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全国2006年10月高等教育自学考试
现代语言学试题
课程代码：0830
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．Vibration of the vocal cords results in a quality of speech sounds called voicing, which is a feature of（）
A．all consonants B．vowels only
C．all consonants and some vowels D．all vowels and some consonants
2．The negative prefix“ in-”in English, when added to the adjective “possible”, is actually
pronounced/im/,and spelt as “im”. This is the result of the ______________rule at work.
（）
A．deletion B．assimilation
C．phonetic D．sequential
3．The word “ecology” is a two-morpheme cluster that contains_______________.（）A．two roots B．a root and a suffix
C．a root and a free morpheme D．a prefix and a root
4．When we move the adverbial phrase “every day” in the sentence “Every day, we study English”
to the end of the sentence, we are now ______________ the phrase to the right.（）A．rewriting B．preposing
C．postposing D．maintaining
5．Antonyms are divided into several kinds .Which of the following is NOT a kind of antonyms?
（）
A．complementary B．relational
C．superordinate D．gradable
6．In terms of predication analysis , the utterance“ Is it going to snow this afternoon?” is a______________（）
A．one-place predication B．two-place predication
C．three-place predication D．no-place predication
7．In Old English, word order was freer because the case endings were rich. So in Old English,
word orders included SVO, VSO, SOV and OSV. However, Modern English has a much weaker case system, so its sentences have to follow a basic word order of________________.
（）A．SOV B．SVO
C．VSO D．OSV
8．Black English is a kind of _______________dialect.（）
A．regional B．standard
C．ethnic D．situational
9．The critical period for language acquisition refers to the short period of _____________years old in one’s life, during which the human brain is most ready to acquire a particular language.
（）A．1-2 B．2-12
C．1-12 D．13-18
10．In a sense, humans can be said to be biologically programmed to acquire at least one language.
What is meant by this ______________view of language acquisition is that humans are equipped with the neural prerequisites for language and language use.（）A．behaviorist B．nativist
C．mentalist D．empiricist
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.A scientific study of language is based on the s________________ investigation of language
data.
12.The limited range of sounds which are meaningful in human linguistic communication and are
of interest to linguistic studies are called the p________________ medium of language.
13.phrase structure rules can generate an infinite number of sentences with infinite length, due to
their r________________ properties.
14.A f_________________ clause is a clause that takes a subject and a main verb, and at the same
time stands structurally alone.
15.In terms of truth condition, if X is true, Y is false, and if X is false, Y is true. The relationship
between X and Y is i_________________
16.In Austin’ s early speech act theory, c________________ were statements that either state or
describe, and were thus verifiable.
17.In the historical development of language, sound change is inevitable, such as sound loss,
sound a________________ and sound movement.
18.Slang is often perceived as a low or vulgar form of language and is deemed to be undesirable in
