英语语言学各章节题目

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1、1.Introduction1.Languageisasystemofarbitraryvocalsymbolsusedforhuman__________A.contactB.communicationC.relationD.community2.Whichofthefollowingwordsisentirelyarbitrary?A.treeB.typewriterC.crashD.bang3.Whichofthefollowingpropertyoflanguageenableslanguageuserstoo

2、vercomethebarrierscausedbytimeandplace,duetothisfeatureoflanguage,speakersofalanguagearefreetotalkaboutanythinginanysituation?A.TransferabilityB.DualityC.DisplacementD.Arbitrariness4.__________referstotheactualrealizationoftheideallanguageuser’sknowledgeoftherul

3、esofhislanguageinutterances.A.PerformanceB.CompetenceC.LangueD.Parole5.__________dealswithlanguageapplicationtootherfields,particularlyeducation.A.LinguistictheoryB.PracticallinguisticsC.ComparativelinguisticsD.AppliedlinguisticsII.Decidewhetherthefollowingstate

4、mentsaretrueorfalse.6.Languageiswrittenbecausewritingistheprimarymediumforalllanguages.7.Wewereallbornwiththeabilitytoacquirelanguage,whichmeansthedetailsofanylanguagesystemcanbegeneticallytransmitted.8.Onlyhumanbeingsareabletocommunicate.9.F.deSaussure,whomadet

5、hedistinctionbetweenlangueandparoleintheearly20thcentury,wasaFrenchlinguist.10.TheconventionalnatureoflanguageisillustratedbyafamousquotationfromShakespear’splayRomeoandJuliet:“Arosebyanyothernamewouldsmellassweet”.11.Speechandwritingcameintobeingatmuchthesameti

6、meinhumanhistory.III.Fillintheblanks.12.Linguisticsisthe__________studyoflanguage.13.Modernlinguisticsis__________inthesensethatthelinguisttriestodiscoverwhatlanguageisratherthanlaydownsomerulesforpeopletoobserve.14.Onegeneralprincipleoflinguisticanalysisisthepr

7、imacyof__________overwriting.15.Thedescriptionofalanguageasitchangesthroughtimeisa__________study.16.Saussureputforwardtwoimportantconcepts.__________referstotheabstractlinguisticsystemsharedbyallmembersofaspeechcommunity.17.LinguisticpotentialissimilartoSaussur

8、e’slangueandChomsky’s__________.Explainthefollowingterms:syntaxanthropologicallinguisticsExplainHalliday'stheoryofmetafunctionsoflanguage.2.SpeechSounds1.APitchvariat