2011考研语言学-广州大学(1)

广州大学

2010年研究生入学考试试题（全日制专业学位硕士）

（A/B卷）

招生领域：教育硕士

科目名称：语言学基础

科目代码：916

Part I Multiple Choice Questions (40marks,2marks each)

Directions: Read the following statements carefully and choose the best answer from the four alternatives. Put your choices on the Answer Sheet.

( ) 1. Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human .

A. contact

B. communication

C. relation

D. community

( ) 2. which brand of linguistics studies the meanings of language?

A. phonetics

B. syntax

C. semantics

D. phonology

( ) 3. which branch of phonetics concerns the production of speech sounds?

A. acoustic phonetics

B. articulatory phonetics

C. auditory phonetics

D. none of the above

( ) 4. in English –ise and –tion are called .

A. prefixes

B. suffixes

C. infixes

D. free morphemes

( ) 5. is a field of linguistics that studies the sentences structure of language.

A. morphology

B. syntax

C. pragmatics

D. applied linguistics

( ) 6. cold and hot are a pair of antonyms.

A. gradable

B. complementary

C. reversal

D. converseness

( ) 7. speech act theory was proposed by in 1962.

A. Saussure

B. Austin

C. Chomsky

D. Grimm

( ) 8. is defined as a conscious process of accumulating knowledge of a second language usually obtained in school settings.

A. competence

B. performance

C. learning

D. acquisition

( ) 9. which description of the meaning components of the word “mother” is correct?

A. +human, +adult, —male

B. +human, —adult, +male

C. —human, +adult, —male

D. +human, +adult, +male

( ) 10. most of the violations of the maxims of the cooperative principle give rise to . A.breakdown of conversation B. confusion of one’s intention

C.hostility between speakers and listeners

D.conversational implicatures

( ) 11. according to sequential rules in English, which of the following combinations of sounds is not possible in English?

A. bilk

B. blik

C. kilb

D. lbki

( ) 12. /p/ and /b/ can occur in the same environment and distinguish meaning, therefore they are .

A. in phonemic contrast

B. in complementary distribution

C. a minimal pair

D. allophones

( ) 13. is regarded as the founder of modern linguistics.

A. Searle

B. Chomsky

C. Austin

D. Saussure

( ) 14. the fact that children acquire spoken language before they can read or write indicates