英语语言学试题（8）
第一部分选择题一、单项选择题(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)在每小题列出的四个选项中只有一个选项是符合题目要求的，请将正确选项前的字母填在题后的括号内。
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 overlapping in 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
第二部分非选择题二、填空题(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分。)
11.In the course of time, the study of language has come to establish close links with other branches of s________ studies, such as sociology and psychology.
