语言学复习试题及参考答案

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1、语言学复习试题及参考答案I.Markthechoicethatcanbestcompletethestatement(20x1)1.Whichofthefollowingisnotadesignfeatureofhumanlanguage?A.ArbitrarinessB.DisplacementC.DualityD.Meaningfulness2.AccordingtoF.deSaussure,_______referstotheabstractlinguisticsystemsharedbyallthemembersofaspeechcommun

2、ity.A.paroleB.performanceC.langueD.Language3.Theassimilationruleassimilatesonesoundtoanotherby“copying”afeatureofasequentialphoneme,thusmakingthetwophones____________.A.identicalB.sameC.exactlyalikeD.similar4.Distinctivefeaturescanbefoundrunningoverasequenceoftwoormorephonemics

3、egments.Thephonemicfeaturesthatoccurabovethelevelofthesegmentsarecalled_______.A.phoneticcomponentsB.immediateconstituentsC.suprasegmentalfeaturesD.semanticfeatures5.Themorpheme“vision”inthecommonword“television”isa(n)______.A.boundmorphemeB.boundformC.inflectionalmorphemeD.fre

4、emorpheme6.Themeaningcarriedbytheinflectionalmorphemeis_______.A.lexicalB.morphemicC.grammaticalD.semantic7.Phrasestructureruleshave____properties.A.recursiveB.grammaticalC.socialD.functional8.Thesyntacticrulesofanylanguageare____innumber.A.largeB.smallC.finiteD.infinite9.“Wesh

5、allknowawordbythecompanyitkeeps.”Thisstatementrepresents_______.A.theconceptualistviewB.contexutalismC.thenamingtheoryD.behaviourism10.“Alive”and“dead”are______________.A.gradableantonymsB.relationaloppositesC.complementaryantonymsD.Noneoftheabove11.Whatessentiallydistinguishes

6、semanticsandpragmaticsiswhetherinthestudyofmeaning_________isconsidered.A.referenceB.speechactC.practicalusageD.context12.__________istheactperformedbyorresultingfromsayingsomething;itistheconsequenceof,orthechangebroughtaboutbytheutterance.A.AlocutionaryactB.Anillocutionaryact

7、C.AperlocutionaryactD.Aperformativeact13.Languagechangeis______________.A.universal,continuousand,toalargeextent,regularandsystematicB.continuous,regular,systematic,butnotuniversalC.universal,continuous,butnotregularandsystematicD.alwaysregularandsystematic,butnotuniversalandco

8、ntinuous14.InOldandMiddleEnglish,both/k/and/n/inthewor