语言学复习
1. Which of the following statements about language is NOT true?
A. Language is a system.
B. Language is symbolic.
C. Animals also have language.
D. Language is arbitrary.
2. Which of the following features is NOT one of the design features of language?
A. Symbolic.
B. Dual.
C. Productive.
D. Arbitrary.
3. What are the dual structures of language?
A. Sounds and letters.
B. Sounds and meaning.
C. Letters and meaning.
D. Sounds and symbols.
4. Which of the following statements can be used to describe 'displacement', one of the unique
properties of language?
A. We can easily teach our children to learn a certain language.
B. We can use both 'shu' and 'tree' to describe the same thing.
C. We can use language to refer to something not present.
D. We can produce sentences that have never been heard before.
5. What is the most important function of language?
A. Interpersonal
B. Phatic
C. Informative.
D. Metalingual
6. Which of the following is one of the core branches of linguistics?
A. Phonology
B. Psycholinguistics
C. Socio-linguistics.
D. Anthropology.
7. Which of the following branches of linguistics takes the inner Structure of word as its
main object of study?
A. Phonetics.
B. Semantics.
C. Morphology.
D. Syntax.
8. Which of the following modes of study emphasizes on the "standards" of language?
A. Prescriptive.
B. Descriptive.
C. Synchronic.
D. Diachronic.
9. Who put forward the distinction between Langue and Parole?
A. Saussure
B. Chomsky
C. Halliday
D. Anonymous
10. The distinction between competence and performance is proposed by __ .
C. Chomsky
D. the Prague School
11. According to Chomsky, is the ideal user's internalized knowledge of his language.
A. competence
B. parole
C. performance
D. langue
12. is a design feature of human language that enables speakers to talk about a wide
range of things, free from barriers caused by separation in time and space.
A. Displacement
B. Arbitrariness
C. Duality
D. Productivity
13. The function of the sentence "A nice day, isn't it?" is
A. informative
B. phatic
C. directive
D. performative
14. General linguistics is the scientific study of
A. language of a certain individual
B. the German language
C. human languages in general
D. the system of a particular language
1-5 CABCC 6-10 ACAAC 11-14 AABC
1. Articulatory phonetics mainly studies .
A. the physical properties of the sounds produced in speech
B. the perception of sounds
C. the combination of sounds
D. the production of sounds
2. Where are the vocal cords?
A. In the mouth.
B. In the nasal cavity.
C. Above the tongue.
D. Inside the larynx.
3. The distinction between vowels and consonants lies in
A. the place of articulation
B. the obstruction of air-stream
C. the position of the tongue
D. the shape of the lips
4. Which of the following phonetic descriptions matches the English consonant [p]?
A. A voiceless bilabial stop.
B. A voiced bilabial stop.
