华中师大《语言学》试题集及答案.docx

1、华中师大语言学试题集及答案语言学试题集及答案I. Tick off the correct or the best possible answers: 1.One of the properties of language is that a language user can understand and produce sentences he/she has never heard before. This property of language is called _.A. duality B. productivity C. displacement D. arbitrarines

2、sKey: B2.The _ function refers to the fact that language can be used for establishing a favorable atmosphere or maintaining social contact rather than for exchanging information or ideas. A. phatic B. directive C. evocative D. performativeKey: A3.From a functional approach, the _ meaning of a langua

3、ge use consists of what is communicated of the feelings and attitudes of the speaker/writer.A. affective B. associative C. stylistic D. collocativeKey: A4.When ing in gangling is removed to get a verb gangle, we call this way of creating words _.A. suffixation B. back-formation C. blending D. acrony

4、myKey: B5._ refers to the process by which words rise from humble beginnings to positions of importance.A. Degradation B. Specialization C. Elevation D. ExtensionKey: C6.As we know, every speaker has his own pet words and expressions and special way of expressing his ideas in language. This language

5、 variety of individual users is called _.A. idiolect B. regional dialect C. temporal dialect D. social dialectKey: A7.When pitch, stress and length variations are tied to the sentence rather than to the word, they are collectively known as _.A. intonation B. tone C. phoneme D. sentence stressKey: A8

6、._ refers to the change of a sound as a result of the influence of an adjacent sound.A. Addition of sound B. Loss of soundC. Metathesis D. AssimilationKey: D9.Basically, all the languages in the world can be classified in terms of language family. Vietnamese and Korean are two languages in the _ fam

7、ily.A. Indo-European B. Sino-Tibetan C. Hamito-Semitic D. Malayo-PolynesianKey: B10.A _ is the minimal contrastive unit in the writing system of a language.A. morpheme B. phoneme C. grapheme D. letterKey: C11.All mono-morphemic words are constituted by free morphemes, and those poly-morphemic words

8、which consist wholly of free morphemes are called_.A. hyponyms B. compoundsC. blends D. allomorphsKey: B12.The requirement that the forms of two or more words of specific word classes which stand in specific syntactic relationship with one another shall also be characterized by the same paradigmatic

9、ally marked category or categories is called _. A. concord B. government C. recursiveness D. cohesion Key: A13. 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. acronymy D. compoundingKey: A14. The distinction of ling

10、uistic potential and actual linguistic behavior is proposed by _.A. N. Chomsky B. F. de Saussure C. M. A. Halliday D. J. Austin Key: C15. The word meaning given in the dictionary is called _ meaning.A. denotative B. connotativeC. collective D. stylistic Key: A16. When we consider the variation relat

11、ing 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. idiolect Key: A17. According to words structures, Turkish is a typical _ language.A. isolating B. fusionalC.

12、 analytic D. agglutinative Key: D18. _ 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 pairs Key: D19. The relation between “dead” and “alive” is labeled as _. A. gradability B.

13、complementarity C. hyponymy D. homonymy Key: B20. The words “encore” and “au pair ” are loanwords from _. A. French B. German C. Italian D. Spanish Key: A21. The distinction of langue and parole is proposed by_.a. N. Chomsky b. F. de Saussure c. M. A. Halliday d. J. AustinKey: b22.Which of the follo

14、wing is the exception to the feature of arbitrariness of language?a. native English words b. borrowed words c. echoic words d. one-syllable wordsKey: c23.Which of the following feature cannot be used to describe the phone s?a. voiceless b. oral c. alveolar d. lateralKey: d24.In terms of place of art

15、iculation, the two consonants f, v are _.a. dental b. alveolar c. palatal d. labiodentalKey: d25.In terms of manner of articulation, the sounds p, b, t, d, k, g are _.a. affricates b. fricatives c. bilabial d. oral stopsKey: d26.Which of the following statements about allophone is NOT correct?a. All

16、ophones are different forms of the same phonemeb. Allophones of the same phoneme are in complementary distribution.c. Allophones distinguish meaning.d. Allophones are language specific.Key: c27.Which of the following words is not a free morpheme?a. able b. pet c. change d. dustyKey: d28.How many mor

17、phemes are there in the word discharged?a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5Key: b29.Which of the following words is made up of bound morphemes only?a. happiness b. television c. ecology d. teacherKey: c30. Language is passed on from one generation to the next by teaching and learning rather than by instinct. This p

18、roperty of language is called_.a. interchangeability b. productivity c. cultural transmission d. arbitrarinessKey: c31.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

19、 nature of language C. the universality of language D. the big difference between human language and animal communicationKey: A32.Of the following sound combinations, only _ is permissible according to the sequential rules in English. A. kibl B. bkil C. ilkb D. ilbkKey: A33.The sentence that has a N

20、P and a VP can be shown in a _ formula “SNP VP”. A. hierarchical B. linear C. tree diagram D. verticalKey: B34.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. Adjacen

21、t ParameterKey: C35. Predication analysis is a way to analyze _ meaning. A. phoneme B. word C. phrase D. sentenceKey: D36. 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. de

22、clarativesKey: A37. 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 comparativeKey: B38. The way in which people address e

23、ach other depends on their age, sex, social group, and personal relationship. The English system 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+titleKey: C39. Language and th

24、ought may be viewed as two independent circles overlapping in some parts. When language and thought are 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 thoughtKey: D40.Whcih of

25、 the following best states the behaviorist view of child language acquisition? A. Language acquisition is a process 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 wi

26、th the neural prerequisites for language and language use.Key: A41. The words “kowtow” and “tea ” are loanwords from _. A. Chinese B. German C. Italian D. SpanishKey: A42. The term _ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language change over various periods o

27、f time and at various historical stages. A. synchronic B. diachronic C. comparative D. historical comparativeKey: B43. 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. acronymy D. compoundingKey: A44. According to wor

28、ds structures, Latin is a typical _ language. A. isolating B. fusional C. analytic D. agglutinativeKey: B45. The relation between “animal” and “lamb” is labeled as _. A. gradability B. complementarity C. hyponymy D. homonymyKey: C 46. One of the property of language is that there is no logical conne

29、ction between meaning and sounds. This property of language is called_. A. duality B. productivity C. displacement D. arbitrariness Key: D 47. The_ function refers to the use of language to create certain feelings in the hearer. A. phatic B. directive C. evocative D. performativeKey: A 48. The _ mea

30、ning 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. collocativeKey: D49. 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 Key: