英语专业语言学考试试题
Information for the examinees:
This examination consists of Four sections. They are:
Section I: Content Awareness of the Course (30 points, 20 minutes)
Section II: General Principles of Language and Linguistics (30 points, 25 minutes)
Section III: Some Specific Aspects of Language and Linguistics (20 points, 35 minutes)
Section IV: Analysis and Application (20 points, 40 minutes)
The total marks for this examination are 100 points. Time allowed for completing this
examination is 2 hours.
You must write all your answers on the Answer Sheet.
Section I: Content Awareness of the Course 30 points
I. Choose the best answer to complete the following statements. Write your answers on the
Answer Sheet. (10 points, 1 point for each item)
1. "Historical linguistics" seeks to provide scientific evidence ( )
A. of the reasons for human speech
B. of human habitation in Africa
C. why there are many world languages
D. concerning the origins of speech
2. Which of the following does NOT have something to do with the production of speech
sounds? ( )
A. Organic analysis
B. Linguistic analysis
C. Acoustic analysis
D. Phonetic analysis
3. In determining the symbolic nature of language humans( )
A. examine Braille and signs
B. examine the media and signs
C. examine the language of the media
D. examine the language itself
4. The aims of Unit 4 are to understand that language functions in the world ( )
A. through the use of naming devices and education
B. by people experiencing abstractions in education
C. based on experience, abstraction and symbolism
D. through symbolic and abstract experiences
5. The aim of Unit 5 is for students to understand that speech acts( )
A. need to be defined precisely through oral actions
B. need to be terminated under appropriate circumstances
C. need to be defined, analysed and comprehended
D. need to be analysed by definition and example:
6. Generally speaking, 脸and 面子is: ( )
A. more important for teenage girls than boys
B. something teenagers don"t worry about
C. not the same for adults as for teenagers
D. the same for adults as for teenagers
7. In face to face talk people"s interactive behaviour is based upon( )
A. Principles of Desire and Decisions
B. The Principle of Mutual Desirability
C. Principles of Decision Making
D. The Principle of Mutuality
8. If an 9verseas Chinese is called monolingual this means ( )
A. the person speaks primarily English but also speaks Chinese at home
B. the person has had to choose between speaking another language or Chinese
C. the choice of speaking a language has been limited to one of two languages
D. the person has chosen to speak Chinese in public and at home
9. According to the course our brain is divided into two hemispheres. Language functions are
mainly located in the ( )
A. left hemisphere
B. lower hemisphere
C. right hemisphere
D. upper hemisphere
10. The story of Genie in Unit 9 seems to highlight the language hypothesis of~ ( )
A. Eric Lenneherg
B. Antonio Francs
C. Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itar
D. Sigmund Freud
11. Choose those words or phrases that best complete the following sentences. Write your
answers on the Answer Sheet. Note that there are more words or phrases than necessary.
of 11 ~ by
12 bas contributed to civilized and meaningful living.
B. The British manual alphabet and 13 are mediums of language representation .
C. Chinese writing is 14 , rather than 15
D. When we name things it involves an act of 16 . This act is not neutral therefore
there are social as well as 17 repercussions.
E. When asking the names of people, Chinese people appear to be more
18
compared to British people who seem to be very 19
F. When words enter into sequential relation, it is called 20 relation.
Section II: General Principles of Language and Linguistics 30 points
