英语语言学试题(8)

1、英语语言学试题（8）第一部分选择题一、单项选择题(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)在每小题列出的四个选项中只有一个选项是符合题目要求的，请将正确选项前的字母填在题后的括号内。1.The famous quotation from Shakespeares play “Romeo and Juliet” A rose by any other name would smell as sweet well illustrates _.( )A.the conventional nature of languageB.the creative nature of language C.the

2、 universality of languageD.the big difference between human language and animal communication 2.Of the following sound combinations, only _ is permissible according to the sequential rules in English.( )A.kibl B.bkil C.ilkb D.ilbk3.The sentence that has a NP and a VP can be shown in a _ formula SNP

3、VP.( )A.hierarchical B.linear C.tree diagramD.vertical4.It is the _ on Case assignment that states that a Case assignor and a Case recipient should stay adjacent to each other.( )A.Case Condition B.parameter C.Adjacent Condition D.Adjacent Parameter5.Predication analysis is a way to analyze _ meanin

4、g.A.phoneme B.word C.phrase D.sentence6.According to Searle,those illocutionary acts whose point is to commit the speaker to some future course of action are called _.( )A.commisives B.directives C.expressives D.declaratives7.The term _ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approac

5、h which studies language change over various periods of time and at various historical stages.A.synchronic B.diachronic C.comparative D.historical comparative8.The way in which people address each other depends on their age, sex, social group, and personal relationship. The English system of address

6、 forms frequently used includes first name, last name, title+last name, _,and kin term.A.title+first name B.title+titleC.title alone D.first name+last name+title9.Language and thought may be viewed as two independent circles overlappingin some parts. When language and thought are identical or closel

7、y parallel to each other, we may regard thought as subvocal speech, and speech as _.( )A.vocal thought B.subvocal thoughtC.covert thought D.overt thought10.Whcih of the following best states the behaviorist view of child language acquisition?_.( )A.Language acquisition is a process of habit formatio

8、nB.Language acquisition is the species-specific property of human beingsC.Children are born with an innate ability to acquire languageD.Humans are equipped with the neural prerequisites for language and language use第二部分非选择题二、填空题(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分。)11.In the course of time,the study of language has

9、 come to establish close links with other branches of s_ studies, such as sociology and psychology.12.Clear 1 and darkare allophones of the same one phoneme /1/.They never take the same position in sound combinations, thus they are said to be inc_ distribution.13.A r_ is often seen as part of a word

10、, but it can never stand by itself although it bears clear, definite meaning.14.A c_ sentence contains two or more clauses, one of which is incorporated in the other.15.That the denial of one member of two words implies the assertion of the other is the characteristic of c_ antonyms.16.While the mea

11、ning of a sentence is abstract and decontextualized, that of an u_ is concrete and context-dependent.17.Phonological rules may move phonemes from one place in the string to another. For example, Modern English verb ask was Old English askian,with the /k/preceding the/s/.Sound change as a result of s

12、ound movement is known as m_.18.In many societies of the world, we find a large number of people who speak more than one language. As a characteristic of societies, b_ inevitably results from the coming into contact of people with different cultures and different languages.19.The brains neurological

13、 specialization for language is called linguistic I _, which is specific to human beings.20.In order to acquire a second language, learners will subconsciously use their first language knowledge in learning a second language. This is know as language t_.三、判断说明题(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分。)判断下列各题正误，正者在括号内写“

14、T”，误者在括号内写“F”，并说明理由。21.In the history of any language the writing system always came into being before the spoken form.22.In English, long vowels are also tense vowels because when we pronounce a long vowel such as/i:/,the larynx is in a state of tension.23.A compound is the combination of only two

15、words.24.“The student” in the sentence “The student liked the linguistic lecture.”,and “The linguistic lecture” in the sentence “The linguistic lecture liked the student.”belong to the same syntactic category.25.Linguistic forms having the same sense may have different references in different situat

16、ions while linguistic forms with the same reference always have the same sense.26.An important difference between presupposition and entailment is that presupposition, unlike entailment, is not vulnerable to negation. That is to say, if a sentence is negated, the original presupposition is still tru

17、e.27.The division of Englishinto Old English, Middle English, and Modern English is nonconventional and not arbitrary.28.Language reflects sexism in society. Language itself is not sexist, just as it is not obscene; but it can connote sexist attitudes as well as attitudes about social taboos or raci

18、sm.29.If a child is deprived of linguistic environment, he or she is unlikely to learn a language successfully later on.30.When children learn to distinguish between the sounds of their language and the sounds that are not part of the language, they can acquire any sounds in their native language once their parents teach them.四、名词解释题(本大题共10小题，每小题3分，共30分。)31.cultural transmission (as a defining feature of human language)32.phonic medium of language33.voicing34.inflectional morphemes35.reference36.locutionary tolanguage38.ethnic dialect39.registers40.acculturation五