语言学试题2

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1 Linguistics is the scientific study of ___.

2 To many people, a linguist is the same as a ___ , one who can speak several Languages fluently.

3 In professional usage, the ___ is a scholar who studies Language objectively, observing it scientifically, recording the facts of Language, and generalizing from them.

4 ___ phonetics studies the movement of the vocal organs of producing the sounds of speech; ___ phonetics studies the way the sounds of speech are perceived by the human ear.

5 ___ deals with how Language is acquired, understood and produced.

6 ___ studies the neurological basis of Language development and use in human beings.

7 ___ is concerned with the diversity of Language as it relates to various sociological factors.

8 ___ is concerned with variation and use in relation to the cultural patterns and beliefs of man.

9 The ancient theories of the origin of Language were of ____origin.

10 The Egyptians considered themselves to have the oldest civilization and asserted that the original human Language was ___.

3 The theory that primitive man made involuntary vocal noises while performing heavy work has been called the ___ theory.

4 The theory that primitive man instinctively gave vocal expression to every external impression has been called the ___ theory.

5 A commonly held view among the classic Greeks was that at some ancient time there was a ―___ ― who gave the correct, natural name to everything.

6 The theory that Language arose from instinctive emotional cries, expressive of pain or joy has been called the ___ theory.

7 The theory that primitive Language was an imitation of natural sound, such as animal cries, has been called the theory.

8 The theory that Language arose from human beings’ instinctive need for contact with his companion has been called the ___ theory.

9 Writing is a secondary Language form based upon ___, and Morse code is tertiary, based upon ___.

10 The reason why Languages other than our own sound like gibberish is because we have not mastered the complexity of their ___.

11 The symbols are said to be arbitrary because they do not ___ what they represent.

12 Language is called upon not only for communication, but also for ___ and cultural ____.

4 Language is an ___ system of articulated sounds made use of by a group of humans as a means of carrying on the affairs of their society.

3 Language is a purely human and ___ method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of a ___ of voluntarily produced symbols.

5 Language is a system of arbitrary ___ symbols which permit all the people in a given culture, or other people who have learned the ___ of that culture, to communicate or interact.

6 The earliest grammar of any Language was ___ grammar by the Hindu scholar Panini.

7 Plato proceeded first to divide the sentence into two parts: ___ and ___.

8 The Greek approach to Language was taken over by the ___ and applied with little change to their Language ___.

9 The first major new development in linguistics until the 13th century was ___ grammar.

10 The 15th and 16th centuries were marked by the ___ of views of Language and an increased

awareness of the ___ among Languages.

11 In the 17th century the Port royal Grammarians stressed the ___ of thought.

12 The beginning of modern linguistics was from the late 18th and early 19th century when the ___ method was developed and established. 3 Chomsky’s theory of generative grammar revolutionized work in linguistics in 1957, with the publication of his book ___.

4 Saussure’s exposition of ___ analysis led to the school of ___ linguistics which developed around the work of Leonard Bloomfield in America.

5 A Language is responsive to the ___ forces that shape history.

6 The Language of Britain was ___ when the Romans invaded the land in 55 and 54 BC.

7 The Celtic Language was influenced by ___ during the roman occupation after AD 44.

8 The three Teutonic groups established in England by the successive invasions after AD 450 were: ___, ___ and __.

9 As a result of the Norman Conquest of 1066, vast quantities of ___ words were added to the English vocabulary.

10 The most memorable writing in the Middle English period was ___ by Geoffrey Chaucer.

11 As Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language established a uniform standard for ___ and word use, so Bishop Lowth’s and other grammarians’ works standardized English ___.