语言学试卷(期中及南师大)

1、语言学试卷 （ 期中及南师大）语言学期中测试班级 :姓名： 学号 :I: Multiple Choice第一章 语言与语言学1、 Linguistics can be defined as the scientific study of _ 、A、 A particular languageB、 The system of a particular languageC、Human languages in generalD、The English language2、 In William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet said

2、 "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet 、 " This illustrates _ 、A 、 the arbitrary nature of languageB 、 the big difference between human language and animal communicationC、the creative nature of languageD 、 the universality of language3、 Whi

3、ch of the following features is NOT one of the design features of language?A、 Productive 、B、 Dual 、C、SymbolicD 、Arbitrary4、 Who put forward the distinction between langue and parole?A、 M 、 A 、 K、 Halliday B 、 Ferdinand de Saussure C、 Noam Chomsky D 、 Charles Hockett5、 One of the properties of langua

4、ge is that a language user can understand and produce sentenceshe/she has never heard before、 This property of language is called _ 、A、 dualityB、 arbitraryC、displacement D、Productivity6、 The function refers to the fact that language can be used for establishing a favorableatmosphere or maintaining s

5、ocial contact rather than for exchanging information or ideas 、A 、 phaticB 、 directiveC、 evocativeD、performative7、 Modern linguistics is the scientific study of language 、 Consequently, modern linguistics emphasizes the importance of language data collected from _ 、A、 newspapers and magazinesB、 writ

6、ing by the famous writersC、the language people actually speakD 、radio broadcasts8、 Language is passed on from one generation to the next through teaching and learning ratherthan by instinct 、 This property of language is called _ 、A、 interchangeabilityB、 cultural transmissionC、 productivityD 、 arbit

7、rariness9、 If a linguistic study describes and analyzes the language people actually use, it is said to beA 、 Descriptive B 、 linguisticC、prescriptive D 、 analytic linguistic10、 Which of the following statements is NOT true?A、 Language is a system、B、Animals also have language 、C、Language is symbolic

8、 、D、 Language is arbitrary 、11、 According to Noam Chomsky, which of the following is seen as the ideal users internalizedknowledge of his language?A 、 Competence、B 、Parole、C、 PerformanceD 、Langue12、 Our linguistic ability is a _ gift of the species' gene program 、A、 biologicalB 、 physicalC、scien

9、tificD、 chemical13、 The description of a language at some point in time is a _ study 、A、 diachronic B 、 prescriptiveC、descriptive D 、 synchronic14、 One of the properties of language is that there is no logical connection between meaning and sounds、 This property of language is _ 、A 、 dualityB 、 prod

10、uctivityC、displacementD、arbitrariness15、 Language can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situations of the speaker、 This is what we mean by _ 、A 、 dualityB 、 productivityC、displacement D 、 arbitrariness16、 Cultural transmission is one of the features of language 、A、 suprasegment

11、al B 、 pragmaticC、distinctiveD、 design17、 As modern linguistics aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, and not lay down rules for "correct " linguistic behavior, it is said to be _ 、A 、 descriptiveB 、 sociolinguisticC、 prescriptive D、psycholinguistic18、 Which of the

12、 following is the exception to the feature of arbitrariness of language?A 、 Native English words B 、 Borrowed wordsC、 Onomatopoeic words D 、 One-syllablewords19、 Saussure took a(n) view of language, while Chomsky looks at language from a _point of view 、A、 sociological, psychologicalB、psychological,

13、 sociologicalC、Applied, pragmaticD 、 Semantic, linguistic20、 Modern linguistics regards the written language as _ 、A 、 primaryB 、 correctC、secondary D 、 stable第二章 语音学与音系学1、 The tone, defined as variation, is an important suprasegmental feature of tone languages such as 、A、 ChineseB、 EnglishC、Chinese

14、 and English D 、 English andFrench2、 According to the places of articulation, sounds in English such as /t/, /l/ and /z/ can be labeled as ones、A、 dentalB 、 bilabialC、velarD alveolar3、 Of the following sound combinations, only is permissible according to the sequentla1rules in English 、A、kiblB、bkilC

15、 ilkbD、ilbk4、 Of all the speech organs, the is the most flexible 、A lipB 、mouthC、 vocalcord D 、tongue5、 The sounds produced without the vocal cords vibrating are sounds 、A 、 voicelessB 、 voicedC 、 vowelD、consonantal 6、 is a voiced alveolar stop 、A 、 /z /B 、 /d /C、 /k/D 、 /b/7、 The assimilation rule

16、assimilates one sound to another by "copying" a feature of a sequential phoneme, thus making the two phones 、A、 identicalB、 similarC、 exactly alikeD 、 same8、 Since /p/ and /b/ are phonetically similar, occur in the same environments and they can distinguish meaning, they are said to be 、A

17、、 in phonemic contrastB 、 in complementary distributionC、the allophonesD、 minimal pair9、 The sound /f/ is a 、A、 voiced palatal affricateB、voiced alveolar stopC、voiceless velar fricativeD 、 voiceless labiodentals fricative10、 A vowel is one that is produced with the front part of the tongue maintaini

18、ng the highestposition 、A 、 backB 、 centralC、frontD 、 middle11、 Distinctive features can be found running over a sequence of two or more phonemic segments、 The phonemic features that occur above the level of the segments are called 、A、 suprasegmental featuresB 、 immediate constituentsC、phonetic comp

19、onentsD 、 semantic features12、 A(n)is a unit that is of distinctive value 、 It is an abstract unit, a collection of distinctivephonetic features 、A、 phoneB、 soundC、 allophone D、 phoneme13、 The different phones which can represent a phoneme in different phonetic environments are called the of that ph

20、oneme 、语言学试卷 （ 期中及南师大）A、 phonesB、 soundsC、 phonemes D、 allophones14、 Which of the following statements about allophone is NOT correct?A、 Allophones are different forms of the same phoneme、B、 Allophones of the same phoneme are in complementary distribution、C、 Allophones distinguish meaningD、 Allophon

21、es are language specific、15、 When pitch, stress and length variations are tied to the sentence rather than to the word, theyare collectively known asA、 intonationstressB、 toneC、 phonemeD、 sentence16、 Which of the following is also called "semivowels ?A、 fricativesB、liquidsC、affricatesD、 glides1

22、7、 In terms of place of articulation, the two consonants /f/, /v/ are 、A、 denta1B、alveolarC、 palatalD、labiodental18、 In terms of manners of articulation, the sounds /p/, /b/, /t/,/d/, /k/,/g/ are 、A、 bilabialB、stopsC、affricatesDfricatives19、 What is your understanding of "the Adam ' s apple

23、 ?A、 Part of Adam's body、B、 The front part of larynx、C、The top of larynx >D、 A kind of apple、20、 Which of the following is NOT a velar sound?A、 /k/B、 /?/C、 /v/D、/g/第三章形态学1、 is a process of combining two or more words into one lexical unit 、A、DerivationB、BlendingC、AbbreviationD、Compounding2、 W

24、ords such as "telex " and "workfare "are created through、A、 blendingB、 compoundingC、conversion D、 affixation3、 According to the morphological analysis, the underlined part in the w ord internationali sm” should be referred to as aD、 suffixD、 Teacher、A、 rootB、 stemC、 prefix4、 Whic

25、h of the following words is made up of bound morphemes only?A、 Happiness、B、 Television> C、 Ecology >5、 Which of the following words is a derivative?A、 Able、B、Pet、C、 Dusty、Change、6、 How many morphemes are there in the wordisarmed 飞A、 2、B、 3、C、 4D、 57、 When "-ing" in "gangling&quo

26、t; is removed to get a verb "gangle", we call this way of creatingwords 、A 、suffixingB 、 compoundingC 、 back-formation D 、 acronymy8、 The phoneme "vision" in the common word“television ” is a(n) 、A 、bound morpheme B 、 bound formC 、inflectional morpheme D 、 freemorpheme9、 As is kn

27、own are often thought to be the smallest meaningful units of language 、A 、wordsB 、 sentencesC 、 phonemesD、morphemes 10、“-s” in the word "books" is 、A、a derivative affix B 、 a stemC、 an inflectional affix D 、 a root11、 The meaning carried by the inflectional morpheme is 、A 、lexicalB 、 morph

28、emic C、 grammatical D 、 semantic12、 The compound word "bookstore" is the place where books are sold 、 This indicates that the meaning of a compound 、A、is the sum total of the meaning of its componentsB 、 can always be worked out by looking at the meanings of morphemesC、is the same as the m

29、eaning of a free phraseD 、none of the above13、 Bound morphemes are those that 、A 、have to be used independentlyB 、 cannot be combined with othermorphemesC、have to be combined with other morphemes D 、 can either be free or bound14、 As one of the affixes, a prefix is 、A、below the stemB、 after the stem

30、C、before the stemD、 in the middle of the stem15、 is a branch of grammar which studies the internal structure of words and the rules bywhich words are formed 、A、syntaxB、 grammarC、 morphology D 、 morpheme16、 Which one of the following is NOT a suffix for adjectives?A、-ous 、B、 -nessC、 -alD、 -able17、 mo

31、dify the meaning of the stem, but usually do not change the part of speech of theoriginal word 、A、PrefixesB 、 SuffixesC、 RootsD、 Affixes18、 The stem of the wordi“dsengagements” is 、A 、engagement B 、 disengageC、 engageD、disengagement 19、 Which of the following words is a derivational one? A、CocktailB

32、、 ReadsC、 EstablishmentD 、 Kids20、 and can constitute a compound 、A、 A stem, an affixB、 A free morpheme; a free morphemeC、 A root, an affixD、 A prefix, a suffixII: Define the following terms2、 parole p、 43、 competence p、 54、 performance p 、 55、 synchronic study p 、 46、 diachronic study p、 47、 IPA p、

33、 178、 phonetics p、 15/229、 narrow transcription p、 1710、 phonology p、 2211、 phoneme p、 2312、 phone p、 2313、 allophone p、 2314、 assimilation rules p、 2615、 suprasegmental featuresp、 2716、 morpheme p、 3217、 morph p、 3318、 allomorph p、 3319、 free morpheme p、3320、 bound morpheme p、 3321、 inflectional mo

34、rpheme p 、 3522、 derivational morpheme p、 3523、 compounding pp、 38-3924、 conversion p 、 10025、 derivation p、 37语言学期中测试班级 :姓名： 学号 :I: Multiple Choice第一章 语言与语言学1、 Linguistics can be defined as the scientific study of _A、 A particular languageB、The system of a particular languageC、Human languages in ge

35、neralD、 The English language2、 In William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet said "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet 、 " This illustrates _ 、A 、 the arbitrary nature of languageB 、 the big difference between human language a

36、nd animal communicationC、the creative nature of languageD 、 the universality of language3、 Which of the following features is NOT one of the design features of language?A、 Productive 、B、Dual 、C、 SymbolicD 、Arbitrary4、 Who put forward the distinction between langue and parole?A、 M 、 A、 K、 Halliday B、

37、 Ferdinand de Saussure C、 Noam Chomsky D 、 Charles Hockett5、 One of the properties of language is that a language user can understand and produce sentenceshe/she has never heard before、 This property of language is called _ 、A、 dualityB、arbitraryC、 displacement D、Productivity6、 The function refers t

38、o the fact that language can be used for establishing a favorableatmosphere or maintaining social contact rather than for exchanging information or ideas 、A 、 phaticB 、 directiveC、 evocativeD、performative7、 Modern linguistics is the scientific study of language 、Consequently, modern linguisticsempha

39、sizes the importance of language data collected from _ 、A、 newspapers and magazinesB、writing by the famous writersC、the language people actually speakD 、 radio broadcasts8、 Language is passed on from one generation to the next through teaching and learning rather than by instinct 、 This property of

40、language is called _ 、A、 interchangeabilityB、cultural transmissionC、 productivityD 、 arbitrariness9、 If a linguistic study describes and analyzes the language people actually use, it is said to be 、A 、 Descriptive B 、 linguisticC、 prescriptive D 、 analytic linguistic10、 Which of the following statem

41、ents is NOT true?A、 Language is a system、B、 Animals also have language 、C、Language is symbolic 、D、Language is arbitrary 、11、 According to Noam Chomsky, which of the following is seen as the ideal users internalizedknowledge of his language?A 、 Competence、B 、Parole、C、 PerformanceD 、Langue12、 Our ling

42、uistic ability is a _ gift of the species' gene program 、A、 biologicalB 、 physicalC、 scientificD、 chemical13、 The description of a language at some point in time is a _ study 、A、 diachronic B 、 prescriptive C、 descriptive D 、 synchronic14、 One of the properties of language is that there is no lo

43、gical connection between meaning and sounds、 This property of language is _ 、A 、 dualityB 、 productivity C、 displacementD、arbitrariness15、 Language can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situations of the speaker、This is what we mean by _ 、A 、dualityB 、 productivityC、displacemen

44、tD 、 arbitrariness16、 Cultural transmission is one of the features of language 、A、suprasegmentalB 、 pragmaticC、distinctiveD、design17、 As modern linguistics aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, and not lay down rules for "correct " linguistic behavior, it is said t

45、o be _ 、A 、 descriptiveB 、 sociolinguisticC、 prescriptive D、psycholinguistic18、 Which of the following is the exception to the feature of arbitrariness of language?A 、 Native English words B 、 Borrowed words C、 Onomatopoeic words D 、 One-syllable words19、 Saussure took a(n) view of language, while C

46、homsky looks at language from a _point of view 、A、 sociological, psychologicalB、psychological, sociologicalC、Applied, pragmaticD 、Semantic, linguistic20、 Modern linguistics regards the written language as _ 、A 、 primaryB 、 correctC、 secondary D 、 stable第二章 语音学与音系学1、 The tone, defined as variation, i

47、s an important suprasegmental feature of tone languages such as 、A、 ChineseB、 EnglishC、 Chinese and English D 、 English andFrench2、 According to the places of articulation, sounds in English such as /t/, /l/ and /z/ can be labeled as ones、A、 dentalB 、 bilabialC、 velarD alveolar3、 Of the following so

48、und combinations, only is permissible according to the sequentla1rules in English 、A、kiblB、bkilC ilkbD、ilbk4、 Of all the speech organs, the is the most flexible 、A lipB 、mouthC、 vocalcord D 、tongue5、 The sounds produced without the vocal cords vibrating are sounds 、A 、 voicelessB 、 voicedC 、 vowelD、

49、consonantal6、 is a voiced alveolar stop 、A 、 /z /B 、 /d /C、 /k/D 、 /b/7、 The assimilation rule assimilates one sound to another by "copying" a feature of a sequential phoneme, thus making the two phones 、A、 identicalB、 similarC、 exactly alikeD 、 same8、 Since /p/ and /b/ are phonetically si

50、milar, occur in the same environments and they can distinguish meaning, they are said to be 、A 、 in phonemic contrastB 、 in complementary distributionC、the allophonesD、 minimal pair9、 The sound /f/ is a 、A、 voiced palatal affricateB、 voiced alveolar stopC、voiceless velar fricativeD 、voiceless labiod

51、entals fricative10、 A vowel is one that is produced with the front part of the tongue maintaining the highestposition 、A 、 backB 、 centralC、 frontD 、 middle11、 Distinctive features can be found running over a sequence of two or more phonemic segments、The phonemic features that occur above the level

52、of the segments are called 、A、 suprasegmental featuresB 、immediate constituentsC、phonetic componentsD 、 semantic features12、 A(n)is a unit that is of distinctive value 、 It is an abstract unit, a collection of distinctivephonetic features 、A、 phoneB、 soundC、 allophone D、 phoneme13、 The different pho

53、nes which can represent a phoneme in different phonetic environments are called the of that phoneme 、A、 phonesB、 soundsC、 phonemes D、 allophones14、 Which of the following statements about allophone is NOT correct?A 、 Allophones are different forms of the same phoneme 、B 、 Allophones of the same phon

54、eme are in complementary distribution 、C、Allophones distinguish meaningD 、 Allophones are language specific 、15、 When pitch, stress and length variations are tied to the sentence rather than to the word, they are collectively known as 、A、 intonationB 、 toneC、phonemeD 、 sentencestress16、 Which of the

55、 following is also called "semivowels ?A、 fricativesB、 liquidsC、affricatesD 、 glides17、 In terms of place of articulation, the two consonants /f/, /v/ are 、A、 denta1B 、 alveolarC、 palatalD 、 labiodental18、 In terms of manners of articulation, the sounds /p/, /b/, /t/,/d/, /k/,/g/ are 、A 、 bilab

56、ialB 、 stopsC、affricatesD 、fricatives19、 What is your understanding of "the Adam s apple”语言学试卷（期中及南师大）A、Part of Adam's body、B、The front part of larynx、C、The top of larynx、D、A kind of apple、20、A、/k/B、 /?/C、/v/D、/g/第三章形态学Which of the following is NOT a velar sound?1、is a process of combining two or more words into one lexical unit 、A、 Derivation CompoundingB、 BlendingC、Abbreviation2、A、blendingB、 compoundingC、conversionD、affixation3、According to the morphological analysis, the underlined part in the wordinternationalism ”Wo