英语语言学概论试卷试题

1、2013-2014学年第2学期期末考试（B）卷 课程名称 英语语言学概论 任课教师签名 程建山 出题教师签名 程建山 审题教师签名 王婉华考试方式 （闭）卷 适用专业 2011级英语专业 考试时间 （120）分钟题号IIIIIIIVV总分得分评卷人I. Directions: Read each of the following statements carefully. Decide which one of the four choices best completes the statement and blacken the corresponding letter A, B, C o

2、r D on the ANSWER SHEET. (2%×10=20%)1. According to Saussure, _ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community, the set of conventions and rules which language users all have to abide by.A. language B. langueC. parole D. competence2. Vowels can be class

3、ified in terms of each of the following ways EXCEPT _.A. position of the tongue B. openness of the mouthC. manner of articulation D. shape of the lips3. In terms of manner of articulation, the English consonants s and z are classified as _.A. liquidsB. affricatesC. stopsD. fricatives4. There are _ m

4、orphemes in the word “frightening.”A. 2 B. 3C. 4 D. 55. Semantically, the sentence “I regret stepping on your book” _ the sentence “I stepped on your book.”A. presupposes B. entailsC. contradicts D. is synonymous with6. According to John Austins speech act theory, a(n) _ act is the act performed by

5、saying something.A. prelocutionary B. locutionaryC. illocutionary D. perlocutionary7. All the following words EXCEPT _ are the examples which can be used to illustrate semantic narrowing.A. aunt B. wifeC. hound D. fowl8. In many cultures, words relating to sex, sex organs, and natural bodily functio

6、ns make up a larger part of _ vocabulary.A. gender B. euphemismC. slang D. taboo9. Speaker A: Im out of petrol.Speaker B: Theres a garage round the corner.Speaker B is violating the maxim of _.A. quantity B. qualityC. relation D. manner10. A typical example of a _ community is an ethnic ghetto where

7、 most, if not all, of its inhabitants are either immigrants or children of immigrants.A. diglossic B. bilingualC. pidginized D. creolizedII. Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fil

8、l in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given. (1%×10=10%)11. Cultural t refers to the fact that the details of the linguistic system must be learned anew by each speaker, and they are not simply biologically passed on from generation to generation.12. The phonemic feat

9、ures that occur above the level of the segments are called s features, which are the phonological properties of such units as the syllable, the word, and the sentence.13. D affixes are added to an existing form to create a word. This is a very common way to create new words in English.14. A c senten

10、ce contains two or more clauses, one of which is incorporated into the other.15. If we say “The baby is crying,” we must be talking about a certain baby crying in a certain situation; the word “baby” means a baby known to both the speaker and the hearer, which is the r of the word “baby” in this par

11、ticular situation.16. The relationship between the words in such pairs as “buy” and “by,” “stationary” and“stationery” can be labeled as h_.17. In an a process, successive sounds are made identical, or more similar, to one another in terms of place or manner of articulation, or of haplology.18. In s

12、ociolinguistic studies, a pidginized dialect may expand and eventually become the native language of a certain population, which is known as c .19. A linguistic t _ refers to a word or expression that is prohibited by the “polite” society from general use.20. Speech v_ refers to any distinguishable

13、form of speech used by a speaker or group of speakers.III. Directions: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false on the Answer Sheet. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and then give the correct version. (2%

14、5;10=20%)21. Speech and writing are the two major media of communication. In linguistic evolution, however, speech is prior to writing, therefore, the spoken language rather than the written should be given priority in modern linguistics.22. There are two ways now available to transcribe speech soun

15、ds: broad transcription and narrow transcription, of which the really required and used by popular textbook and dictionary writers is the latter.23. Prefixes are added to the beginning of stems; they modify the meaning of the stem, but do not change the part of speech of the original word.24. Compou

16、nds have different stress patterns from non-compounded word sequences. In general, the stress of a compound always falls on the second word, while the first word receives secondary stress.25. Sentence is usually conceived as the largest unit of grammar. Normally, a sentence contains at least a subje

17、ct and a finite verb or a verb phrase as its predicate.26. The pair of words, “husband” and “wife,” are complementary antonyms.27. One linguistic symbol can have different references while bearing the same sense. There are also occasions, though less frequent, when linguistic forms with the same ref

18、erence might differ in sense.28. Contextualism is based on the presumption that one can derive meaning from or reduce meaning to observable contexts.29. What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is whether in the study of meaning the context of use is considered.30. The most distinguis

19、hable linguistic feature of a regional dialect is its grammar and uses of vocabulary. Directions: Explain the following terms and give examples for illustration where appropriate. (3%×10=30%)31. arbitrariness32. parole 33. consonants34. bound morpheme 35. back-formation 36. syntax 37. sense38.

20、pragmatics 39. hyponymy40. sociolectV. Directions: Answer the following questions. (10%×2=20%)41. Draw a tree diagram of constituent structure for each of the following two sentences.(1) A boy found the book.(2) The guide suggested the tourists take a rest.42. State briefly Cooperative Principl

21、e and its four maxims and then use it to explain the following conversation: (1) A: How do you like my painting B: I dont have an eye for beauty, Im afraid. (2) He is made of iron.参考答案. Directions： Read each of the following statements carefully. Decide which one of the four choices best completes t

22、he statement. (2%×10=20%)1-5 BCDBA 6-10 BADCB II. Directions： Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given. (1%×10=10

23、%)11. transmission 12.suprasegmental 13. derivational 14. complex 15. reference 16. homonymy 17. assimilation18. Creole 19. taboo 20. variety . Directions： Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Write a “T” for true or “F” for false on the Answer Sheet. (2 % ×10=20% )2

24、1-25 TFTFT 26-30 FTTTF . Directions： Explain the following terms and give examples for illustration where appropriate. (3%×10=30%) 31.arbitrariness: there is no intrinsic connection between the word and the thing it denotes, e.g. “pen” by any other name is the thing we use to write with. 32. pa

25、role: Parole refers to the realization of langue in actual use; parole is the concrete use of the conventions and the application of the rules; parole varies from person to person, and from situation to situation.33. consonants: consonants are sounds produced by constricting or obstructing the vocal

26、 tract at some place to divert, impede or completely shut off the flow of air in the oral cavity. 34. bound morpheme: it refers to those morphemes which cannot occur alone. They must appear with at least another morpheme. 35. back-formation: It refers to an abnormal type of word-formation where a sh

27、orter word is derived by deleting an imagined affix from a longer form already in the language. 36. syntax: It refer to the study of the rules governing the way words are combined to form sentences in a language, or simply the study of the formation of sentences. 37. sense: sense is concerned with t

28、he inherent meaning of linguistic form; it is the collection of all the features of the linguistic form; it is abstract and de-contexualized. 38. pragmatics: The study of how speakers of a language use sentences to effect successful communication. 39. hyponymy: Hyponymy is a matter of class membersh

29、ip. The upper term in this sense relation, i.e. the class name, is called superordinate, and the lower term, the members, hyponyms. 40. sociolect: it is a kind of social variation of language which can reflect a persons socioeconomic, educational, occupational and ethnic background, as well as their

30、 sex and age. . Directions： Answer the following questions. (10% × 2=20%)41. Omitted. 42. Speech act theory tells us that a speaker can mean a lot more than what is said. The problem is to explain how the speaker can manager to convey more than what is said and how the hearer can understand the speakers meaning. H.P. Grice believes that there must be some mechanisms governing the production and comprehension of these utterances. He s