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1、语言学选择题附答案语言学A1._ A_ is the study of speech sounds in language or a language with reference to their distribution andpatterning and to tacit rules governing pronunciation.A.Phonology B. LexicographyC. Lexicology D. MorphologyC2. C_ is defined as the scientific study of language, studying language in

2、general.A.Psycholinguistics B. NeurolinguisticsC. Linguistics D. PhoneticsB3. Which of the linguistic items listed below is best described as the smallest unit of meaning?A.the word B. the morphemeC. the phoneme D. the clauseB4. A prefix is an affix which appears .A.after the stem B. before the stem

3、C. in the middle of the stem D. below the stemC 5. Which of the following is true? A.Phonetics is the study of pronunciation.B.Phonetics is the scientific study of the movement of sound waves.C.Phonetics is the scientific study of the sounds of language.D.Phonetics is the scientific study of the org

4、ans of speech.D6. “ Whatinsa name? That which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweetSo Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, (Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2, 435)To what characteristic of language dose Shakespeare refer? A. Creativity B. ProductivityC. Duality D. ArbitrarinessA7. La

5、nguage, as a system, consists of two sets of structures or two levels, which is known as , one of adesign features of human language.A. Duality B. DisplacementC. Productivity D. ArbitrarinessD8. The different members of a phoneme, sounds which are phonetically different but do not make one worddiffe

6、rent from another in meaning, are .A. phonemes B. phonesC. sounds D. allophonesA9. What is complementary distribution? A.Different places of occurrence of allophones within a word.B.When a phone can only occur at the end of a word.C.When an allophone occurs at the beginning of a word.D.Contrastive d

7、istribution of allophonesD10. deals with the analysis and creation of words, idioms and collocations.A. Morpheme B. VocabularyC.Root D. LexiconB1. Cold and hot are called antonyms.C2. “regret that I canthelp you. ” This is an example of .A.representatives B. directivesC. expressives D. commissivesD.

8、What is the duality of the language? A.Letters and sounds B. Sounds and symbolsC. Symbols and meaning D. sounds and meaningA4. “ bought some roses, “bought some flowers ”.A. entails B. presupposesC. is inconsistent with D. is synonymous withC5. Of the following linguists, should be grouped into Prag

9、ue School.A. Bloomfield B. SaussureD. FirthC. JakobsonC6. Damage in and around the angular gyrus of the parietal lobe often causes the impairment of reading andwriting ability, which is often referred to as acquired .A. diglossia B. aphasiaC. dyslexia D. dysgraphiaA7. A Dictionary of the English Lan

10、guage established a uniform standard for the spelling and word use.A. Samuel Johnsons B. Bishop Lowth C. Firths D. Samuel JohnsB8. What is phonology? A.The study of how speech sounds are made, transmitted and receivedB.The study of the function, behavior and organization of speech sounds as linguist

11、ic items.C.The study of the International Phonetic Alphabet.D.The study of all possible speech sounds.D9. The morpheme cast in the common word “ telecastis a (n) .A. bound morpheme B. bound formC. inflectional morpheme D. free morphemeD10. A phoneme is .A.a set of different realization of a phoneB.a

12、 set of contrastive allophones in free variationC.a set of phones in complementary distributionD.a set of phonetically similar noncontrastive phonesA1. Firstly, to which of these language groups dose English belong? A. Germanic B. SlavonicC. romance D. BalticD2. What is defined as “ thstudy of sente

13、nce structure? A. Morphology B. SemanticsC. Phonology D. SyntaxD3. According to Krashen, refers to the gradual and subconscious development of ability in the first languageby using it naturally in daily communicative situations.A. learning B. competenceC. performance D. acquisitionC4. There are diff

14、erent types of affixes or morphemes. The affix edw in the word “earned”s known as a(n)A. derivational morphemeC. inflectional morphemeB. free morphemeD. free formC5. studies the total stock of morphemes of a language, especially those items which have clear semanticreferences.A. PhonologyB. Lexicolo

15、gyC. MorphologyD. LexicographyA6. As a type of linguistic system in L2 learning, is a product of L2 training, mother tongue interference,overgeneralization of the target language rules, and learning and communicative strategies of the learner.A. interlanguageC. language transferB. interferenceD. lin

16、guistic relativityA7. means the lack of a logical connection between the form of something and its expression in sounds.A. ArbitrarinessB. AbstractnessC. AmbiguityD. FuzzinessB8. The term linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language changeover various perio

17、ds of time and at various historical stages.A. synchronicC. comparativeB. diachronicD. historical comparativeD9. When a speech sound changes and becomes more like another sound that follows or precedes it, it is said to beA. nasalizedB. voicedC. aspiratedC10. F. de Saussure is a (n) linguist.D. assi

18、milatedA. AmericanB. BritishC. SwissD. RussianA1. N. Chomsky is a (n) linguist.A.American B. CanadaC. Swiss D. FrenchB2. The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis has two thrusts: and .A.Linguistic description, Linguistic determinismB.Linguistic determinism, Linguistic relativityC.Linguistic relativity, Linguistic

19、 descriptionD.Linguistic determinism, Linguistic performanceA3. A special language variety that mixes or blends languages and used by people who speak different languagefor restricted purpose is .A.pidigin B. creoleC. dialect D. blendsB4. By , we refer to word forms which differ from each other only

20、 by one sound, e.g. pin ” and bin”.A. complementally distribution B. minimal pairC. Adjacency pair D. code switchingA5. When two sounds never occur in the same environment they said to be in .D6. century is considered to be the beginning of Modern English.A. 18th B. 17thC. 19th D. 16thB7. Convention

21、ally a is put in slashes.A. allophone B. phonemeC. phone D. morphemeD8. is a principle of scientific method, based on the belief that the only things valid enough to confirm orrefute o scientific theory are interpersonally observable phenomena, rather than peopldsintrospections or intuitions.A. Ment

22、alism B. Functional grammarC. Case grammar D. BehaviorismC9. According to Searle, those illocutionary acts whose point is to commit the speaker to some future course of action are called _C.A. expressives B. directivesC. commisives D. declaratives*C 10. A is often seen as part of a word, but it can

23、never stand by itself although it bears clear, definitemeaning.A. morpheme B. wordC. root D. phonemeD1. Linguistics is the scientific study of .A. a particular language B. the English languageC. human language in general D. the system of a particular languageA2. is the language that a learner constr

24、ucts at a given stage of SLA.A. Interlanguage B. IdeologyC. Dialect D. In terfere neeB3. Phonological rules that govern the combination of sounds in a particular language are called rule.A. Deletion B. SequentialC. superasegmental D. AssimilationB 4. “Theris no direct link between a linguistic form

25、and what it refers to .This is the _ view concerning the study of meaning.A. naming theory B. conceptualistC. contextualist D. behavioristA5. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc. , in terms of _.A. manner of articulation B. openness of mouthC. place of articulati

26、on D. voicingA6. According to Chomsky, is the ideal user internalized knowledge of his language.A. competence B. paroleC. performance D. langueA7. _ is not a suprasegmental feature.A. Aspiration B. IntonationC. Stress D. ToneA8 _ is a phenomenon that L2 learners subconsciously use their L1language i

27、n their learning process.C. InterferenceD. CooperativeC9. _ are affixes added to an existing form to create a new word, e.g. in-,-er.A. inflectional morphemeC. derivational morphemeB. free morphemeD. rootB10. Writing is the secondary language form based onA.soundB. speechC. gestureD. signC1.covers t

28、he study of language use in relation to context, and in particular the study of linguisticcommunication.A. SemanticsB. SociolinguisticsC. PragmaticsD. LinguisticsA2. Morphemes that represent tense” “number; gender, case, and so on are calledmorphemes.A. inflectionalB. freeC. boundD. derivationalC3.

29、Which of the following is not a compound word?A. clearwayB. rainbowC. scarcityD. withoutA4. The fact that ability to speak a language is transmitted from generation to generation by process of learning,and not genetically is referred to asA. culture transmissionB. performanceC. competenceD. acquisit

30、ionC5.is the language of Angles, Saxons and Jutes who invaded Britain after AD 450.A. Old NorseB. CleticC. Old EnglishD. Middle EnglishC6. A group of two or more consonants together in a syllable is called a (n)A. arresting clusterB. releasing clusterD. syllableC7. The semantic features of the word

31、woman can be expressed asC. consonant clusterA. +ANIMATE, - HUMAN, +ADULT, +MALEB. + ANIMATE, + HUMAN, - ADULT, + MALEC. + ANIMATE, + HUMAN, + ADULT, - MALED. + ANIMATE, - HUMAN, - ADULT, - MALEA8.is to refer to an auxiliary language used to enable routine communication to take place between groupsof people who speak different native languages.A. Lingua francaB. DialectC. PidginD. Ethnic dialectA9.is the study of the relationship between brain and language, includi