语言学课外单元补充习题及答案4

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1、语言学课外单元补充习题及答案编写说明本练习是基于《英语语言学》课程而设置，通过教师讲解、学生自学与练习，加深学生对人类语言的理性认识，初步具备运用理论解释语言现象、解决具体语言问题的能力，从而提高学生的语言素养和学习语言的能力，为以后工作和科研奠定基础。为此，我们特编写本练习的答案，仅供参考。17语言学导论课外补充练习（1）Language1.Statethenatureoflanguagebrieflywithexamples.2.Whyisitsaidthatthelanguagesystemisuniquetohumanbeings?3.Whatarethec

2、haracteristicsofhumanlanguage?4.Whatarethesocialfunctionsoflanguage?5.Doanimalsotherthanhumanshavetheirownlanguages?6.Exemplifyhowanimalscommunicatewitheachother.7.Canlanguagebeviewedonlyasasystemofcommunication?Whynot?8.Howdidlanguagecomeintobeing?Whatistherelationshipbetweentheorigin

3、oflanguageandtheoriginofhumanbeings?9.Rewriteeachofthefollowinglistsofwordsintonaturalorder.（1）Five/the/fresh/potatoes（2）Pretty/American/girls/thetwo（3）Airlines/brand/France-made/new/thetwo（4）Fashions/Chinese/the/latest/three（5）Beginning/hardworking/two/the/workers10.Fillintheblankswit

4、htheproperwords.（1）_______functionmeanslanguagecanbeusedto“do”things.（2）_______functionmeanstheuseoflanguagetorevealsomethingaboutthefeelingsandattitudesofthespeaker.（3）Mostimperativesentencesareassociatedwith_______function.（4）Thesentence“What’sitlike?”shows______function.（5）Greetings

5、shows_______function.（6）“Wearemostgratefulforthis.”shows______function.（7）Propagandashows________function.（8）________referstocontextsremovedfromtheimmediateofthespeaker.（9）For________,referenceisnottheonly,noteventheprimarygoalofcommunication.（10）Halliday’smetafunctionsinclude________,

6、___________,_____________.（11）Linguisticsshouldincludeatleastfiveparameters:___________________________________________________________..11.Saythefollowingaretrueorfalse.Ifitisfalsecorrectit（1）Languagedistinguishesusfromanimalsbecauseitisfarmoresophisticatedthananyanimalscommunications

7、ystem.（2）Thereisnotacertaindegreeofcorrespondencebetweenthesequenceofclausesandtheactualhappenings.（3）Thetheoriesdiscussedinthetextbookabouttheoriginsoflanguagearenotatmostaspeculation.（4）Thedefinition,“Languageisatoolforhumancommunication.”hasnoproblem.（5）Thedefinition,“languageisas