专八人文_语言学题集

专八人文 语言学部分题集 C1. Which of the following feature is NOT one of the design features of language? a. Language is a system, b. Language is symbolic. c. Animal also have language, d. Language is arbitrary. a2. The fact that different languages have different words for the same object is good proof that human language is . a. arbitrary b. non-arbitrary c. logical d. non-productive a3. Which of the following terms best describes the “-ate“ in the word “affectionate“? a. Derivational morpheme, b. Inflectional morpheme. c. Free morpheme, d. Prefix. a4. Which of the following teerms best describes the pair of words kill and dill? a. Minimal pair. b. A phonemic contrast. c. Closed class words, d. Bound morphemes. c5. What is the basic lexical relation between piece and peace? a. Synonymy. b. Antonymy. c. Homonymy. d. Polysemy. c6. /p/ is different from /b/ in . a. the manner of articulation b. the shape of the lips. c. the vibration of the vocal cords. d. the place of articulation. c7. Of all the speech organs, the is/are the most flexible. a. mouth b. lips c. tongue d. vocal cords c8. The phonological features, the consonant /t/ are . a. voiced stop b. voiceless stop c. voiced fricative d. voiceless fricative b9. The branch of linguistics that studies show context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called . a. semantics b. pragmatics c. sociolinguistics d. psycholinguistics b10. The utterance “We ve abeady eaten ten tons. “ Obviously violates the maxim of . a. quality b. quantity c. relation d. manner a11. All the back vowels in English are pronounced with rounded-lips, i. e. rounded, Except . a./a:/ b./u/ c./3: / d./u/ b12. The semantic relationship between the two sentences “Mary s son is an engineer“ and “Mary has a son“ is . a. entailment b. presupposition c. synonymy d. inconsistency d13. Which of the following sentences is a commissive? a. The earth is round. b. I now pronounce you husband and wife. c. I m really sorry ! d. I 11 be here tomorrow. a14. Semantic feature analysis attempts to account for the of a word according to the presence or absence of a specific semantic feature in the word. a. conceptual meaning b. social meaning c. connotative meaning d. affective meaning c15. act is the extra meaning of the utterance produced on the basis of its literal meaning. a. Speech b. Locutionary c. Illocutionary d. Perlocutionary a16. is a group of people using a given language or dialect. They use the same kind of language or dialect which is highly stratified in terms of social division. a. Speech community b. Individual dialect c. Regional dialect d. Social dialect a17. The situation where two very different varieties of the same language are used side by side for two different sets of functions is termed as a. diglossia b. bilingualism c. muhilingualism d. register a18. A is a variety of a language that is not a native language of anyone, but is learned on contact situation such as trading. a. pidgin b. creole c. dialect d. lingua franca c19. The word “lab“ is formed through a. back formation b. blending c. clipping d. derivation d20. Which of the following items is not one of the grammatical categories of English pronouns ? a. Gender b. Number c. Case d. Voice b21. The pair of words “lend“ and “borrow“ are a. gradable opposites b. converse opposites c. co-hypinyms d. synonyms b22. “Big“ and “Small“ are a pair of opposites. a. complementary b. gradable c. complete d. converse b23. is the study of how speakers of a language use sentences to effect successful communication. a. Semantics b. Pragmatics c. Sociolinguistics d. Psycholinguistics a24. A variety of a language used recognizably in a specific region or by a specific social class is called a a. dialect b. registers c. creoles d. pidgins b25. In a speech community people have something in common -a language or a particular variety of language and rules for using it. a. socially b. linguistically c. culturally d. pragmaticlly a26. 1 and r function in a minimal pair of a. lid and rid b. lad and red c. peel and pear d. Both a, b and c. c27. Man s linguistic ability enables him to produce and understand an infinitely large number of sentences in his native language, including the sentences which were never heard before. This design feature of language is . a. specialization b. cultural transmission c. productivity d. arbitrariness b28. The study of language development over a period of time is generally termed as linguistics, which focuses on the changes and developments of language. a. comparative b. applied c. synchronic d. diachronic d29. Human language operates on two levels of structure. At on elevel are elements which have no meaning in themselves but which combine to form units at another level which do have meaning. This design feature of language is called a. displacement b. duality c. arbitrariness d. interchangeability a30. If three consonants could cluster together at the beginning of a word, the first phoneme must be a. s b.t c.1 d.p c31. A is the smallest meaningful phonetic segment of an utterance on the level of parole. a. morpheme b. phone c. phoneme d. morph c32. There are different types of affixes or morphemes. The affix “ed“ in the word learned is known as a (n) . a. derivational morpheme b. free morpheme c. inflectional morpheme d. free form b33. is a sub-field of linguistics that studies the sentence structure of language. a. Morphology b. Syntax c. Semantics d. Pragmatics a34. The concept of the minimal pair is proposed for identifying . a. phonemes b. allophones c. morphemes d. allomorphs c35. In the following conversation: A: Beirut is in Peru, isn t it? B: And Rome is in Romania, 1 suppose. B violates the a. Quality Maxim b. Quantity Maxim c. Relation Maxim d. Manner Maxim b36. The semantic relationship between flower and rose is a. hyponyms b. hyponymy c. co-hymonyms d. superodinate c37. The word “ unhappiness“ has morphemes. a. one b. two c. three d. four a38. Which of the following sound is diphthong? a. ai b. t c. dv d. A c39. “Hot dog“ with the first element stressed means . a. a dog which is not b. a barking dog c. a kind of food d. a dead dog b40. The plural affix in the word table is a(n) . a. inflectional suffix b. derivational suffix c. free morpheme d. root c41. In first language acquisition children usually grammatical rules from the linguist information they hear. a. use b. accept c. generalize d. reconstruct d42. According to Krashen, refers to the gradual and subconscious