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英语语言学试题
英语语言学试题B卷及答案(
III.Readeachofthefollowingstatementscarefully.DecidewhichoneofthefourchoicesbestcompletesthestatementandputthecorrespondingletterA,B,CorDinthebrackets.(1%×20=20%)
1)Thestudyoflanguageatonepointoftimeisa_______study.
A.synchronicB.historic
C.diachronicD.descriptive
2)Synonymsareclassifiedintoseveralkinds.Thekindtowhich“fall”and“autumn”belongiscalled_____synonyms.
A.stylistic B.dialectal C.emotive D.collocational
3)Thesentence“Johnlikesice-cream”contains________arguments.
A.oneB.two
C.noneD.three
4)Semanticscanbedefinedasthestudyof________.
A.namingB.meaning
C.communicationD.context
5)Oncethenotionof________wastakenintoconsideration,semanticsspilledintopragmatics.
A.meaningB.context
C.formD.content
6)Ofthethreespeechacts,linguistsaremostinterestedinthe_______.
A.locutionaryactB.perlocutionaryact
C.illocutionaryactD.noneoftheabove
7)MostoftheviolationsofthemaximsoftheCooperativePrinciplegiveriseto_____.
A.utterancemeaningB.speechacttheory
C.conversationalimplicaturesD.noneoftheabove
8)ThesignificanceofGrice’sCPliesinthatitexplainshowitispossibleforthespeakertoconvey______isliterallysaid.
A.morethanB.lessthan
C.thesameasD.noneoftheabove
9)Thegoalof______istoexplorethenatureoflanguagevariationandlanguageuseamongavarietyofspeechcommunitiesanddifferentsocialsituations.
A.psycholinguisticsB.sociolinguistics
C.historicallinguisticsD.generallinguistics
10)BlackEnglishhasanumberofdistinctivefeaturesinitsphonological,morphologicalandsyntacticsystemswhichare_______.
A.rule-governedB.systematic
C.arbitraryD.bothAandB
11)Asmodernlinguisticsaimstodescribeandanalyzethelanguagepeopleactuallyuse,andnottolaydownrulesfor"correct"linguisticbehavior,itissaidtobe___.
A.prescriptiveB.sociolinguistic
C.descriptiveD.psycholinguistic
12)Languageisasystemofarbitrary_________symbolsusedforhumancommunication.
A.culturalB.conventional
C.decodedD.vocal
13)Awordwithseveralmeaningsiscalled_________.
A.anabnormalwordB.apolysemousword
C.asynonymouswordD.noneoftheabove
14)Therearedifferenttypesofaffixesormorphemes.Theaffix“ed”intheword“learned”isknownasa(n)__________.
A.derivationalmorphemeB.freemorpheme
C.inflectionalmorphemeD.freeform
15)Thesyntacticrulesofanylanguageare________innumber.
A.largeB.small
C.finiteD.infinite
16)“Iboughtsomeroses”__________“Iboughtsomeflowers”.
A.entailsB.presupposes
C.isinconsistentwithD.issynonymouswith
17)Thephrase“boysandgirls”belongstothe____________construction.
A.predicateB.endocentric C.subordinateD.exocentric
18)CanIborrowyourbike?
"___"Youhaveabike."
A.issynonymouswithB.isinconsistentwith
C.entailsD.presupposes 19)Ofallthespeechorgans,the___is/arethemostflexible.
A.mouthB.lips C.tongue D.vocalcords
20)Chomskyusestheterm_______torefertotheactualrealizationofalanguageuser’sknowledgeoftherulesofhislanguageinlinguisticcommunication.
A.langue B.competence
C.parole D.performance
IV.Decidewhethereachofthefollowingstatementsistrueorfalse:
(1%×15=15%)
1)Languageisasystemofarbitraryvocalsymbolsusedforhumancommunication.
2)Thewritingsystemofalanguageisalwaysalaterinventionusedtorecordspeech;thustherearestillmanylanguagesintoday’sworldthatcanonlybespoken,butnotwritten.
3)Theopen-classwordsincludeprepositions.
4)InclassifyingtheEnglishconsonantsandvowels,thesamecriteriacanbeapplied.
5)Accordingtosemantictriangle,thereisnodirectlinkbetweenasymbolandreferent,.betweenawordandathingitrefersto.
6)Syntacticcategoriesrefertosentences(S)andclauses(C)only.
7)Bysynchronywemeantostudylanguagechangeanddevelopment.
8)TheICanalysisisnotabletoanalyzesplitverbslike“dosb.in”.
9)Therelationshipof“flower”,“violet”,“rose”and“tulip”ishyponymy.
10)Asyllablewithoutacodaisaclosedsyllable.
11)Parolereferstotheabstractlinguisticsystemsharedbyallthemembersofaspeechcommunity.
12)Phonologyisabranchoflinguisticswhichstudiedthesentencespatternsofalanguage.
13)Humancapacityforlanguagehasageneticbasis,.weareallbornwiththeabilitytoacquirelanguageandthedetailsofalanguagesystemaregeneticallytransmitted.
14)Onlywordsofthesamepartsofspeechcanbecombinedtoformcompounds.
15)Sentencesarestringsofwordsputtogetherinarandomorder.
V.Fillintheblankineachofthefollowingstatementswithoneword,thefirstletterofwhichisalreadygivenasaclue.NotethatyouaretofillinONEwordonly,andyouarenotallowedtochangethelettergiven.(1%×10=10%)
1)Themodernlinguisticsisd____________,notprescriptive,anditsinvestigationsarebasedonauthenticandmainlyspokenlanguagedata.
2)M___________isthesmallestmeaningfulunitoflanguage.
3)Languereferstothelanguagesystemsharedbyacommunityofspeakerwhilep________contrastdwithlangueistheconcreteactofspeakinginactualsituationsbyanindividualspeaker..
4)Thetransformationalcomponenthastransformationalrules,whichchangethedeepstructuresgeneratedbythephrasestructurecomponentintos________structure.
5)Insemantictriangle,therelationbetweenawordandathingitreferstoisnotdirect,anditismediatedbyc___________..
6)H.Sweetmadeadistinctionbetweennarrowandb____________transcription.
7)Inthecooperativeprinciple,Griceintroducedfourcategoriesofaremaximofquality,maximofquatity,maximofr__________andmaximofmanner.
8)ThestrongversionofSapir-Whorfhopothesisisthatlanguaged___________sourthinkingpattern.
9)Therearetwomajorapproachestoerroranalysis:
c____________andnon-contrastiveanalysis.
10)P_________isthestudyoflanguageinuse.
VI.Thefollowingtwoareambiguousintheirmeanings.Giveyourunderstandingofthedifferentmeaningsofeachexpression.(%×2=5%)
1)Smokingcigarisveryharmful.
2)Theboysawthemanwiththetelescope.
VII.AnswerthefollowingquestionsinEnglish. (4%×5=20%)
1)Whatarethefourmaximsunderthecooperativeprinciple?
2)Whatarethedesignfeaturesoflanguage?
3)Whatarethedifferencesbetweenmodernlinguisticsandtraditionalgrammar?
4)Whydowesaythatameaningofasentenceisnotthesumtotalofthemeaningsofallitscomponents?
5)Whatdoyouknowaboutlinguistics.
参考答案
III.Readeachofthefollowingstatementscarefully.DecidewhichoneofthefourchoicesbestcompletesthestatementandputtheletterA,B,CorDinthebrackets.(1%×20=20%)
1-5 ABBBB 6-10 CCABD11-15 CDBCC 16-20 ABDCD
IV.Decidewhethereachofthefollowingstatementsistrueorfalse:
(1%×15=15%)
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V.Fillintheblankineachofthefollowingstatementswithoneword,thefirstletterofwhichisalreadygivenasaclue.(1%×10=10%)
1)descriptive2)Morpheme3)parole4)surface5)concept
6)broad7)relation8)determines 9)contrastive10)Pragmatics
VI.Thefollowingtwosentencesareambiguousintheirmeanings.Giveyourunderstandingofthedifferentmeaningsofeachsentence.(%×2=5%)
1)Thecigarthatissmokingisveryharmful.
Theactofsmokingthecigarisveryharmful.
2)Theboysawthemanwhohadatelescope.
Usingthetelescope,theboysawtheman.
VII.AnswerthefollowingquestionsinEnglish. (4%×5=20%)
1)A.Themaximofquantity
1.Makeyourcontributionasinformativeasrequired(forthecurrentpurposeoftheexchange).
2.Donotmakeyourcontributionmoreinformativethanisrequired.
B.Themaximofquality
1.Donotsaywhatyoubelievetobefalse.
2.Donotsaythatforwhichyoulackadequateevidence.
C.Themaximofrelation Berelevant.
D.Themaximofmanner
1.Avoidobscurityofexpression.2.Avoidambiguity.
3.Bebrief(avoidunnecessaryprolixity).4.Beorderly.
2)Arbitrariness;Productivity;Duality;Displacement;Culturaltransmission;
3)A.Linguisticsisdescriptive,notprescriptive
B.Linguisticsregardsthespokenlanguageasprimary,notthewritten.
C.LinguisticsdiffersfromtraditionalgrammarinthatitdoesnotforcelanguagesintoaLatin-basedframework.
4)Themeaningofasentenceisnotthesumtotalofthemeaningsofallitscomponentsbecauseitcannotbeworkedoutbyaddingupallthemeaningsofitsconstituentwords.Forexample;
(A)Thedogbittheman.
(B)Themanbitthedog.
Ifthemeaningofasentencewerethesumtotalofthemeaningsofallitscomponents,thentheabovetwosentenceswouldhavethesamemeaning.Infacttheyaredifferentinmeanings.
Asweknow,therearetwoaspectstosentencemeaning:
grammaticalmean-ingandsemanticmeaning.Thegrammaticalmeaningsof“thedog”and“theman”in(A)aredifferentfromthegrammaticalmeaningsof“thedog”and“theman”in(B).Themeaningofasentenceistheproductofbothlexicalandgrammaticalmeaning.Itistheproductofthemeaningoftheconstituentwordsandofthegrammaticalconstructionsthatrelateonewordsyntagmaticallytoanother.
英语语言学试题A卷及答案(
I.Definethefollowinglinguisticterms:
(2%×10=20%)
1)duality2)displacement3)phonology
4)morphology5)concord 6)endocentricconstruction
7)hyponymy8)pragmatics 9)illocutio