烟台南山学院2015—2016学年第一学期
《英语语言学练习》二
(课程代码：11120210专业：英语学习层次：本科年级：2014级)
(第二次作业针对第一、二章。试题总分100分。本次练习只有多选题。)
一、单项选择（共40题，每小题2.5分，满分100分)
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. （2.5%×40=100%）（答题时请按照本答卷上的题号标注，每5个一行。）
1. The study of language at one point of time is a _A______ study.
A. synchronic
B. historic
C. diachronic
D. descriptive
11. As modern linguistics aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, and not to lay down rules for "correct" linguistic behavior, it is said to be C .
A. prescriptive
B. sociolinguistic
C. descriptive
D. psycholinguistic
https://www.doczj.com/doc/b79070086.html,nguage is a system of arbitrary _D________ symbols used for human communication.
A. cultural
B. conventional
C. decoded
D. vocal
19. Of all the speech organs, the _C_______ is/ are the most flexible.
A. mouth
B. lips
C. tongue
D. vocal cords
20. Chomsky uses the term __D______ to refer to the actual realization of a language user’s knowledge of the rules of his language in linguistic communication.
A. langue
B. competence
C. parole
D. Performance
33. Which of the following sounds is a voiceless bilabial stop?A
A. [p]
B. [m]
C. [b]
D. [t]
37.What kind of function does the sentence “How do you do?” have ?B
A. Directive
B. Phatic
C. Informative
D. Evocative
40.The branch of linguistics that studies meaning of language in context is called __C_______.
A. semantics
B. sociolinguistics
C. pragmatics
D. psycholinguistics
41. Saussure’s distinction and Chomsky’s are very similar, but they differ in that ____A___ .
A. Saussure took a sociological view of language while Chomsky took a
psychological point of view
B. Saussure took a psychological view of language while Chomsky took a
sociological point of view
C. Saussure took a pragmatic view of language while Chomsky took a semantic
point of view
D. Saussure took a structural view of language while Chomsky took a pragmatic
point of view
https://www.doczj.com/doc/b79070086.html,nguage is a system of ___D______ vocal symbols used for human communication.
A. unnatural
B. artificial
C. superficial
D. arbitrary
44. A(n) ___C_____ is a phonological unit of distinctive value. It is a collection of distinctive phonetic features.
A. phone
B. allophone
C. phoneme
D. sound
51. Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human _B_________.
A. contact
B. communication
C. relation
D. community
52. Which of the following words is entirely arbitrary? A
A. tree
B. typewriter
C. crash
D. bang
53.The function of the sentence “Water boils at 100 degrees Centigrade.” is
____C______.
A. interrogative
B. directive
C. informative
D. Performative
54. In Chinese when someone breaks a bowl or a plate the host or the people present are likely to say “碎碎（岁岁）平安”as a means of controlling the forces which they believes feel might affect their lives. Which functions does it perform?C
A. Interpersonal
B. Emotive
C. Performative
D. Recreational
55. 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 situation?C
A. Transferability
B. Duality
C. Displacement
D. Arbitrariness
56. Study the following dialogue. What function does it play according to the functions of language?
—A nice day, isn’t it?
— Right! I really enjoy the sunlight.B
A. Emotive
B. Phatic
C. Performative
D. Interpersonal
57. ______A___ refers to the actual realization of the ideal language
user’s knowledge of the rules of his language in utterances.
A. Performance
B. Competence
C. Langue
D. Parole
58. When a dog is barking, you assume it is barking for something or at someone that exists here and now. It couldn’t be sorrowful for some lost love or lost bone. This indicates the design feature of ___C_______.
A. cultural transmission
B. productivity
C. displacement
D. duality
59. _______A__ answers such questions as how we as infants acquire our first language.
A. Psycholinguistics
B. Anthropological linguistics
C. Sociolinguistics
D. Applied linguistics
60. _______C___ deals with language application to other fields, particularly education.
A. Linguistic theory
B. Practical linguistics
C. Applied linguistics
D. Comparative linguistics
61. Pitch variation is known as ____A______ when its patterns are imposed on sentences.
A. intonation
B. tone
C. pronunciation
D. voice
62. Conventionally a ____C______ is put in slashes (/ /).
A. allophone
B. phone
C. phoneme
D. morpheme
64. The opening between the vocal cords is sometimes referred to as ___A_______.
A. glottis
B. vocal cavity
C. pharynx
D. uvula
65. The diphthongs that are made with a movement of the tongue towards the center are known as ________A__ diphthongs.
A. wide
B. closing
C. narrow
D. centering
66. A phoneme is a group of similar sounds called ___D_______.
A. minimal pairs
B. allomorphs
C. phones
D. allophones
67. Which branch of phonetics concerns the production of speech sounds?B
A. Acoustic phonetics
B. Articulatory phonetics
C. Auditory phonetics
D. None of the above
68. Which one is different from the others according to places of articulation?A
A. [n]
B. [m]
C. [ b ]
D. [p]
69. Which vowel is different from the others according to the characteristics of vowels?B
A. [i:]
B. [ u ]
C. [e]
D. [ i ]
70. What kind of sounds can we make when the vocal cords are vibrating?B
A. V oiceless
B. V oiced
C. Glottal stop
D. Consonant
122. All syllables contain a _A_______.
A. nucleus
B. coda
C. onset
D. stem
123. The categories of consonant are NOT established on the basis of ______C__. A. manners of articulation B. place of articulation
C. narrow transcription
D. voicing
124. In syllable, a vowel often serves as ____A____.
A. peak or nucleus
B. onset
C. coda
D. morph
129. According to F. De Saussure, _C_______ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community.
A. parole
B. performance
C. langue
D. language 130. Which one is different from the others according to places of articulation?A
A. /n/
B. /m/
C. /b/
D. /p/
140. The consonant /s/ in the word “smile” can be described as: ____A____.
A. voiceless oral alveolar fricative
B. voiceless nasal bilabial liquid
C. voiced oral alveolar plosive
D. voiced oral bilabial fricative
141. Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human _B________. A. contact B. communication C. relation D. community 143.Saussure took a(n) ________ view of language, while Chomsky looks at language from a ________ point of view.A
A. sociological... Psychological
B. psychological... Sociological
C. applied... Pragmatic
D. semantic... Linguistic
145. ____C____ deal with language application to other fields, particularly education.
A. Linguistic geography
B. Sociolinguistics
C. Applied linguistics
D. Comparative linguistics
146. Which of the following is not a minimal pair?A
A. /li:f/ /fi:l/
B. /sip/ /zip/
C. /sai/ /sei/
D. /keit/ /feit/