英语语言学期末考试试卷及答案.doc

优秀文件英语语言学期末考试论文第一部分选择题I . directions : read each of the following statements carefully . decide which one of the four choices best complets the statement and put the lelections(2% X10=20%)1.Saussure s distinction and Chomsky s are very similar，but they differ in that _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ inA.Saussure took a sociological view of language while Chomsky took a psychological point of viewB.Saussure took a psychological view of language while Chomsky took a sociological point of viewC.Saussure took a pragmatic view of language while Chomsky took a semanic point of viewD.Saussure took a structural view of language while Chomsky took a pragmatic point of view2.language is a system of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ vocal symbols used for human communication s。A.unnatural B. artificialC.superficial D. arbitrary3.we are born with the ability to acquire language，_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _。A.and the details of any language system are geneticlly transmittedB.therefore，we need n t learn the details of our mother tongueC.but the details of language have to be learnt。D.and the details are acquired by instinct4.a(n)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a photological unit of distinctive value . it is a collection of distinctive phonnitA.phone B. allophoneC.phoneed.sound5.the morphemeed in the word“worked”is a(n)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ morpheme。A.derivational B. inflectionalC.自由D. word-forming6.wh-movement is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in English which changes a sentence from affirsA.obligatory B. optionalC.selectional D. arbitrary7.naming theory，one of the olddest notions concerning meaning，was proposed by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _。A.Grice B. PlatoC.Saussure D. Ogden and Richards8. John married a blond heiiress . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ John married a blond . A.is synonyous with b . is inconsistent withC.entails D. presupposes9.in semanic analysis of a sentence，the basic unit is called _ _ _ _ _ _，which is the abstraction of the meaning of a sentenceA.utterance B. referenceC.predication D. morpheme10.in Austins speech act theory，_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the act of expressing the speaker sit is the act performed in saying something。A.a perlocutionary act b . a locution ary actC.a const ative act d . an illocutionary act第二部分不是选择题。二.directions 3360 fill in The blank in each of The following statements with one word，The first letter of which is already given as a clee .note that you are to fill in one word only，and you are not allowed to change the letter given。(1=10%)11.p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ relates the study of language to psychology。it aims to answer such questions as how the human mind works when people use language。12.a d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ study of language is a historical study；it stuies the historical development of language over a period of time。13.language is a system，which conists of two sets of structures，or two levels。at the lower level，there is a structure of meaningless sounds，Which can be combined into a large number of meaning ful units at the higher levelthis design feature is called d d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _。14.the articulatory apparatus of a human being is contained in three important areas : the pharyngeal cavity，the o _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _15.the localization of cognitive and percepual functions in a particular hemmisphere of the brain is called l _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _。16.s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ features such as stress，tone and into nation can influence tture17.phrase structure rules是generate an infinity number of sentences，and sentences with infinity length，due to their _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _18.h _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ refers to the phenom on that words having different meanings are ire19.some important missions of historical linguists are to identify And classify families of related languages in a genealogical family tree，And to20.in socio linguistics，speakers are treated as members of social groups。the social group isolated for any given study is called the speech c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _。三.directions : judge whether each of the following statements is true or false。put a t for true or f for false in the brackets in front of each statement .(2=20%)()21。linguists believe that whatever occurs in the language people use should be described and analyzed in their investigation。()22。language is arbitrary in the sense that there is no intrinsic connection between words and what these words actually refer to .()23。the conclusions wereach about the phonology of one language can be generalized into the study of another language。()24。the meaning-distinctive function of the tone is especally important in English because English，unlink Chinese，is a typical tone lanning()25。the syntactic rules of any language are finite in number，and yet there is no limit to the number of sentences native speakers of that language are are()26。when we think of a concept，we actually try to see the image of something in ourmind s eye every time we come across a linguistic symbol。()27。all utternces can be restored to complete sentences。for example，“好建模！