全国2014年4月00830现代语言学自考试题

1、绝密考试结束前全国 2014 年 4 月高等教育自学考试 现代语言学试题 课程代码： 00830 请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。选择题部分注意事项：1答题前，考生务必将自己的考试课程名称、姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或 钢笔填写在答题纸规定的位置上。2每小题选出答案后，用2 B 铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试题卷上。I . Directions: Read each of the following statements carefully. Decide which one of the four cho

2、ices best completes the statement and blacken the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (2%X10=20%)1. The fact that different sounds are used to refer to the same object in different languages well illustrates the nature of language.A. culturalB. dualC. productiveD. arbitrary2. In E

3、nglish the two sounds p and p h are .A. a minimal pairB. allophonesC. two phonemesD. in phonemic contrast3. The word “ decentralizceontai”ns morphemes.A. 3B. 4C. 5D. 64. A sentence contains two clauses joined by a linking word, such as “and,”“but,”“or.”A. simpleB. complicatedC. coordinateD. complex5

4、. The sentence “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously ” is a typical example of violation ofA. speech act theoryC. selectional restrictionsB. principles of conversationD. grammatical rules6. The illocutionary point of the is to commit the speaker to something 's being the case,to the truth of wh

5、at has been said.A. expressivesB. commissivesC. declarativesD. representatives7. separated the period of Middle English from that of Modern English.A. The revival of Latin as a literary languageB. Shakespeare's plays and Milton 's poemsC. European military invasionD. European renaissance mov

6、ement8. The following are the syntactic features of Black English EXCEPT .A. systematic use of “ it is ” instead of “ there is ”B. frequent absence of various forms of“ be ”C. use of double negation constructionsD. absence of subject9. has a strikingly different view from the other three on language

7、 and thought.A. PlatoB. AristotleC. WatsonD. Bloomfield10. motivation occurs when the learner desires to learn a second language as a primarymeans of communication in his or her own community.A. InstrumentalB. FunctionalD. SocialC. Integrative非选择题部分注意事项：用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔将答案写在答题纸上，不能答在试题卷上。n . Directions:

8、 Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word on theANSWER SHEET, 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% x 10=10% )11. Linguistics studies not any particular Iang

9、uage, e.g., English. Chinese, Arabic, and Latin, but itstudies l in general.12. Speech sounds can be in itially classified into two broad categories: vowels and c.13. The suffix -er in the wordtaller "is an i morpheme.14. Apart from sentences and clauses, a syn tactic category usually refers to

10、 a word or a phrase thatperforms a particular gfunction.15. In terms of componential analysis, the meaning of a word can be dissected into meaningcomp onen ts, called sfeatures.16. The u meaning of a sentence varies with the con text i n which it is said.17. In general, linguistic change in the soun

11、d system and the v of a Ianguage is moreno ticeable tha n that in other systems of the grammar18. The non-prestige variety in diglossia is called the l variety.19. Language functions are believed to be lateralized primarily in the l hemisphere of thebrai n.20. In children ' prelinguistic stage,

12、the first recognizable sounds are described as c, withvelar consonants such as /k/ and high vowels such as /u/ usually prese nt.川.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 for each statement. If you think a stateme

13、nt is false, you must explain why you think so and then give the correct version. (2% x 10=20%)21. Human Ianguage is not only genetically transmitted, but also culturally transmitted while ani mal call systems are gen etically tran smitted.22. In broad transcription, the wordbuild "is transcrib

14、ed as bild.23. Different words have to use the same affix in order to create the same meaning cha nge.24. Lan guage is a highly structured system of com muni cati on. Sentences are both lin early and hierarchically structured.25. The meaning of a sentence is the sum total of the meanings of all its

15、comp onen ts.26. Speech act theory was originated with the British philosopher John Searle in the late 50' ofthe 20th cen tury.27. Syn tactically, the verb of a sentence in Old En glish precedes, rather tha n follows, the subject.28. The term pidgi n origi nated from the pronun ciati on of the E

16、n glish wordbus in ess" in Chin esePidgi n En glish.29. The Ianguage faculty of an average human degenerates after the critical period and consequently, most linguistic skills cannot develop.30. The rate and ultimate success in SLA only depe nd on leanners ' experie nce with optimal in put and in struct ion.IV . Directions: Explain the following terms and give examples for illustration where appropriate. (3%10=30%)31. compete nce32. phone33. stem34. simple sentence35. synonymy36. con versati onal implicature37. back-formati on38. la nguage pla nning39. the S