linguistics[1]

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1、语言学导论课外补充练习（1）language1.Statethenatureoflanguagebrieflywithexamples.2.Whyisitsaidthatthelanguagesystemisuniquetohumanbeings?3.Whatarethecharacteristicsofhumanlanguage?4.Whatarethesocialfunctionsoflanguage?5.Doanimalsotherthanhumanshavetheirownlanguages?

2、6.Exemplifyhowanimalscommunicatewitheachother.7.Canlanguagebeviewedonlyasasystemofcommunication?Whynot?8.Howdidlanguagecomeintobeing?Whatistherelationshipbetweentheoriginoflanguageandtheoriginofhumanbeings?9.Rewriteeachofthefollowinglistsofwordsintonatu

3、ralorder.（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.Fillintheblankswiththeproperwords.（1）_______functionmeanslanguagecan

4、beusedto“do”things.（2）_______functionmeanstheuseoflanguagetorevealsomethingaboutthefeelingsandattitudesofthespeaker.（3）Mostimperativesentencesareassociatedwith_______function.（4）Thesentence“What’sitlike?”shows______function.（5）Greetingsshows_______funct

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

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

7、sfarmoresophisticatedthananyanimalscommunicationsystem.（2）Thereisnotacertaindegreeofcorrespondencebetweenthesequenceofclausesandtheactualhappenings.（3）Thetheoriesdiscussedinthetextbookabouttheoriginsoflanguagearenotatmostaspeculation.（4）Thedefinition,“L

8、anguageisatoolforhumancommunication.”hasnoproblem.（5）Thedefinition,“languageisasetofrules”,tellsnothingaboutitsfunctions.（6）Hall,likeSapir,treatslanguageasapurelyhumaninstitution.（7）Chomsky’sdefinitionaboutlanguageisthesameasSapi