Chapter 1 Language

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1、Chapter1Language1.DefinetheFollowingTerms.1).discreteness2).designfeature3).arbitrariness4).duality5).displacement6).culturaltransmission7).theimaginativefunctionoflanguage8).thepersonalfunctionoflanguage9).theheuristicfunction10).languag11).interchangeab

2、ility12).productivity13).symbol2.MultipleChoice.1).Whichofthefollowingwordsisentirelyarbitrary?A.treeB.crashC.typewriterD.bang2).Thefunctiongofthesentence“Waterboilsat100degreeCentigrade”is________.A.interrogativeB.directiveC.informativeD.performative3).I

3、nChinesewhensomeonebreaksaboweloraplatethehostorthepeoplepresentarelikelytosaysuisuipingan(everyyearbesafeandhappy)asameansofcontrollingtheforceswhichthebelieversfeelmightaffecttheirlives.Whichfunctiondoesitperform?A.InterpersonalB.EmotiveC.PerformativeD.

4、Recreational4).Whichofthefollowingpropertiesoflanguageenableslanguageuserstoovercomethebarrierscausedbytimeandplace,duetothisfeatureoflanguage,speakersofalanguagearefreetotalkaboutanythinginanysituation?A.InterchangeabilityB.DualityC.DisplacementD.Arbitra

5、riness5).Studythefollowingdialogue.Whatfunctiondoesitplayaccordingtothefunctionsoflanguage?---Aniceday,isn’tit?---Right!Ireallyenjoythesunlight.A.EmotiveB.PhaticC.PeformativeD.Interpersonal6).Unlikeanimalcommunicationsystem.Humanlanguageis_________.A.stim

6、ulusfreeB.stimulusboundC.underimmediatestimuluscontrolD.stimulatedbysomeoccurrenceofcommunalinterest7).Whichofthefollowingisthemostimportantfunctionoflanguage?A.InterpersonalfunctionB.PerformativefunctionC.InformativefunctionD.Recreationalfunction8).Indif

7、ferentlanguages,differenttermsareusedtoexpresstheanimal“狗”,thisshowsthenatureof_______ofhumanlanguage.A.arbitrarinessB.culturaltransmissionC.displacementD.discreteness9).Whichofthefollowingdisciplinesarerelatedtoappliedlinguistics?A.statisticsB.psycholing

8、uisticsC.physicsD.philosophy10)._______hasbeenwidelyacceptedasthefatherofmodernlinfuistics.A.ChomskyB.SaussureC.BloomfieldD.JohnLyons3.WordCompletion.1).Designfeatures,aframeworkproposedbytheAmericanlinguistCharlesH