2015 语言学导论练习题.docx

Multiple Choices1) Which of the following has an inflectional morpheme in it?A. singerB. brokenC. review2) Which of the following ends with a velar?A. picnicB. cageC. laugh 3) Which of the following is not a minimal pair?A. letter/laterB. gin/fineC. rail/reign4) Which of the following violates English phonotactic constraints?A. vusatkB. spredC. krust5) The communication system of honey bees clearly shows_. A. productivity B. reciprocalityC. displacement6) What semantic role is represented by the underlined item in the sentence John baked Mary a cake?A. themeB. goalC. experiencer7) Which of the following expressions would not be generated by this phrase structure rule: NPDet (Adj) N?A. the rusty carB. a screwdriverC. flying planes8) In the following examples, choose the one in which the bracketed sequence contains a constituent. A. The boy raced into the schoolyard. B. Mo and Monica tried to convince Jack to resign.C. I doubt tomorrow will be sunny. 9) What is the characteristic of human language that allows mankind to talk about the past, present and future?A. displacement B. arbitrarinessC. discretenessD. productivity 10) Which area of linguistics analyzes the structure of word forms?A. semanticsB. morphologyC. etymologyD. pragmatics 11) Which of the following words is a blending?A. horizonB. illegalC. motelD. happiness12) How many morphemes are included in the word illustrated?A. 5B. 4C. 3D. 213) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of language?A. Some languages are more primitive than others. B. Some languages do not have a sound system. C. Some languages do not have a written system. D. Like everything else, language changes through time. 14) Which of the following is an inflectional morpheme?A. izeB. im-C. sD. ful15) Which of the following is an abbreviated word?A. WHOB. brunch C. proD. textbook16) The word “rewrote” contains _ morphemes. A. 1B. 2C. 3D. 417) Which of the following sentences is ambiguous?A. He is my boss. B. Fine for parking.C. The dog is running. D. Winter is coming. 18) In “The key opened the door.” “key” is the _. A. themeB. goalC. agentD. instrument 19) In English, no more than _ sequential consonants can occur at the onset of a word. A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five20) The word “lovable” has _ bound morpheme(s). A. 0B. 1C. 2D. 321) Consider the English word “sales” as in “We must promote sales.” The final “s” is_. A. a morphemeB. a bound morphemeC. an inflectional bound morphemeD. all of the above22) Which of the following does not belong to an “open class”?A. exampleB. veryC. weD. too23) Which of the following ends with a +palatal, -voiced segment?A. garageB. watchC. sheD. vice24) The word “retroaction” contains _ morphemes. A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 525) What does the rhyme (or rime) consist of in the phonological analysis of a word?A. the syllablesB. the vowel and the consonantC. the null and the onsetD. the nucleus and the coda26) Which of the following underlined sounds is different from the others in place of articulation?A. nakedB. lateralC. strandedD. initial27) In relation to animal, the term tiger is _. A. a hyponym B. a synonymC. an antonymD. a hypemym 28) Which of the following best describes the final sound in the word “laugh”?A. voiced velar fricativeB. voiceless glottal fricativeC. voiced aspirated velar stopD. voiceless labiodental fricative 29) Voicing as a quality of speech sounds is caused by the vibration of _. A. the velumB. the vocal cordsC. the glottisD. the uvula30) Syntactic movement is dictated by rules traditionally called _. A. phrase structure rulesB. syntactic rulesC. lexical rulesD. transformational rules31) Below are the two groups of sentences based on ditransitive verbs:The boy wrote the senator a letter. / The boy wrote a letter to the senator. A philanthropist gave the animal rights movement $1 million. / The philanthropist gave $1 million to the animal