语言学概论作业习题

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1、语言学概论课外单元练习（1）Language1.Statethenatureoflanguagebrieflywithexamples.2.Whyisitsaidthatthelanguagesystemisuniquetohumanbeings?3.Whatarethecharacteristicsofhumanlanguage?4.Whatarethesocialfunctionsoflanguage?5.Doanimalsotherthanhumanshavetheirownlanguages?6.Exemplifyhowanimalscommunicatewi

2、theachother.7.Canlanguagebeviewedonlyasasystemofcommunication?Whynot?8.Howdidlanguagecomeintobeing?Whatistherelationshipbetweentheoriginoflanguageandtheoriginofhumanbeings?9.Rewriteeachofthefollowinglistsofwordsintonaturalorder.（1）Five/the/fresh/potatoes（2）Pretty/American/girls/thetwo（3

3、）Airlines/brand/France-made/new/thetwo（4）Fashions/Chinese/the/latest/three（5）Beginning/hardworking/two/the/workers10.Fillintheblankswiththeproperwords.（1）_______functionmeanslanguagecanbeusedto“do”things.（2）_______functionmeanstheuseoflanguagetorevealsomethingaboutthefeelingsandattitude

4、softhespeaker.（3）Mostimperativesentencesareassociatedwith_______function.（4）Thesentence“What’sitlike?”shows______function.（5）Greetingsshows_______function.（6）“Wearemostgratefulforthis.”shows______function.（7）Propagandashows________function.（8）________referstocontextsremovedfromtheimmedi

5、ateofthespeaker.（9）For________,referenceisnottheonly,noteventheprimarygoalofcommunication.（10）Halliday’smetafunctionsinclude________,___________,_____________.（11）Linguisticsshouldincludeatleastfiveparameters:___________________________________________________________.11.Saythefollowing

6、aretrueorfalse.Ifitisfalsecorrectit（1）Languagedistinguishesusfromanimalsbecauseitisfarmoresophisticatedthananyanimalscommunicationsystem.（2）Thereisnotacertaindegreeofcorrespondencebetweenthesequenceofclausesandtheactualhappenings.（3）Thetheoriesdiscussedinthetextbookabouttheoriginsoflang

7、uagearenotatmostaspeculation.（4）Thedefinition,“Languageisatoolforhumancommunication.”hasnoproblem.（5）Thedefinition,“languageisasetofrules”,tellsnothingaboutitsfunctions.（6）Hall,likeSapir,treatslanguageasapurelyhumaninstitution.（7）Chomsky’sdefinitionaboutlanguageisthesameasSapir