语言学概论练习测试题库及参考答案Word下载.docx

1、A. phatic B. directive C. evocative D. performative A3.From a functional approach, the _ meaning of a language use consists of what is communicated of the feelings and attitudes of the speaker/writer.A. affective B. associative C. stylistic D. collocative4.When ing in gangling is removed to get a ve

2、rb gangle, we call this way of creating words _.A. suffixation B. back-formation C. blending D. acronymy5._ refers to the process by which words rise from humble beginnings to positions of importance.A. Degradation B. Specialization C. Elevation D. Extension C6.As we know, every speaker has his own

3、pet words and expressions and special way of expressing his ideas in language. This language variety of individual users is called _.A. idiolect B. regional dialect C. temporal dialect D. social dialect7.When pitch, stress and length variations are tied to the sentence rather than to the word, they

4、are collectively known as _.A. intonation B. tone C. phoneme D. sentence stress8._ refers to the change of a sound as a result of the influence of an adjacent sound.A. Addition of sound B. Loss of sound C. Metathesis D. Assimilation D9.Basically, all the languages in the world can be classified in t

5、erms of language family. Vietnamese and Korean are two languages in the _ family.A. Indo-European B. Sino-Tibetan C. Hamito-Semitic D. Malayo-Polynesian10.A _ is the minimal contrastive unit in the writing system of a language.A. morpheme B. phoneme C. grapheme D. letter11.All mono-morphemic words a

6、re constituted by free morphemes, and those poly-morphemic words which consist wholly of free morphemes are called_.A. hyponyms B. compounds C. blends D. allomorphs12.The requirement that the forms of two or more words of specific word classes which stand in specific syntactic relationship with one

7、another shall also be characterized by the same paradigmatically marked category or categories is called _. A. concord B. government C. recursiveness D. cohesion Key:13. The formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word plus a part of another is called _. A. blending B. clipping C

8、. acronymy D. compounding14. The distinction of linguistic potential and actual linguistic behavior is proposed by _.A. N. Chomsky B. F. de Saussure C. M. A. Halliday D. J. Austin15. The word meaning given in the dictionary is called _ meaning.A. denotative B. connotative C. collective D. stylistic1

9、6. When we consider the variation relating to what a user is trying to do with language, we are dealing with addressee relationshipcontinually categorized as “_”. A. tenor of discourse B. mode of discourse C. field of discourse D. idiolect17. According to words structures, Turkish is a typical _ lan

10、guage.A. isolating B. fusional C. analytic D. agglutinative18. _ refer to the fact that one type of utterance is typically followed by a special type of utterance. A. Minimal pairs B. Illocutionary acts C. Social dialects D. Adjacency pairs19. The relation between “dead” and “alive” is labeled as _.

11、 A. gradability B. complementarity C. hyponymy D. homonymy20. The words “encore” and “au pair ” are loanwords from _. A. French B. German C. Italian D. Spanish21. The distinction of langue and parole is proposed by_.a. N. Chomsky b. F. de Saussure c. M. A. Halliday d. J. Austin b22.Which of the foll

12、owing is the exception to the feature of arbitrariness of languagea. native English words b. borrowed words c. echoic words d. one-syllable words c23.Which of the following feature cannot be used to describe the phone sa. voiceless b. oral c. alveolar d. lateral d24.In terms of place of articulation

13、, the two consonants f, v are _.a. dental b. alveolar c. palatal d. labiodental25.In terms of manner of articulation, the sounds p, b, t, d, k, g are _.a. affricates b. fricatives c. bilabial d. oral stops26.Which of the following statements about allophone is NOT correcta. Allophones are different

14、forms of the same phonemeb. Allophones of the same phoneme are in complementary distribution.c. Allophones distinguish meaning. d. Allophones are language specific.27.Which of the following words is not a free morphemea. able b. pet c. change d. dusty28.How many morphemes are there in the word disch

15、argeda. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 529.Which of the following words is made up of bound morphemes onlya. happiness b. television c. ecology d. teacher30. Language is passed on from one generation to the next by teaching and learning rather than by instinct. This property of language is called_.a. interchangeabi

16、lity b. productivity c. cultural transmission d. arbitrariness31.The famous quotation from Shakespeares 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.

17、 the big difference between human language and animal communication32.Of the following sound combinations, only _ is permissible according to the sequential rules in English. A. kibl B. bkil C. ilkb D. ilbk33.The sentence that has a NP and a VP can be shown in a _ formula “SNP VP”. A. hierarchical B

18、. linear C. tree diagram D. vertical34.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. Case Parameter C. Adjacent Condition D. Adjacent Parameter35. Predication analysis is a way to analyze _ meaning. A. ph

19、oneme B. word C. phrase D. sentence36. According to Searle, those illocutionary acts whose point is to commit the speaker to some future course of action are called _. A. commisives B. directives C. expressives D. declaratives37. The term _ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the app

20、roach which studies language change over various periods of time and at various historical stages. A. synchronic B. diachronic C. comparative D. historical comparative38. The way in which people address each other depends on their age, sex, social group, and personal relationship. The English system

21、 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+title39. Language and thought may be viewed as two independent circles overlapping in some parts. When language and thought ar

22、e 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 thought40.Whcih of the following best states the behaviorist view of child language acquisition A. Language acquisition is a p

23、rocess of habit formation. B. Language 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.41. The words “kowtow” and “tea ” are loanwords fro

24、m _. A. Chinese B. German C. Italian D. Spanish42. 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 C. comparative D. historical comparative43. The form

25、ation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word plus a part of another is called _. A. blending B. clipping C. acronymy D. compounding44. According to words structures, Latin is a typical _ language. A. isolating B. fusional C. analytic D. agglutinative45. The relation between “animal”

26、and “lamb” is labeled as _. A. gradability B. complementarity C. hyponymy D. homonymy 46. One of the property of language is that there is no logical connection between meaning and sounds. This property of language is called_. A. duality B. productivity C. displacement D. arbitrariness 47. The_ func

27、tion refers to the use of language to create certain feelings in the hearer. A. phatic B. directive C. evocative D. performative 48. The _ meaning of a word consists of the associations it acquires on account of the meanings of words which tend to occur in its environment. A. associative B. affective C. stylistic D. collocative49. When or in editor is removed to get a verb edit, we call this way of creating words _.A. suffixation B. back-formation C. blending D. acronymy 50. The relation between “rose” a