语言学练习题(附答案)-chapter-1--language

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1、ChapterOneLanguage1.Definethefollowingterms1)discreteness2)designfeatures3)arbitrariness4)duality5)displacement6)culturaltransmission7)theimaginativefunctionoflanguage8)thepersonalfunctionoflanguage9)theheuristicfunctionoflanguage10)language2.MultipleCh

2、oiceDirections:Ineachquestiontherearefourchoices.Decidewhichonewouldbethebestanswertothequestionortocompletethesentencebest.1)Whichofthefollowingwordsisentirelyarbitrary?A.treeB.crashC.typewriterD.bang2)Thefunctionofthesentence“Waterboilsat100degreesCen

3、tigrade”is________.A.interrogativeB.directiveC.informativeD.performative3)InChinesewhensomeonebreaksabowloraplatethehostorthepeoplepresentarelikelytosaysuisuipingan(everyyearbesafeandhappy)asameansofcontrollingtheforceswhichthebelieversfeelmightaffectth

4、eirlives.Whichfunctiondoesitperform?A.Interpersonal.B.Emotive.CPerformative.D.Recreational.4)Whichofthefollowingpropertiesoflanguageenableslanguageuserstoovercomethebarrierscausedbytimeandplace,duetothisfeatureoflanguage,speakersofalanguagearefreetotalk

5、aboutanythinginanysituation?A.interchangeability.B.Duality.C.Displacement.D.Arbitrariness.5)Studythefollowingdialogue.Whatfunctiondoesitplayaccordingtothefunctionsoflanguage?—Aniceday,isn’tit?—Right!Ireallyenjoythesunlight.A.EmotiveB.Phatic.C.Peformativ

6、e.D.Interpersonal.6)Unlikeanimalcommunicationsystems,humanlanguageis.A.stimulusfreeB.stimulusboundC.underimmediatestimuluscontrolD.stimulatedbysomeoccurrenceofcommunalinterest.7)Whichofthefollowingisthemostimportantfunctionoflanguage?A.interpersonalfunc

7、tionB.performativefunctionC.informativefunctionD.recreationalfunction8)Indifferentlanguages,differenttermsareusedtoexpresstheanimal“狗”,thisshowsthenatureof---ofhumanlanguage.AarbitrarinessBculturaltransmissionCdisplacementDdiscreteness9)Whichofthefollow

8、ingdisciplinesarerelatedtoappliedlinguistics?A.statisticsB.psycholinguisticsC.physicsD.philosophy10)hasbeenwidelyacceptedasthefatherofmodemlinguistics.A.ChomskyB.SaussureC.BloomfieldD.JohnLyons3.WordCompletionDirections:Fillinthe