广东省高等教育自学考试英语语言学.docx

1、广东省高等教育自学考试英语语言学2011年10月广东省高等教育自学考试英语语言学问卷（课程代码06422） (20%)Fill in the following blanks with a word, whose initial letter has been given.1.The totality of linguistic varieties possessed by an individual constitutes his linguistic r_.2.I_ motivation refers to learners learning the second language for

2、 enjoyment or pleasure from learning.3.The phonetic transcription, n_ transcription ,is normally used by phoneticians to give minute and detailed descriptions of speech sounds.4.The way that new words are coined from already existing words by “subtracting ” an affix thought to be part of the old wor

3、d is called b_.5.The meaning of a word can be dissected into meaning components called semantic f_.6.In addition to social changes, one of the most pervasive sources of language change seems to be the continual process of cultural t_ across generations.7.P_ is the study of sounds used in linguistic

4、communication.8.When the vocal cords are drawn wide apart to let air go through without vibration, the sounds thus produced are v_.9.The social group that is singled out for any special study is named as the s_ community.10. According to N. Chomsky, c_ refers to the ideal user s knowledge of the rul

5、es of his language .11. P_ refers to the realization of langue in actual use.12. The notion of c_ is essential to the pragmatic study of language.13. Damage to parts of the left cortex behind the central sulcus results in a type of aphasia called f_ aphasia.14. The c_ view of meaning is based on the

6、 presumption that one can derive meaning from or reduce meaning to observable contexts.15. Lexical d_ task is a kind of experiment psycholinguistics employ to investigate lexical access.16. A theory which explicitly employs the notion “concept ”is the semantic t_ proposed by Ogden and Richards in th

7、eir book The Meaning of Meaning.17. Clear l and dark l are allophones of the same one phoneme /l/.They never take the same position in sound combinations, thus they are said to be in c_ distribution.18. Since there are often intermediate forms between the two members of an antonymous pair, so they a

8、re called g_ antonyms.19. S_ is concerned with the inherent meaning of the linguistic form.20. A t_ experiment is a technique that is used to study the determinants of sentence processing difficulty.II. Multiple choice(15%)Choose the best answer to the following items.21.Changes in a language are ch

9、anges in the grammar of the speakers of the language. This means that phonemes,_, words and grammatical rules may be borrowed , added , lost or altered.A. phrases B. sentencesC. morphemesD. utterance22. The consonant f in English can be correctly described as having the following phonetic features :

10、A. voiceless, bilabial, stopB. voiceless, labiodental, fricativeC. voiced , bilabial, stopD. voiced, labiodental, fricative study of language as a whole is often called _.A. universal linguistics B. common linguisticsC. prescriptive linguisticsD. general linguistics the phrase structurerule “SNP VP”

11、， the arrow can be read as _.A. is equal toB. consists ofC. hasD. generates illocutionary point of _is to express the psychological state specified in the utterance.A. representativesB. commissivesC. expressivesD declarations Generative Grammar was introduced by _ in 1957. motivation occurs when the

12、 learner desires to learn a second language because of the wish to identify with the target culture.A. InstrumentalB. FunctionalC. Integrative D. Social different words may have the same or similar meaning , the same word may have more than one meaning. This kind of words are called _.A. polysemic w

13、ordsB. homographsC. homonyms D. synonyms term _ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language changes over various periods of time and at various historical stages.A. synchronicB. diachronicC. comparativeD. historical comparative act theory was originated wi

14、th the British philosopher _ in the late 50s of the 20th century. the linguistic study aims to lay down rules for correct and standard behavior in using language ,it is said to be _.A. descriptiveB. prescriptiveC. synchronicD. diachronic the case of spit, the consonant p is said to be _.A. aspirated

15、B. voicedC. unaspiratedD. unprounceable the element “-es ” indicates is third person singular ,present tense ,the element “-ed ” past tense, and“-ing ”progressive aspect .Since they are the smallest units of language and meaningful ,they are also _.A. phonemesB. phonesC. allophonesD. morphemes are c

16、lassified into several kinds .This kind to which girl andlass belong is called _ synonyms.A. stylisticB. dialectalC. emotiveD. collocational a speech community People have something in common _: a language or a particular variety of language and rules for using it.B. linguisticallyC. culturallyD. pr

17、agmaticallyIII. True of false judgement (20%)36.The interactionist view holds that language develops as a result of the complex interplay between the human characteristics of the child and the environment in which the child develops .37.A creole is said to be formed when a pidgin has become the prim

18、ary language of a speech community ,and is acquired by the children of that speech community as their native language .38.Garden path sentence is an awkward sentence that misleads the speakers and takes them down the garden path to a wrong direction .39.A phoneme is the smallest linguistic unit of s

19、ound that can distinguish two words .40.Register refers to the type of utterance which is selected as appropriate to the type oftypology.41.Phonology studies the functioning of the speech sounds.42.Predication analysis was proposed by the British linguist J. Searle to analyze the meaning of utteranc

20、e .43.Specifiers have both special semantic and syntactic roles since theyhelp make more precise the meaning of the head and mark a phrase boundary.44.Different language offer people different ways of expressing the world around, they think and speak differently, this is also known as linguistic rel

21、ativity.45.Metacognitive strategiesdeal with the wayside learners interact or communicate with other speakers, native or non-native .IV. Explain the following notions briefly (25%)46.derivational morpheme47.IPA( International Phonetic Alphabet)48.cultural transmission49.Deep Structure vs. Surface Structure50.The naming theoryV. Essay question (20%)51.According to Austin ,what are the three acts a person is possibly performing while making an utterance Give an example.部分参考答案（非官方答案，但大部分正确）： C22. B24. B28. A 42. F 43. T 45. F