语言学客观自测练习及答案 1

语言学客观自测练习及答案 1

I. Directions：Read each of the following statements carefully. Decide which one of the four choices best completes the statement and put the letter A，B，C or D in the brackets. （2%X10=20%）

1.Modern linguistics differs from traditional grammar for it is mostly _________.

A.prescriptive

B.descriptive

C. subjective

D. Latin-based

2. A linguist regards the changes in language and language use as ________.

A. abnormal

B. something to be feared

C.natural

D. unnatural

3.Which of the following sounds is a voiced affricate？

A. [dV]

B.[tF]

C.[z]

D.[T]

4.There are ___________morphemes in the word “disabled”？

A. one

B. two

C. three

D. four

5.In English，“dis-“ is called________？

A. a free morpheme

B. a suffix

C. an infix

D. a prefix

6.Black English is probably the most widespread and most familiar ____ variety of the English language.

A. regional

B. ethnic

C. social

D. lower class

7.The pair of words “alive” and “dead” are _____________.

A. gradable antonyms

B. complementary antonyms

C. relational opposites

D. co-hyponyms

8.____ belong（s）to the Indo-European language family.

A. English

B. German

C. French

D. All of them

9.The sentence “Kids like apples” is a___________.

A.two-place predication

B.three-place predication

C.no-place predication

D.one-place predication

10.What is the construction of the sentence：“The baby smiled？”

A. subordinate

B. coordinate

C. exocentric

D. endocentric

II. Directions：Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word，the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in One word only，and you are not allowed to change the letter given.

（1%X10=10%）

nguage is a system of a ____________ vocal symbols used for human communication.

12.The linguistic study of meaning in the context of use is called p____________.

13.The description of a language as it changes through time is a d___________ study.

14.According to the Swiss linguist F. de Saussure，p___________ refers to the realization of language in actual use.

15.The three branches of phonetics are labelled a____________ phonetics，auditory phonetics and acoustic phonetics respectively.

16.M___________ is the smallest meaningful unit of language.

17.S___________ is a subfield of linguistics that studies the sentence structure of language.

18.The term a________ is used for oppositeness of meaning.

19.S________ is the subdiscipline of linguistics that studies language in social contexts.

20.Variation in language use associated with the sex of individual speakers is called g__________varieties.

III. Directions：Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false in the brackets in front of each statement. If you think a statement is false，you must explain why you think so and give the correct version. （2%X10=20%）

petence and performance mean，to N. Chomsky，much the same thing.