorders⏹Language and Thought ⏹Neurocognitionnguage Acquisition1)Holophrastic stage (独词句阶段)2)Two-word stage: around 18m3)Three-word-utterance stage4)Fluent grammatical conversation stageChapter61.Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis1)Two points in his theory:⏹Language determines our thinking patterns⏹Similarity between languages is relative. The greater their structuraldifferentiations, the more diverse their conceptualization of theworld will be.2)Linguistic determinism(语言决定论):语言决定思维Linguistic relativity (语言相对论):思维相对于语言,思维模式随着语言的不同而不同。

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英语语言学试题(8)语言学试题第一部分选择题一、单项选择题(本大题共10小题,每小题2分,共20分)在每小题列出的四个选项中只有一个选项是符合题目要求的,请将正确选项前的字母填在题后的括号内。

1.The famous quotation from Shakespeare's play “Romeo and Juliet” ‘A rose by any other name would smell as sweet’ well illustrates_______.( )A.the conventional nature of languageB.the creative nature of languageC.the universality of languageD.the big difference between human language and animal communication2.Of the following sound combinations, only _______ is permissible according to the sequential rules in English.( )A.kiblB.bkilC.ilkbD.ilbk3.The sentence that has a NP and a VP can be shown in a _______ formula "S→NP VP".( )A.hierarchicalB.linearC.tree diagramD.vertical4.It is the _______ on Case assignment that states that a Case assignor and a Case recipient should stay adjacent to each other.( )A.Case ConditionB.parameterC.Adjacent ConditionD.Adjacent Parameter5.Predication analysis is a way to analyze _______ meaning.A.phonemeB.wordC.phraseD.sentence6.According to Searle,those illocutionary acts whose point is to commit the speaker to some future course of action are called _______.( ) misives B.directives C.expressives D.declaratives7.The term _______ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language change over various periods of time and at various historical stages.A.synchronicB.diachronicparativeD.historical comparative8.The way in which people address each other depends on their age, sex, social group, and personal relationship. The English system of address forms frequently used includes first name, last name, title+last name, _______,and kin term.A.title+first nameB.title+titleC.title aloneD.first name+last name+titlenguage and thought may be viewed as two independent circles overlapping in some parts. When language and thought are identical or closely parallel to each other, we may regard thought as "subvocal speech," and speech as "_______".( )A.vocal thoughtB.subvocal thoughtC.covert thoughtD.overt thought10.Whcih of the following best states the behaviorist view of child language acquisition?_______.( )nguage acquisition is a process of habit formationnguage acquisition is the species-specific property of human beingsC.Children are born with an innate ability to acquire languageD.Humans are equipped with the neural prerequisites for language and language use第二部分非选择题二、填空题(本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分。

)11.In the course of time, the study of language has come to establish close links with other branches of s________ studies, such as sociology and psychology.12.Clear [1]and dark[]are allophones of the same one phoneme /1/.They never take the same position in sound combinations, thus they are said to be in c________ distribution.13.A r________ is often seen as part of a word, but it can never stand by itself although it bears clear, definite meaning.14.A c________ sentence contains two or more clauses, one of which is incorporated in the other.15.That the denial of one member of two words implies the assertion of the other is the characteristic of c________ antonyms.16.While the meaning of a sentence is abstract and decontextualized, that of an u________ is concrete and context-dependent.17.Phonological rules may move phonemes from one place in the string to another. For example, Modern English verb ask was Old English askian, with the /k/preceding the/s/.Sound change as a result of sound movement is known as m________.18.In many societies of the world, we find a large number of people who speak more than one language. As a characteristic of societies, b________ inevitably results from the coming into contact of people with different cultures and different languages.19.The brain's neurological specialization for language is called linguistic I ________, which is specific to human beings.20.In order to acquire a second language, learners will subconsciously use their first language knowledge in learning a second language. This is know as language t________.三、判断说明题(本大题共10小题,每小题2分,共20分。

)判断下列各题正误,正者在括号内写“T”,误者在括号内写“F”,并说明理由。

( )21.In the history of any language the writing system always came into being before the spoken form.( )22.In English, long vowels are also tense vowels because when we pronounce a long vowel such as/i:/,the larynx is in a state of tension.( )23.A compound is the combination of only two words.( )24.“The student” in the sentence “The student liked the linguistic lecture.”,and “The linguistic lecture” in the sentence “The linguistic lecture liked the student.”belong to the same syntactic category.( )25.Linguistic forms having the same sense may have different references in different situations while linguistic forms with the same reference always have the same sense.( )26.An important difference between presupposition and entailment is that presupposition, unlike entailment, is not vulnerable to negation. That is to say, if a sentence is negated, the original presupposition is still true.( )27.The division of English into Old English, Middle English, and Modern English is nonconventional and not arbitrary.( )nguage reflects sexism in society. Language itself is not sexist, just as it is not obscene; but it can connote sexist attitudes as well as attitudes about social taboos or racism.( )29.If a child is deprived of linguistic environment, he or she is unlikely to learn a language successfully later on.( )30.When children learn to distinguish between the sounds of their language and the sounds that are not part of the language, they can acquire any sounds in their native language once their parents teach them.四、名词解释题(本大题共10小题,每小题3分,共30分。

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