最新1月全国自考现代语言学试题及答案解析.docx

全国 2018 年 1 月自学考试现代语言学试题

课程代码： 00830

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. The language behavior of particular persons on particular occasions is determined by many

other factors over and above their linguistic ______. ()

A. system

B. structure

C. competence

D. performance

2. When we pronounce the long vowels [i:] or [u:], our ______, which is a bony structure at the

end of the windpipe, is in a state of tension. ()

A. larynx

B. hard palate

C. glottis

D. vocal cords

3. The word “ manuscript ” is a two-morpheme cluster which contains ______. ()

A. two roots

B. a root and a prefix

C. a root and a suffix

D. a root and a free morpheme

4. The grammatical knowledge is represented through Phrase Structure Rules,which state

explicitly all and only the possible combinations of the ______ of a language, for example, in English, NP→ ( Det ) (Adj) N (PP) (S).)

A. phrases

B. clauses

C. sentences

D. constituents

5. The view that the meaning of a linguistic form is defined as the“ situation in which the speaker utters it and the response it calls forth in the hearer ” was proposed by ______. ()

A. Plato

B. Ogden and Richards

C. John Firth

D. Bloomfield

6. According to John Austin's theory of speech act, a(n) ______ act is the change brought about by the utterance. ()

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A. prelocutionary

B. locutionary

C. illocutionary

D. perlocutionary

7. In 1786, Sir William Jones suggested that ______ bore to Greek and Latin a stronger affinity

than could possibly have been produced by accident. （）

A. Germanic

B. Persian

C. Sanskrit

D. Lithuanian

8.The existence of taboo words and taboo ideas stimulates the creation of euphemism, which shows that a word or phrase not only has a linguistic denotative meaning but also has a

______.()

A. conceptual meaning

B. connotative meaning

C. cultural meaning

D. social meaning

9. Dichotic listening research tells us a signal coming in the left ear will first go to the______ hemisphere, from where it is transferred to the left side of the brain for processing.（）A. right B. left

C. front

D. back

10.Studies of the effects of formal instruction on second language acquisition suggest that formal

instruction may help learners perform some of the following types of tasks except ______.

() A. planned speech B. writing

C. casual and spontaneous conversation

D. career-oriented examination

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.Double a refers to the property of language which means language is composed of discrete units

at two levels. At the lower level there is a structure of sounds, which are meaningless. At the higher level there are morphemes and words, which are meaningful.

12.In the production of v, the back of the tongue is brought into contact with the soft

palate, or velum, e.g., [k] in cat, [g] in get and [η ] in sting.

13. Morphological rules are the rules that govern which affix can be added to what type of

s to form a new word.

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