广东自考英语语言学测验题

2023年自考专业(英语)-现代语言学考试题库+答案第I卷一.综合能力测验(共15题)1.单选题 The volunteers would rather go by train than ________.A. to driveB.driveC.drivenD.to be driven2.单选题 The conclusion from the study is not definite; it is just ________.A. tentativeB.validC.technicalD.thorough3.单选题 This is an important problem _______ too few social scientists have researched.A. whichB.thatC.into thatD.into which4.判断题 According to the "principles-and-parameters" theory, "principles" refer to highly abstract properties of grammar which are applied to language in general and which generate phrases and at the same time restrain the power of Move a, while "parameters" allow general principles to operate in certain restricted ways, according to which particular grammars of natural languages vary.5.单选题 There is a deadlock(僵局) in the discussion when neither side gives ________ to the other.A.a wayB.wayC.the way6.单选题 Children have a natural ________ about the world around them.A. certaintyB.capabilityC.clevernessD.curiosity7.判断题 Linguists can concentrate on all the aspects of language at once.8.单选题 Country life is better than city life ________ it offers fresh air and noiseless environmentA. in thatB.as thatC.as forD.in which9.判断题 Searle's classification of illocutionary acts is based on the classification of performative verbs.10.单选题 ______ of a sentence depends on the context in which the sentence is uttered.A.Sentence meaningB.Utterance meaningC.The referenceD.The meaning11.判断题 A compound is the combination of only two words.12.判断题 Research findings have shown that language processing centers are situated ina single area of the left hemisphere.13.单选题 The other timing system belongs in our internal clocks，which，left ________，would tie the body to a 25-hour rhythm.A.behindB.aloneC.outD.aside14.单选题 The basic unit in the study of morphology is ______.A. the internal structureB.morphemeC.the rules by which words are formedD.wordA. being seenB.seeingC.him seeingD.seeing him第II卷一.综合能力测验(共15题)1.单选题 Younger children are curious ________ how things work ，and many of them want to take apart everything within their reach.A.ofB.aboutC.atD.with2.判断题 Well-arranged sentences are considered grammatical sentences that are formed following a set of syntactic rules.3.单选题 _______ is a fact that English is being accepted as an international language.A. ThereB.ThisC.ThatD.It4.判断题 In classifying the English consonants and vowels, the same criteria can be applied.5.单选题 It was a small place then compared to _______ it is now.A. whatB.whichC.littleD.few6.单选题 Lying under the skull, the human brain contains an average of ten billion nerve cells called ______.A.nerve fibersB.nervesC.neurons7.单选题 Bloomfield drew on ______ psychology when trying to define the meaning of linguistic forms.A.contextualB.conceptualistC.behavioristD.naming8.单选题 If you are walking away from a clock tower ，you will hear the ticking of the clock fade to a point ________ it cannot be heard.A. whichB.whatC.whereD.how9.单选题 The syntactic rules of any language are ______ in number.rgeB.smallC.finiteD.infinite10.单选题 Johnson was ________ unknown before running for the presidency.A. visiblyB.visuallyC.verticallyD.virtually11.单选题 By "language acquisition is primarily the acquistion of the grammatical system of language", linguists mean that ______.A.every specific rule allowed by the grammatical system of a language must be acquiredB.the phonological rules must be acquiredC.the syntactic rules must be acquiredD.the general principles that are fundamental to the grammaticality of speech must be acquired12.单选题―________ fine day it is today!A. How, suchB.What a, veryC.How, soD.What a, so13.单选题 If payment is not received, legal action will be our only ________.B.advantageC.alternativeD.ambition14.单选题 Weather _______, we ’ll go out for a walk.A. permittedB.permittingC.permitsD.for permitting15.单选题 I was writing a report last night; ________ I would not have stayed up late.A. howeverB.otherwiseC.thereforeD.furthermore第I卷参考答案一.综合能力测验1.正确答案：B本题解析：would rather 或 would sooner 的意思都是“宁愿” ，其后要求直接用动词原形。

prim2012年10月广东省高等教育自学考试英语语言学问卷（课程代码06422）I.Blank-filling (20%)Fill in the following blanks with a word, whose initial letter has been given.1. Three branches of phonetics are articulatory phonetics, a_______phonetics, and acoustic phonetics.2. The word around which a phrase is formed is termed head , and the words on the right side of the heads are c____________.3. H__________ refers to the phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form, i.e., different words are identical in sound or spelling ,or in both.4. S__________ refers to the linguistic variety characteristic of a particular social class.5. There are two types of a__________ dyslexia: phonological dyslexia and surface dyslexia.6. Different languages offer people different ways of expressing the world around , they think and speak differently , this is known as linguistic r_______.7. The most basic and the smallest meaningful element of meaning is traditionally called m___________.8. The i__________ view holds that language develops as a result of the complex interplay between the human characteristics of the child and the environment in which he develops.9. C___________ determines the speaker’s use of language and also the hearer’s interpretation of what is sa id to him10. If the linguistic study aims lay down rules for “correct and standard” behavior in using language, i.e. to tell people what they should say and what they should not say, it is said to be p___________.11. Vibration of the vocal cords results in a quality of speech sounds called “v___________”.12. R__________ means what a linguistic form refers to in the real, physical world.13. A__________ refers to a number of acquired language disorder due to the cerebral lesions caused by vascular problems, a tumor, an accident and so on.14. Minor Lexical Categories refer to D_________, Degree word, Qualifier , Auxiliary and Conjunction.15. Linguistics is a scientific study because it is based on the s_____________ investigation of linguistic data.16. Grammatical of functional words are referred to as being c_____class words .17. A p___________ is a special language variety that mixes or blends languages and it is used by people who speak different languages for restricted purposes such as trading.18. A________ are words derived from the initials of several words, such as WTO.19. I________ motivation refers to the drive that people learn a foreign language because of the wish to identify with the target culture.20.Chomsky uses the term p________ to refer to the actual realization of the knowledge in linguistic communication.II. Multiple choice(20%)Choose the best answer to the following items.21. Different from contrastive analysis, _______ gave less consideration to learners’ native language.A . negative transfer B. mistake analysisC. positive analysisD. error analysis22. The social group that is singled out for any special study is called the __________.A. public societyB. common groupC. speech communityD. speech group23. English consonants can be classified in two ways: one is in terms of _____ of articulation and the other is in terms of place of articulation.A. forceB. positionC. mannerD. pattern24. ___________ analysis is a way proposed by the structural semanticists to analyze word meaning.A. ComponentialB. ContrastiveC. ComparativeD. Inflection25. Changes in a language are changes in the grammar of the speakers of the language. This means that phonemes, __________, words and grammatical rules may be borrowed, added, lost or altered.A. morphemesB. elementsC. segmentsD. constituents26. ____________ motivation occurs when the learner desires to learn a second language in order to communicate with native speakers of the target language.A. PositiveB. IntegrativeC. InstrumentalD. Intrinsic27. The words on the left side of the heads are said to function as _______.A. modifiersB. qualifiersC.specifiersD. determiners28.The following sounds belong to the same natural class EXCEPT____.A.[t]B.[s]C.[p]D.[k]29. The sentence that has a NP and a PP can be shown in a ______ formula “S→NP PP”.A. hierarchicalB. tree diagramC. verticalD. linear30. If a linguistic study aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, it is said to be______.A. prescriptiveB. descriptiveC. synchronicD. diachronic31.The relationship between “ flower “and “ rose” is _______.A.homonymyB. hyponymyC. polysemyD. synonymy32.The pair of words “ east ”and “ west “ is ________.A. gradable antonymsB.co-hyponymsplementary oppositeD. relational opposites33.Which of the following hypothesis is put forward by Eric Lenneberg?A. Critical Period HypothesisB. Input HypothesisC. Sapir-Whorf HypothesisD. Language Acquisition Device Hypothesis34. X: John has taken part in the London Olympic Games.Y: John is a sportsman.The sense relation between the above sentences is _____.A. X entails YB. X is inconsistent with YC. X presupposes YD. X is synonymous with Y35.The word “unreasonably” consists of ____ morphemes.A. 4B. 3C. 5D.236.____ occurs when the Cooperative Principle is violated.A. Locutionary actB. Illocutionary actC. Conversational implicatureD. Intralingual error37. When two different forms are identical in every way except for one sound segment that occurs in the same place in the string, the two sound combinations are said to form a __________.A. adjacency pairsB. minimal pairsC. complementary pairsD. similar pairs38.”Brunch” is a word formed by _____.A. clippingB. back-formationC. coinageD. blending39.Which of the underlined morphemes below is a derivational morpheme?A. startedB. jumpingC. physicianD. suffixes40.____ is concerned with the processes of language comprehension and production.A. PragmaticsB. MorphologyC. SemanticsD. PsycholinguisticsIII.True of false judgement (20%)41. The brain, weighing about 1,400grams, consists of about ten billion nerve cells called neurons.42. W hat is measured in the ing experiment is the extent to which the prime influences the subject’s psychological decision performance on the target stimulus.43. According to Austin, a speaker might be performing three acts simultaneously when speaking: locutionary act, illocutionary act and perlocutionary act.44. Diacritics are added to the letter-symbols to bring out finer distinctions than the letters alone may possibly do.45.Mode of discourse refers to the role of relationship in the situation in question.46.”Language is arbitrary” means that there is no logical connection between meanings and sounds since different sounds are used to refer to the same object in different languages.47.Derivational morphemes are the group of morphemes such as –en,-ate, and –ic etc. Because when they are conjoined to other morphemes (or words), a new word is derived of formed.48. Locutionary act is the act performed by or resulting from saying something; it is the consequence of, or the change brought about by the utterance; it is the act performed by saying something.49.The cortex is separated by the longitudinal fissure into two parts: the left and right cerebral hemispheres.50. Transformational Generative Grammar was introduced by N. Chomsky in 1967. IV.Explain the following notions briefly (25%)51.behaviourist52.sense and reference53.Wh-MovementD55.Draw a tree diagram for “The girl bought the book.”V. Essay question (15%)Write a passage of 120-150words on the following topic .56. What are suprasegmental features? How do the major suprasegmental features of English function in conveying meaning?Illustrate your answer with concrete examples.部分参考答案1.auditory2. complements3. Homonymy 4 Sociolect 5. acquired 6. relativity7. morpheme 8. interractionist 9. Context10. Prescriptive 11. voicing 12. Reference13.Aphasia 14 . Determiner 15. systematic16. closed 17. pidgin 18. Acronyms19. Integrative 20. performance21. D 22. C 23. C 24. A 25. A26.B 27. C 28. B 29. D 30.B31.B 32.D 33. A 34.C 35.A36. C 37.B 38. D 39. C 40.D41.T 42. F 43.T 44. T 45. F 46. T 47.T 48.F 49.T 50.F。

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I.Blanking-filling.(20%)Fill in the following blanks with a word whose initial letter has been given.nguage is a system of a vocal symbols used for human communication.2.As a design feature of human language,d means that language can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situations of the speaker.3.The description of a language at some point of time in history is a s study.4.Chomsky defined c as the ideal user`s knowledge of the rules of his language,and performance the actual realization of this knowledge in linguistic communication.5.Vibration of the vocal cords results in a quality of speech sounds call v .6.The different phones that can represent a phoneme in different phonetic environments called the aof the phoneme.7.The m unit of meaning is traditionally called morpheme.8.I morphemes are bound morphemes that are for the most part purely grammatical markers,signifying such concepts as tense,number,case and so on.9.Phrases that are formed of more than one word usually contain the following elements: head, specifier and c .10.The final syntactic form of the sentence which results from appropriate t is known as surface structure.11.Concerning the study of meaning, conceptualist view holds that there is no direct link between a linguistic form and what it refers to; rather, in the interpretation of meaning they are linked through the mediation of c in the mind.12.The sense relation between"flower" and "tulip" is called h .13.What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is whether in the study of meaningthe t of use is taken into consideration14.ISBN is an a derived from the initials of " International Standard Book Number".15.S refers to the linguistic variety characteristic of a particular social class16.The type of language which is selected as appropriate to the type of situation is a r .17.In cross-cultural communication, some elements of culture A enter culture B and becomepart of culture B, thus bringing about the phenomenon of cultural d .18.Behaviorists hold that the differences between native and target languages would either leadto positive transfer or negative transfer, also known as i .19.Learning s are learners conscious, goal-oriented and problem-solving based efforts to achieve learning efficiency.20.N is the study of the relationship between brain and language linguistics.II. Multiple choice.(20%)Choose the best answer to the following items.21. Who among the following linguists defined the meaning of a language form as the"situation in which the speaker utters it and the response it calls forth in the hearer"?A.N. ChomskyB. F de SaussureC. L. BloomfieldD. M. A K. Halliday22. Which of the following words ends with a palatal, voiceless affricate?A.bridgeB.teachC. fishD.massage23. Which of the following words contains a back vowel?A. badB. beatC. fatherD. but24. Which of the following is hot A minimal pair?A. pit, pigB. kill, pillC. leak, seekD.carp, park25. Which of the following is an open class word?A. andB. ofC. theirD. meet26. Which of the underlined morphemes below is not an inflectional morpheme?A.walksB.walkerC. walkedD. walking27. Which of the following words contains the fewest morphemes?A.understandB.uncoveredC.unhappilyD.unacceptable28. The information about a word's complement is included in the head and termedA. categorizationB. subcategorizationC. complementationD.generalization29. The pair of words“male”and“ female" belongs to.A. gradable antonymsB. relational oppositesplementary antonymsD. stylistic antonyms30. X: John's car needs repairingY: John has a car.The sense relation between the above sentences isA. X entails YB. X presupposes Y 2k6C. X is synonymous with YD. X is in consistent with Y31. When a child uses“dady" to refer to any mei, most probably his“ daddy”" means一A.[+ HUMANIB. [+HUMAN, ADULT]C.[+HUMAN,+ADULT,+MALE] D[HUMAN,+ADULT,+ MALE, PARENT32. When we violate any of the maxims of Co-operative Principle, our language might becomeA. ungrammaticalB. ambiguousC. indirectD.offensive33. According to Searl’s classification of speech acts, which of the following is an instance of representatives?A. I'm sorry for the mess I have made.B. Your money or your life!C. I fire you!D. I have never seen the man before34. The word “motel” is a(n) .A. blendB. coined wordC. clipped wordD.acronym35. According to Halliday field of discourse refers to the communicationA. topicB.roleC. situationD.means36. According to the innatist view of language acquisition, language develops in the child just as some functions.A.physicalB. biologicalC. mechanicalD. technical37. Different styles of the same language can be characterized through differences at the following levels EXCEPT ·.A.syntactic levelB. lexical levelC. phonological levelD. reasonable level38. In the verse"My love is a red, red rose", the word rose is meant in its-meaningA. denotativeB. connotativeC.iconicD.romantic39. Which of the following errors may have resulted from cross-linguistic interference?A. rided, rised…B. Touch the societyC. The apricot is too sour to eat it.D. Jane suggested me to give up smoking40. Neurological studies show that the lower rear portion of the left frontal lobe (also known asBroca’s area) is responsible for speech .A. articulationB. comprehensionC.processingD. understandingIll. True of false judgment.(20%)Judge whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for a true statement and F for a false one.41. According to Saussure, what linguists should do is to abstract langue from parole, i. e, to discover theregularities governing the actual use of language and make them the subjects of study of linguistics.42. In modern linguistics, a diachronic approach seems to enjoy priority over a synchronic one43. Language is creative in the sense that there is no misunderstanding of new signals by its users.44. V owels may be distinguished as front, central and back according to the position of tongue in the mouth.45. The surface structure and the deep structure of a certain sentence may be identical when there is no need toundergo any transformations.46. Wh Movement can apply to both wh questions and relative clauses47. The sentence"Green clouds are sleeping furiously" is not acceptable because it violatescertain grammatical rules.48. Of the three speech acts, linguists are most interested in the locutionary act.49.When a child acquires his mother tongue, he also acquires a language-specific culture andbecomes socialized in certain ways.50. Traditional behaviorists view language as behaviour and believe that language is a matter ofimitation and habit formation.IV. Give a short explanation to each of the following terms.(25 %)51. arbitrariness52. phoneme53. componential analysis54. pidgin55. interlanguageV. Essay question.(15%)56. Give an account of the following utterances in light of the new model of speech act theory by Austin. (Background: a little girl is lingering at a doll store with her mum)Mother--Honey, we're going to miss the train.(1)Daughter--Mummy, the doll is so cute.(2)Mother--Oh, well, let's see how much it is.(3)。

广东英语语言学练习题1. 词汇练习请根据给出的句子，选择合适的词汇填空。

1.He _______ his keys on the table and couldn’t find them later.a.leftb.rightc.wrongd.found2.My sister is a _______ teacher. She loves children.a.rudeb.boredc.kindzy3.I need to buy some _______ as my old ones are worn out.a.shoesb.socksc.glovesd.slippers4.Sarah is a _______ person. She always keeps her promises.a.loyalb.dishonestc.rudezy5.I need to go to the _______ to withdraw some money from the bank.a.supermarketb.hospitalc.cinemad.ATM2. 语法练习请根据句子结构和语法知识，选择正确的答案。

1.Jane _______ when I called her last night.a.will sleepb.sleptc.sleepsd.has slept2._______ you finish your homework, you can go out to play.a.Unlessb.Whilec.Thoughd.Since3.Tom has lived in China _______ five years.a.sinceb.forc.duringd.until4.She _______ a doctor when she grows up.a.will becomeb.becamec.becomesd.has become5.My mother asked me _______ I wanted to eat fordinner.a.whatb.wherec.whend.who3. 阅读理解请阅读以下短文，并回答相关问题。

自考英语测试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. Which of the following is NOT a fruit?A. AppleB. OrangeC. BananaD. Carrot答案：D2. The correct spelling of the word meaning "very fast" is:A. QuicklyB. QuickyC. QuickelyD. Quick答案：D3. In the sentence "She is older than I," the pronoun "I" should be replaced with:A. SheB. HerC. HersD. Me答案：D4. The phrase "break a leg" is commonly used to:A. Cause someone harmB. Wish someone good luckC. Tell someone to sit downD. Ask someone to leave答案：B5. The opposite of "agree" is:A. DisagreeB. AgreeC. LikeD. Dislike答案：A6. "The meeting will be held on the second Tuesday of next month." In this sentence, "held" is the:A. SubjectB. VerbC. ObjectD. Adjective答案：B7. Which sentence is in the passive voice?A. The cat was chased by the dog.B. The children are playing in the park.C. She will be singing a song.D. We have finished our homework.答案：A8. The word "unique" is an example of a(n):A. AdjectiveB. NounC. VerbD. Adverb答案：A9. In English grammar, the term "predicate" refers to:A. The subject of the sentenceB. The action or state of being in a sentenceC. The time when the action takes placeD. The place where the action occurs答案：B10. The correct preposition to complete the sentence "She is waiting ______ the bus" is:A. inB. atC. forD. to答案：C二、填空题（每题2分，共20分）11. The _______ (形容词，勤奋的) student always gets good grades.答案：diligent12. Please turn off the lights before _______ (动词，离开).答案：leaving13. She has been _______ (动词，学习) English for five years.答案：studying14. The _______ (名词，机会) to work abroad is very exciting.答案：opportunity15. He is allergic to _______ (名词，花粉).答案：pollen16. The _______ (形容词，主要的) reason for the delay was the heavy traffic.答案：main17. They are discussing the _______ (名词，计划) for the new project.答案：plan18. The _______ (形容词，年长的) sister is a doctor.答案：elder19. He is _______ (副词，非常) talented.答案：extremely20. The _______ (名词，会议) will be rescheduled due to the bad weather.答案：meeting三、阅读理解（每题3分，共15分）阅读下面的短文，然后回答问题。

广东学位英语自考试题一、单项选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. The book you recommended is really ________.A. worth readingB. worth to readC. worth of readingD. worth reading it2. She ________ her keys in the office, so she had to wait until her husband sent her the spare ones.A. leftB. forgotC. lostD. missed3. ________ the heavy rain, the game had to be called off.A. Because ofB. Due toC. Owing toD. As a result of4. The company is trying to ________ its employees to work harder by offering them more incentives.A. stimulateB. motivateC. inspireD. encourage5. Despite his lack of experience, he managed to ________ a good impression on the interviewers.A. makeB. leaveC. createD. form6. It is generally believed that ________ is a key factor in academic success.A. intelligenceB. hard workC. luckD. background7. The new policy will come into ________ at the beginning of next month.A. effectB. useC. practiceD. operation8. She was so angry that she ________ the vase on the floor.A. threwB. droppedC. brokeD. smashed9. The teacher asked the students to ________ the text and then discuss it in groups.A. read throughB. skimC. scanD. glance over10. ________ the meeting, he had to leave early to catch a flight.A. AttendB. To attendC. AttendingD. Having attended二、阅读理解题（每篇阅读材料后有5个问题，每题2分，共20分）Passage 1In recent years, the use of smartphones has become increasingly widespread. People of all ages are now using these devices for various purposes, from communication to entertainment. However, the rapid growth in smartphone usage has raised concerns about its impact on society.Questions:11. What is the main topic of the passage?A. The history of smartphonesB. The widespread use of smartphonesC. The benefits of smartphonesD. The concerns about smartphone usage12. What does the passage imply about smartphone usage?A. It is limited to certain age groupsB. It is becoming more commonC. It is only for entertainmentD. It is decreasing in recent years13. What is one concern mentioned in the passage?A. The cost of smartphonesB. The impact on societyC. The limited functionality of smartphonesD. The lack of variety in smartphone models14. What is the purpose of the passage?A. To promote smartphone usageB. To discuss the history of smartphonesC. To raise awareness about the impact of smartphonesD. To compare different smartphone brands15. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The author is against the use of smartphonesB. The author believes smartphones have no benefitsC. The author is concerned about the negative effects of smartphonesD. The author is neutral about smartphone usagePassage 2[此处省略具体文章内容]Questions:16. What is the main idea of the second passage?17. According to the passage, what is the primary reason for the change?18. What is one example given in the passage to illustrate the change?19. What is the author's opinion about the change?20. What conclusion can be drawn from the passage?三、完形填空题（每题1分，共10分）[此处省略具体文章内容及空缺选项]21. A. althoughB. becauseC. ifD. unless22. A. decidedB. managedC. triedD. failed23. A. excitedB. nervousC. confidentD. anxious24. A. preparedB. surprisedC. disappointedD. confused25. A. immediatelyB. finallyC. suddenlyD. eventually26. A. listenedB. spokeC. whisperedD. shouted27. A. ideaB. planC. suggestionD. proposal28. A. successfulB. challengingC. difficultD. easy29. A. disappointedB. satisfiedC. proudD. embarrassed30. A. surprisedB. confusedC. relievedD. worried四、翻译题（英译汉，每题5分，共10分）31. The rapid development of technology has brought about significant changes in our daily lives.32. It is essential to maintain a balance between work and leisure to ensure overall。

英语语言学测试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. The term "phoneme" refers to:A. A single soundB. A unit of soundC. A letter of the alphabetD. A combination of sounds答案：B2. The study of language change over time is known as:A. PhoneticsB. PhonologyC. Historical LinguisticsD. Syntax答案：C3. Which of the following is a branch of linguistics that deals with the meaning of words?A. SemanticsB. PragmaticsC. MorphologyD. Syntax答案：A4. The smallest unit of meaning in a language is called:A. A wordB. A morphemeC. A syllableD. A phoneme答案：B5. The process of forming words by combining smaller units is known as:A. SyntaxB. MorphologyC. SemanticsD. Phonology答案：B6. The study of the rules governing the structure of sentences is called:A. SyntaxB. SemanticsC. PragmaticsD. Morphology答案：A7. The branch of linguistics that deals with the social context in which language is used is:A. SociolinguisticsB. PsycholinguisticsC. NeurolinguisticsD. Computational Linguistics答案：A8. The study of how language is processed in the brain is known as:A. PsycholinguisticsB. NeurolinguisticsC. SociolinguisticsD. Computational Linguistics答案：B9. The process of acquiring a first language is called:A. Second language acquisitionB. Foreign language learningC. Language learningD. First language acquisition答案：D10. The concept that language is arbitrary means that:A. It is randomB. It is meaninglessC. There is no necessary connection between the form of a word and its meaningD. It is always logical答案：C二、填空题（每题2分，共20分）1. The study of speech sounds is called ____________.答案：Phonetics2. The branch of linguistics that examines how language is used in social contexts is ____________.答案：Sociolinguistics3. The smallest meaningful unit of language is known as the ____________.答案：Morpheme4. The process of combining morphemes to form words is known as ____________.答案：Morphology5. The study of the way language is structured and organized is called ____________.答案：Linguistics6. The branch of linguistics that deals with the rules governing the formation of words is ____________.答案：Morphology7. The study of the way meaning is conveyed in language is known as ____________.答案：Semantics8. The branch of linguistics that deals with the rules governing the formation of sentences is ____________.答案：Syntax9. The study of the way language is used in everyday life is called ____________.答案：Pragmatics10. The study of the way language is processed in the brain is known as ____________.答案：Neurolinguistics三、简答题（每题10分，共40分）1. Explain the difference between phonetics and phonology.答案：Phonetics is the study of speech sounds and theirproduction, while phonology is the study of the sound system of a language, including the rules governing the use of these sounds.2. What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?答案：The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis suggests that the language a person speaks influences the way they perceive the world and think.3. Describe the role of sociolinguistics in understanding language.答案：Sociolinguistics helps us understand how language varies with different social contexts, such as class, gender, ethnicity, and age, and how these variations influence language use.4. How does first language acquisition differ from second language acquisition?答案：First language acquisition is the process of learning a native language during early childhood, while second language acquisition is the process of learning a new language after the age of language development. The process of second language acquisition is influenced by the learner's first language and cognitive abilities.。

英语语言学试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. The term "phoneme" in linguistics refers to:A. A single speech soundB. A combination of two speech soundsC. A set of speech sounds that can be exchanged without changing the meaning of a wordD. The pronunciation of a word in a particular dialect答案：C2. Which of the following is an example of "synchronic" analysis?A. Studying how a language has changed over timeB. Studying a language at a single point in timeC. Comparing two languages from different language familiesD. Analyzing the grammar of a dead language答案：B3. The "active voice" in English is characterized by:A. The subject of the sentence performs the actionB. The subject of the sentence receives the actionC. The use of passive constructionsD. The absence of a subject in the sentence答案：A4. Which of the following sentence structures is considered "inverse"?A. Subject-Verb-ObjectB. Object-Subject-VerbC. Verb-Object-SubjectD. Subject-Object-Verb答案：B5. The process of "creolization" results in the formation of:A. A pidginB. A dialectC. A creoleD. A standard language答案：C6. In English, the word "run" can function as:a. A nounb. A verbc. An adjectived. All of the above答案：D7. The term "register" refers to:A. The highest pitch a voice can reachB. A dialect used by a particular social groupC. The level of formality in language useD. A type of linguistic accent答案：C8. The "universal grammar" hypothesis was proposed by:A. Noam ChomskyB. B.F. SkinnerC. Ferdinand de SaussureD. Edward Sapir答案：A9. The "allophone" of the English phoneme /p/ in the word "spin" is:A. Aspirated [pʰ]B. Unaspirated [p]C. Voiced [b]D. Voiceless [p]答案：A10. The linguistic concept of "polysemy" refers to:A. The use of a single word to express multiple meaningsB. The use of multiple words to express a single meaningC. The change in meaning of a word over timeD. The complete replacement of one word by another答案：A二、填空题（每题2分，共20分）1. The study of language in relation to the brain and the nervous system is known as __________.答案：neurolinguistics2. A(n) __________ is a word that has a meaning and stands alone, typically consisting of a single morpheme.3. The __________ of a word is the set of words that are used together with it and influence its meaning.4. In linguistics, __________ refers to the smallest unit of meaning in a language.5. The __________ is the standard form of a verb that is typically used when conjugating the verb in the present tense.6. A(n) __________ is a word that is formed from a root word and one or more affixes.7. The __________ is the study of the historical developmentof languages.8. The __________ is the systematic study of the structureand function of words.9. The __________ is the study of the way in which languages change over time due to contact with other languages.10. The __________ is the branch of linguistics that studies the sounds of a language and how they function in a system ofcommunication.三、简答题（每题10分，共30分）1. 描述语音学中的“最小对立对”概念，并给出一个英语例子。

2011年1月广东省高等教育自学考试英语语言学问卷课程代码06422）I.Blank-filling (20%)Fill in the following blanks with a word ,whose initial letter has been given.1. The 3 branches of phonetics are labeled articulatory phonetics ,auditory phonetics ,and a__________ phonetics.2. When 2 different forms are identical in every way except for one sound segment which occurs in the same place in the strings ,they are said to be in a m_________ pair .3. R__________ motivation refers to the fact that learners learn a second language for external purposes .4. Later Noam Chomsky prefers this innate endowment as UG ,i.e. U_____ Grammar.5. In "NP → （Deg )A(pp)……", the dots in the rule indicate that other c________ options are available .6. The articulatory apparatus of human being are contained in 3 important areas :the p______ cavity，the oral cavity ,and the nasal cavity.7. L________ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community .8. H________ refers to the sense relation between a more general ,more inclusive word and a more specific word .9. The description of a language at a given point in time is a s______ study.10. The study of how speakers of a language use sentences to effect successful communication is called p_________.11. The structure corresponding to the final syntactic output of the sentence which results from appropriate transformations is called s______ structure.12. The term d________, first used by Ferguson in 1959,refers to a sociolinguistic situation similar to bilingualism .13. Learners' independent system of the second language which is of neither the second language is known as i______.14. The sound ［p］in pit is pronounced with a strong puff of air, which is said to be a________.15. C_______ model states that in word comprehension words are analyzed by hearers from beginning to end.16. S______ is concerned with the inherent meaning of the linguistic form and is the collection of all the features of the linguistic form .17. Major lexical categories are Noun, Verb , Adjective , and P___________.18. S_______ is the sub-field of linguistics that studies the relation between linguistic and society between the uses of language and social structures.19. P________ is concerned with the progress of language comprehension and production.20. Linguistics studies not any particular language ,but languages in g____.II. Multiple choice(20%)Choose the best answer to the following items.21. __refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed .A.SyntaxB. EtymologyC. LexicologyD. Morphology22. ___ aims to discover how speech sounds in a language form patterns and how these sounds are used to convey meaning in linguistic communication .A. PhoneticsB. PhonemicsC. PhonologyD. Phonotactics23. Language ___ refers to a natural ability for learning a second language.A. aptitudeB. competenceC. performanceD. attitude24. ___ is a personal dialect of an individual speaker that combines elements regarding regional ,social, gender, and age variations .A. IdiolectB. PidginC. SociolectD. Creole25. A(n) ___ is a word formed by combining parts of other words , e.g. smog .A. back -formationB. blendC. abbreviationD. clipping26. The traditional and the only way to study the brain in the past was through ____ studies .A. experimentalB. surgicalC. autopsyD. observational27.___ refers to the phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form ,i.e. Different words are identical in sound or spelling ,or in both .A. PolysemyB. SynonymC. HomophoneD. Homonymy28.The arrow in the phrase structure rule "S→NP VP " is read as ___.A. is equal toB. generatesC. hasD. consists of29.___ of neighbouring sound is , for the most part ,caused by articulatory or physiological progress .A. AssimilationB. FormalizationC. DerivationD. Patterning30.The drive that people learn a foreign language because of the wish to identify with the target culture is called ____ motivation .A. instrumentalB. resultativeC. integrativeD. intrinsic31There are different types of affixes pr morphemes .The affix "ed" in the word "learned" is known as a(n) __.A.derivational morphemeB. free morphemeC. inflectional morphemeD. free form32.If a linguistic study aims to describe and analyzed the language people actually use ,it is said to be ___A. descriptiveB. prescriptiveC. synchronicD. diachronic33.Transformational Generative Grammar was introduced by __ in 1957.A. L. BloomfieldB. F. SaussureC. N. ChomskyD.M.A.K Halliday34. Of the following sound combination ,only ___ is permissible according to the sequential rules in English .A. mibleB. bmilC. imlbD. ilbm35 Which of the following English words is formed by clipping ?A. smogB.UNESCOC. baby-sitD. disco36 Of the following words ,____ belongs to the open class word .A. emaiB. butC. theD. they37 The sense relation for the pair of words "doctor and patient "is __A. synonymyB. hyponymyC. antonymyD. homonymy38 In learning a foreign language,instances of mother tongue interference can be found act the level of ___.A. pronunciationB. vocabularyC. syntaxD. all of the above39 According to F .de Saussure,____ refers to the system of language .A. langueB. paroleC. competenceD. performance40.The utterance "We 're already working 25 hours a day, 8 days a week " obviously violates the maxim of ___A. qualityB. quantityC. relationD. mannerIII. True of false judgement (20%)Judge whether the following statements are true or false .Write T in ye corresponding bracket for a true statement and F for a false one .41.Damage to parts of the brain in front of the central sulcus will cause fluent aphasia .42.D-structure is formed by the XP rule in accordance with the head's supercanonization properties .43.An illocution act is the act performed by or resulting from saying something .It is the consequence of the utterance .44.The LAD was described as an imaginary "black box "which is said to contain rules that are specific only to human languages .ponential analysis is a way proposed by the structure semantics to analyze lexical word meaning .46.Garden path sentence is an awkward sentence that misleads the speakers and takes them down the garden path to a wrong direction .47.Acronyms are words derives from the initials and ending of several words .48. Diglossia refers to the dialect having to do with separation brought about by different social conditions.49.In daily life people often see the situation in which adult speak differently when talking to little children ,they use a special speech called motherese.50.Phonology is the study of how speech sounds are produced by human speech organsIV. Explain the following notions briefly (25%)51.broad transcription vs narrow transcription52.selection restriction53.speech act theory54.Critical Period Hypothesis55.Draw a tree diagram for the surface structure of "A man will find the dog"V. Write a passage of 120-150 words on the following topic .(15%)56. What are the major views concerning the study of meaning ?部分参考答案：1. acoustic2. minimal3. Resultative4. Universal5. complement6. pharyngeal7. Langue8. Hyponymy9.synchronic 10. pragmatics11.surface 12. diaglossia 13. Interlanguage 14. aspirated 15. Cohort16. Sense 17. Preposition 18. Siciolinguistics 19. Psycholinguistics 20. general21. D 22.C 23.A 24.A 25. B 26. C 27. D 28.D 29. A 30.C31. C 32.A 33.C 34. A 35.D 36. A 37. C 38.D 39.A 40.A41.F 42.F 43. F 44.T 45.T 46. F 47. F 48.F 49. T 50.F2011年10月广东省高等教育自学考试英语语言学问卷（课程代码06422）I.Blank-filling (20%)Fill in the following blanks with a word, whose initial letter has been given.1. The totality of linguistic varieties possessed by an individual constitutes his linguistic r_______.2. I________ motivation refers to learners learning the second language for enjoyment or pleasure from learning.3. The phonetic transcription, n______ transcription ,is normally used by phoneticians to give minute and detailed descriptions of speech sounds.4. The way that new words are coined from already existing words by “subtracting ” an affix thou ght to be part of the old word is called b_______.5. The meaning of a word can be dissected into meaning components called semantic f_______.6. In addition to social changes, one of the most pervasive sources of language change seems to be the continual process of cultural t________ across generations.7. P______ is the study of sounds used in linguistic communication.8. When the vocal cords are drawn wide apart to let air go through without vibration, the sounds thus produced are v_________.9. The social group that is singled out for any special study is named as the s_______ community.10. According to N. Chomsky, c________ refers to the ideal user ’s knowledge of the rules of his language .11. P_____ refers to the realization of langue in actual use.12. The notion of c_______ is essential to the pragmatic study of language.13. Damage to parts of the left cortex behind the central sulcus results in a type of aphasia called f_____ aphasia.14. The c__________ view of meaning is based on the presumption that one can derive meaning from or reduce meaning to observable contexts.15. Lexical d________ task is a kind of experiment psycholinguistics employ to investigate lexical access.16. A theory which explicitly employs the notion “concept”is the semantic t________ proposed by Ogden and Richards in their book The Meaning of Meaning.17. Clear [ l ] and dark [ l ] are allophones of the same one phoneme /l/. They never take the same position in sound combinations, thus they are said to be in c_________ distribution.18. Since there are often intermediate forms between the two members of an antonymous pair, so they are called g________ antonyms.19. S_______ is concerned with the inherent meaning of the linguistic form.20. A t_______ experiment is a technique that is used to study the determinants of sentence processing difficulty.II. Multiple choice(15%)Choose the best answer to the following items.21. Changes in a language are changes in the grammar of the speakers of the language. This means that phonemes,_______, words and grammatical rules may be borrowed , added , lost or altered.A. phrasesB. sentencesC. morphemesD. utterance22. The consonant [ f ] in English can be correctly described as having the following phonetic features :A. voiceless, bilabial, stopB. voiceless, labiodental, fricativeC. voiced , bilabial, stopD. voiced, labiodental, fricative23.The study of language as a whole is often called ______.A. universal linguisticsB. common linguisticsC. prescriptive linguisticsD. general linguistics24.In the phrase structure rule “S→NP VP”，the arrow can be read as _______.A. is equal toB. consists ofC. hasD. generates25.The illocutionary point of _____is to express the psychological state specified in the utterance.A. representativesB. commissivesC. expressives D declarations26.Transformational Generative Grammar was introduced by _____ in 1957.A. L. BloomfieldB. F. SaussureC. N. ChomskyD.M.A.F. Halliday27._____ motivation occurs when the learner desires to learn a second language because of the wish to identify with the target culture.A. InstrumentalB. FunctionalC. IntegrativeD. Social28.While different words may have the same or similar meaning , the same word may have more than one meaning. This kind of words are called _________.A. polysemic wordsB. homographsC. homonymsD. synonyms29.The term _____ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language changes over various periods of time and at various historical stages.A. synchronicB. diachronicC. comparativeD. historical comparative30.Speech act theory was originated with the British p hilosopher ____ in the late 50’s of the 20th century.A. M.A.F. HallidayB. L. Bloomfield C . J. Searle D. J. Austin31.If the linguistic study aims to lay down rules for correct and standard behavior in using language ,it is said to be _______.A. descriptiveB. prescriptiveC. synchronicD. diachronic32.In the case of spit, the consonant [ p ] is said to be _____.A. aspiratedB. voicedC. unaspiratedD. unprounceable33.What the element “-es ” indicates is third person singular ,present tense ,the element “-ed ” past tense, and “-ing ”progressive aspect .Since they are the smallest units of language and meaningful ,they are also _______.A. phonemesB. phonesC. allophonesD. morphemes34.Syn oymous are classified into several kinds .This kind to which ‘girl ’ and‘lass ’ belong is called ___ synonyms.A. stylisticB. dialectalC. emotiveD. collocational35.In a speech community People have something in common _____: a language or a particular variety of language and rules for using it..A.sociallyB. linguisticallyC. culturallyD. pragmaticallyIII. True of false judgement (20%)36. The interactionist view holds that language develops as a result of the complex interplay between the human characteristics of the child and the environment in which the child develops .37. A creole is said to be formed when a pidgin has become the primary language of a speech community ,and is acquired by the children of that speech community as their native language .38. Garden path sentence is an awkward sentence that misleads the speakers and takes them down the garden path to a wrong direction .39. A phoneme is the smallest linguistic unit of sound that can distinguish two words .40. Register refers to the type of utterance which is selected as appropriate to the type oftypology .41. Phonology studies the functioning of the speech sounds.42. Predication analysis was proposed by the British linguist J. Searle to analyze the meaning of utterance .43. Specifiers have both special semantic and syntactic roles since they help make more precise the meaning of the head and mark a phrase boundary.44. Different language offer people different ways of expressing the world around, they think and speak differently, this is also known as linguistic relativity.45. Metacognitive strategies deal with the wayside learners interact or communicate with other speakers, native or non-native .IV. Explain the following notions briefly (25%)46. derivational morpheme47. IPA( International Phonetic Alphabet)48. cultural transmission49. Deep Structure vs. Surface Structure50. The naming theoryV. Essay question (20%)51. According to Austin ,what are the three acts a person is possibly performing while making an utterance ? Give an example.参考答案1.repertoire2.Intrinsic3.narrow4.back-formation5.features6.transmission7.Phon ology8.voiceless9.speech petence11.Parole 12.context 13. fluent14.contextualist 15.dicision16.triangle plementary 18.gradable 19.Sense20.timed-reading21. C 22. B 23.D 24. B 25.C 26.C 27.C 28. A 29.B 30.C31.B 32.C 33.D 34.B 35.B36.T 37.T 38.F 39.T 40.F 41.T 42. F 43. T 44.T 45. F46. Morphemes that change the meaning or lexical category of the words to which they attach. 47. It isa standardized and internationally accepted system of phonetic transcription.48. While human capacity for language has a genetic basis, i.e., we were all born with the ability to ac quire language, the details of any language system are not genetically transmitted, but instead have to be taught and learned.Language is passed on from one generation to the next through teaching and learning, rather than by i nstinct 49. The first, formed by the XP rule in a accordance with the head's subcategorization propertie s ,is called deep stmcture.The second, corresponding to the final syntactic form of the sentence which results from appropriate tr ansformations, is called surface structure50. One of the oldest notions concerning meaning, and also a very primitive one, was the naming theor y proposed by the ancient Greek scholar Plato. The words used in a language are taken to be labels of t he objects they stand for.51. locutionary act ------the act of uttering words, phrases, clauses. It‟s an act of conveying literal meaning by means of syntax, lexicon, and phonology. Namely .,the act of s aying something :the utterance of a sentence with determinate sense and reference.(言内行为指的是用句子来叙述，报告，描写。

自考语言学试题及答案一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 语言学研究的主要对象是什么？A. 语言B. 文学C. 历史D. 地理答案：A2. 下列哪一项不是语言的属性？A. 任意性B. 线条性C. 离散性D. 社会性答案：B3. 语言学的分支学科包括以下哪些？A. 语音学B. 语法学C. 语用学D. 以上都是答案：D4. 语言的最小意义单位是？A. 音素B. 词C. 语素D. 句子5. 下列哪个选项是语言的符号性特征？A. 语言的抽象性B. 语言的创造性C. 语言的任意性D. 语言的规则性答案：C6. 语言的演变不包括以下哪一项？A. 语音变化B. 词汇变化C. 语法变化D. 语言的消亡答案：D7. 语言的交际功能包括以下哪些？A. 信息传递B. 情感表达C. 社会互动D. 以上都是答案：D8. 语言的方言差异主要体现在以下哪些方面？A. 语音B. 词汇C. 语法D. 以上都是答案：D9. 语言学研究方法中，不包括以下哪一项？B. 实验法C. 调查法D. 推理法答案：D10. 下列哪一项不是语言的交际功能？A. 命令B. 请求C. 描述D. 抒情答案：D二、填空题（每题2分，共20分）1. 语言学研究的目的是______语言现象。

答案：描述和解释2. 语言的______性是指语言符号和它所代表的对象之间没有必然的联系。

答案：任意性3. 语言的______性是指语言符号的排列组合是有一定规则的。

答案：规则性4. 语言的______性是指语言符号可以无限地创造新的意义。

答案：创造性5. 语言的______性是指语言是人类社会特有的现象。

答案：社会性6. 语言的______性是指语言符号可以表达抽象的概念。

答案：抽象性7. 语言的______性是指语言符号可以表达具体的事物。

答案：具体性8. 语言的______性是指语言符号可以传达说话人的情感、态度等。

答案：情感性9. 语言的______性是指语言符号可以用于不同的交际场合。