语言学试卷

语言学期中测试

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I: Multiple Choice

第一章 语言与语言学

1. Linguistics can be defined as the scientific study of ___.

A. A particular language B. The system of a particular language

C. Human languages in general D. The English language

William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet said "What's in a name That

which we

call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." This illustrates ___.

A. the arbitrary nature of language

B. the big difference between human language and animal communication

C. the creative nature of language

D. the universality of language

3. Which of the following features is NOT one of the design features of language

A. Productive. B. Dual. C. Symbolic D.

Arbitrary

4. Who put forward the distinction between langue and parole

A. Halliday B. Ferdinand de Saussure C. Noam Chomsky D. Charles

Hockett

5. One of the properties of language is that a language user can understand and

produce sentences

he/she has never heard before. This property of language is called ___.

A. duality B. arbitrary C. displacement D.

Productivity

6. The ____ function refers to the fact that language can be used for establishing

a favorable atmosphere or maintaining social contact rather than for exchanging

information or ideas.

A. phatic B. directive C. evocative D.

performative

7. Modern linguistics is the scientific study of language. Consequently, modern

linguistics emphasizes the importance of language data collected from ___.

A. newspapers and magazines B. writing by the famous writers

C. the language people actually speak D. radio broadcasts

8. Language is passed on from one generation to the next through teaching and learning rather than by instinct. This property of language is called ___.

A. interchangeability B. cultural transmission

C. productivity D. arbitrariness

a linguistic study describes and analyzes the language people actually use, it is

said to be ___.

A. Descriptive B. linguistic C. prescriptive D. analytic

linguistic

10. Which of the following statements is NOT true

A. Language is a system. B. Animals also have language.

C. Language is symbolic. D. Language is arbitrary.

11. According to Noam Chomsky, which of the following is seen as the ideal user’s

internalized knowledge of his language

A. Competence. B. Parole. C. Performance D. Langue

12. Our linguistic ability is a ___ gift of the species' gene program.

A. biological B. physical C. scientific D. chemical

13. The description of a language at some point in time is a ___ study.

A. diachronic B. prescriptive C. descriptive D. synchronic

14. One of the properties of language is that there is no logical connection between

meaning and sounds. This property of language is ___.

A. duality B. productivity C. displacement D.

arbitrariness

15. Language can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situations

of the speaker. This is what we mean by ___.

A. duality B. productivity C. displacement D.

arbitrariness

16. Cultural transmission is one of the ____features of language.

A. suprasegmental B. pragmatic C. distinctive D. design

17. As modern linguistics aims to describe and analyze the language people actually

use, and not lay down rules for "correct " linguistic behavior, it is said to be

___.

A. descriptive B. sociolinguistic C. prescriptive D.

psycholinguistic

18. Which of the following is the exception to the feature of arbitrariness of

language

A. Native English words B. Borrowed words C. Onomatopoeic words D. One-syllable

words

19. Saussure took a(n) ____ view of language, while Chomsky looks at language from

a ___ point of view.

A. sociological, psychological B. psychological, sociological C. Applied, pragmatic D. Semantic, linguistic

20. Modern linguistics regards the written language as ___.

A. primary B. correct C. secondary D. stable

第二章 语音学与音系学

1. The tone, defined as variation, is an important suprasegmental feature of tone

languages such as ____.

A. Chinese B. English C. Chinese and English D. English and

French

2. According to the places of articulation, sounds in English such as /t/, /l/ and

/z/ can be labeled as ____ ones.

A. dental B. bilabial C. velar D alveolar

3. Of the following sound combinations, only ____ is permissible according to the

sequentla1 rules in English.

A. kibl B. bkil C ilkb D. ilbk

4. Of all the speech organs, the ____ is the most flexible.

A lip B. mouth C. vocal cord D. tongue

5. The sounds produced without the vocal cords vibrating are ____ sounds.

A. voiceless B. voiced C. vowel D. consonantal

6. ____ is a voiced alveolar stop.