语言学练习题(1) 3页

第一章语言与语言学1.Thestudyof___________doesNOTformthecoreoflinguistics.A.syntaxB.pragmaticsC.morphologyD.sociolinguistics2.Ifthestudyofmeaningisconductedinthecontextoflanguageuse,abranchoflinguisticstudycalled__________comesintobeing.A.syntaxBsemanticsC.pragmaticsD.sociolinguistics3.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottheconcernofpsycholinguistics?A.Itaimstoanswersuchquestionsashowthehumanmindworkdwhenweuselanguage.B.Itfocusesonthewayofprocessingtheinformationwereceiveinthecourseofcommunication.C.Itpaysmoreattentiontothestudyoflanguageacquistioninchildren.D.Itrelatesthesocialnormsthatdeterminethetypeoflanguagetobeusedinacertainoccasion.4.Whichofthefollowingwordistheentirearbitraryone?A.Crash.B.BookC.Newspaper.D.Beautiful.5.Whichofthefollowingitemsisnotadesignfeatureofhumanlanguage?A.CompetenceB.ArbitrarinessC.DisplacementD.Productivity.6.ThedifferencesbetweenTraditionalGrammarandModernLinguitisticsareallofthefollowingEXCEPT____________.A.descriptivevs.prescriptiveB.spokenvs.writtenC.non-Latin-basedframeworkvs.Latin-basedframeworkD.competencevs.performance7.Theterm__________linguisticsmaybedefinedasawayofreferringtotheapproachwhichstudieslanguagechangeovervariousperiodsoftimeandatvarioushistoricalstages.A.synchronicB.diachronicC.comparativeD.historicalcomparative8.Whichwordistheabsolutearbitraryone?A.Careful.B.CrackC.HandbagD.Table.9.Theapplicationoflinguisticsprinciplesandtheoriestolanguageteachingandlearningiscalled___________.A.SociolinguisticsB.PsycholinguisticsC.ComputationallinguisticsD.Appliedlinguistics10._________isregardedasthe“fatherofmodernlinguistics”?A.ChomskyB.SaussureC.HallidayD.Whorf11.Competencerefersto___________.A.Knowledgeofmeaningofwordsandsentence.B.theactualrealizationofthelanguageuser’sknowledgeoftherulesinutterances.C.theideallanguageuser’sknowledgeoftherulesofhislanguage.D.whatspeakerscanactuallydowithlanguage.12.Thesubjectareaonthebordersoflinguisticsandliteraturehasbecomeknownas\n___________.A.linguisticsstylisticsB.anthropologicallinguisticsC.neurolinguisticsD.mathematicallinguistics13.Thedistinctionbetweencompetenceandperformanceissimilartothedistinctionbetween.A.prescriptiveanddescriptiveB.synchronicanddiachronicC.speechandwritingD.langueandparole14._________answerssuchquestionsashowweasinfantsacquireourfirstlanguage.A.PsycholinguisticsB.AppliedlinguisticsC.SociolinguisticsD.Anthropologicallinguistics15.Childrencanspeakbeforetheycanreadorwriteshowsthat_________.A.languageisbasicallyvocalB.languageisarbitraryC.languageisusedforcommunicationD.languageisproductive16.___________meansthelackofalogicalconnectionbetweentheformofsomethinganditsexpressioninsounds.A.AmbiguityB.AbstractnessC.ArbitrarinessD.Fuzziness17.WhichofthefollowingstatementaboutlanguageisNOTtrue?A.Languagemeansthesystemofpronunciation,grammarandvocabulary.B.Languagemeansaparticulartypeorstyleoflanguageusedforaparticularpurpose.C.Languagereferstothecommonfeaturesofallhumanlanguage.D.Languageincludesanimalandartificialfeaturesoflanguage.18.Allhumanlanguagesareorganizedontwolevels:thesoundlevel---meaningless,thegrammaticallevel---meaningful.Thismeanslanguagehasthedesignfeatureof_________.A.creativeB.changeableC.arbitraryD.duality19.________aretwosub-branchesoflinguisticsthatstudytheunitsatthegrammaticallevel.A.MorphologyandsemanticsB.MorphologyandsyntaxC.SemanticsandsyntaxD.Morphologyandphonology20.__________dictionaryestablishedauniformstandardforEnglishspellingandworduse.A.Johnson’sB.Lowth’sC.John’sD.Firth’s21.Langue&paroleareapairofimportantdistinctionsputforwardby_________.A.SaussueB.ChomskyC.LyonsHalliday22.Languagehasthefeatureof________inthesensethatuserscanunderstandandproducesentencestheyhaveneverheardbefore.A.dualityB.productivityC.displacementD.interchangeability23.Linguisticsgivesprioritytothespokenlanguageinsteadofthewrittenlanguagebecause__________.A.vocalsoundsarederivedfromwritingsystems.B.speechprecedeswritingeverywhereintheworld.\nC.wehaverecordingdevicestostudyspeech.D.spokenlanguageprecedeswrittenlanguageonlyinIndo-European24.Whomadethedistinctionbetweencompetencesandperformance?A.NoamChomsky.B.F.de.SaussureC.M.A.K.Halliday.D.L.Bloomfield25.N.Chomskyisagreat___________linguist.A.SwissB.FrenchC.CanadianD.American