专八语言学选择题及答案

专八语言学试题一

1. Linguistics is the scientific study of __________.

A. a particular language

B. the English language

C. human languages in general

D. the system of a particular language

2. The consonant [f] in English can be correctly described as having the following phonetic

features: __________.

A. voiceless, bilabial, stop

B. voiceless, labiodental, fricative

C. voiced, bilabial, stop

D. voiced, labiodental, fricative

3. There are different types of affixes or morphemes. The affix "ed" in the word "learned" is

known as a(n) __________.

A. derivational morpheme

B. free morpheme

C. inflectional morpheme

D. free form

4. In the phrase structure rule "S→NP VP", the arrow can be read as __________.

A. is equal to

B. consists of

C. has

D. generates

5. "I bought some roses" __________ "I bought some flowers".

A. entails

B. presupposes

C. is inconsistent with

D. is synonymous with

6. Y's utterance in the following conversation exchange violates the maxim of __________.

X: Who was that you were with last night?

Y: Did you know that you were wearing odd socks?

A. quality

B. quantity

C. relation

D. manner

7. 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. phrases

B. sentences

C. morphemes

D. utterances

8. In a speech community people have something in common __________a language or a

particular variety of language and rules for using it. A. socially

B. linguistically

C. culturally

D. pragmatically

9. Which of the major mental functions listed below is not under the control of the left hemisphere

in most people? __________.

A. language and speech

B. visual and spatial skills

C. reading and writing

D. analytic reasoning

10. In general, the __________ stage begins roughly in the second half of the child's second year.

A. babbling

B. one-word

C. two-word

D. multiword

答案： 1.C 2.B 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.C 7.C 8.B 9.B 10.C

专八语言学试题二

1.The famous quotation from Shakespeare's play “Romeo and Juliet” ‘A rose by any other name

would smell as sweet’ well illustrates _______.()

A.the conventional nature of language

B.the creative nature of language

C.the universality of language

D.the big difference between human language and animal communication

2.Of the following sound combinations, only _______ is permissible according to the sequential

rules in English.()

A.kibl

B.bkil

C.ilkb

D.ilbk

3.The sentence that has a NP and a VP can be shown in a _______ formula "S→NP VP".()

A.hierarchical

B.linear

C.tree diagram

D.vertical

4.It is the _______ on Case assignment that states that a Case assignor and a Case recipient should

stay adjacent to each other.()

A.Case Condition

B.parameter

C.Adjacent Condition

D.Adjacent Parameter

5.Predication analysis is a way to analyze _______ meaning.

A.phoneme

B.word

C.phrase D.sentence

6.According to Searle,those illocutionary acts whose point is to commit the speaker to some future

course of action are called _______.()

misives

B.directives

C.expressives

D.declaratives

7.The term _______ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies

language change over various periods of time and at various historical stages.

A.synchronic

B.diachronic

parative

D.historical comparative

8.The way in which people address each other depends on their age, sex, social group, and

personal relationship. The English system of address forms frequently used includes first name,

last name, title+last name, _______,and kin term.

A.title+first name

B.title+title

C.title alone

D.first name+last name+title

nguage and thought may be viewed as two independent circles overlappingin some parts.

When language and thought are identical or closely parallel to each other, we may regard thought

as "subvocal speech," and speech as "_______".()

A.vocal thought

B.subvocal thought

C.covert thought

D.overt thought

10.Whcih of the following best states the behaviorist view of child language

acquisition?_______.()

nguage acquisition is a process of habit formation

nguage acquisition is the species-specific property of human beings

C.Children are born with an innate ability to acquire language

D.Humans are equipped with the neural prerequisites for language and language use

答案 1.A2.A3.B4.C5.D

6.A7.B8.C9.D10.A

专八语言学试题三

1.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 ___.

A. prescriptive

B. sociolinguistic

C. descriptive

D. psycholinguistic

2.Of all the speech organs, the ___ is/are the most flexible.