英语语言学试题及答案

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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%×10=20%)

1、As modern linguistics aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, and not to lay down rules for \

A、 prescriptive B、 sociolinguistic C、 descriptive D、 psycholinguistic 2、Of all the speech organs, the ___ is/are the most flexible.

A、 mouth B、 lips C、 tongue D、 vocal cords 3、The morpheme \

A、 bound morpheme B、 bound form C、 inflectional morpheme D、 free morpheme 4、A ___ in the embedded clause refers to the introductory word that introduces the embedded clause. A、 coordinator B、 particle C、 preposition D、 subordinator 5、\

A、 is synonymous with B、 is inconsistent with C、 entails D、 presupposes 6、The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ___. A、 semantics B、 pragmatics C、 sociolinguistics D、 psycholinguistics

7、Grammatical changes may be explained, in part, as analogic changes, which are ___ or generalization. A、 elaboration B、 simplification C、 external borrowing D、 internal borrowing 8、___ refers to a marginal language of few lexical items and straightforward grammatical rules, used as a medium of communication.

A、 Lingua franca B、 Creole C、 Pidgin D、 Standard language 9、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 gyrus B、 Broca's area, Wernicke's area and cerebral cortex C、 Broca's area, Wernicke's area and neurons

D、 Broca's area, Wernicke's area and Exner's area

10、According to Krashen, ___ refers to the gradual and subconscious development of ability in the first language by using it naturally in daily communicative situations.

A、 learning B、 competence C、 performance D、 acquisition

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%×10=10%)

11、Chomsky defines \ 12、The four sounds /p/,/b/,/m/ and /w/have one feature in common, i.e, they are all b______ .

13、M_______ is a branch of grammar which studies the internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed.

14、A s______ is a structurally independent unit that usually comprises a number of words to form a complete statement, question or command.

15、Synonyms that are mutually substitutable under all circumstances are called c______ synonyms.

16、The illocutionary point of r_____ is to commit the speaker to something's being the case, to the truth of what has been said.

17、Words are created outright to fit some purpose. Such a method of enlarging the vocabulary is known as word c______. 18、Wherever the standard language can use a contraction (he+is→he's), Black English can d___ the form of \ 19、The basic essentials of the first language are acquired in the short period from about age two to puberty, which

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is called the c______period for first language acquisition. 20、As a type of linguistic system in 12 learning, I ______is a product of L2 training, mother tongue intereference, overgeneralization of the target language rules, and learning and communicative strategies of the learner.

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%×10=20%)

( )21、In modern linguistic studies, the written form of language is given more emphasis than the spoken form for a number of reasons.

( )22、Voicing is a phonological feature that distinguishes meaning in both Chinese and English.

( )23、The compound word \compound is the sum total of the meanings of its components.

( )24、Syntactic categories refer to sentences (S) and clauses (C) only. ( )25、Dialectal synonyms can often be found in different regional dialects such as British English and American English but cannot be found within the variety itself, for example, within British English or American English. ( )26、Only when a maxim under Cooperative Principle is blatantly violated and the hearer knows that it is being violated do conversational implicatures arise.

( )27、The territory in which the Indo-European languages are mainly spoken today also includes languages that are not Indo-European.

( )28、In most bilingual communities, two languages have the same in speech situations known as domains. ( )29、According to the strong version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, speakers' perceptions determine language and pattern their way of life.

( )30、All normal children have equal ability to acquire their first language.

IV. Directions: Explain the following terms, using one or two examples for illustration. (3%×10=30%) 31、duality

32、diachronic linguistics 33、broad transcription 34、morphological rules 35、phrase structure rule 36、relational opposites 37、componential analysis 38、context 39、euphemism

40、brain lateralization

V. Answer the following questions. (10%×2=20%)

41、Explain how the inventory of sounds can change, giving some examples in English for illustration. 42、Briefly discuss the individual factors which affect the acquisition of a second language.

语言学试题(1)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、C 2、C 3、D 4、D 5、D 6、B 7、B 8、C 9、A 10、D

二、填空题(本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分) 11、knowledge 12、bilabial 13、morphology 14、sentence 15、complete

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