英语语言学期末试卷

本试卷共=numpages3*26页第=page1*2-11页本试卷共=numpages3*26页第=page1*22页《英语语言学》期末试卷A卷课程归属部门：外国语学院试卷适用范围：英语本科题号一二三四五总分得分得分评卷人I。

DecidewhethereachofthefollowingstatementsisTrueorFalse.WriteyouranswersontheAnsweringSheet.（15%)Languagechangeisagradualandconstantprocess,thereforeoftenindiscernibletospeakersofthesamegeneration.Ingeneral,linguisticchangeingrammarismorenoticeablethanthatinthesoundsystemandthevocabularyofalanguage。“Fridge”isawordformedbyabbreviation.Thewaychildrenacquirethelanguageisoneofthecausesforlanguagechange。Languageusevariesfromonespeechcommunitytoanother,fromoneregionalgrouptoanother,fromonesocialgrouptoanother，andevenfromoneindividualtoanother.Thelinguisticmarkersthatcharacterizeindividualsocialgroupsmayserveassocialmarkersofgroupmembership.Alinguafrancacanonlybeusedwithinaparticularcountryforcommunicationamonggroupsofpeoplewithdifferentlinguisticbackgrounds.Themajordifferencebetweenapidginandacreoleisthattheformerusuallyhasitsnativespeakerswhilethelatterdoesn’t.L1developmentandL2developmentseemtoinvolvethesameprocesses.Allnormalchildrenhaveequalabilitytoacquiretheirfirstlanguage.Childrenfollowasimilaracquisitionscheduleofpredictablestagesalongtherouteoflanguagedevelopmentacrosscultures,thoughthereisanidiosyncraticvariationintheamountoftimethattakesindividualstomasterdifferentaspectsofthegrammar。Humanbeingsaregeneticallypredeterminedtoacquirelanguage；thisgeneticpredispositionisasufficientconditionforlanguagedevelopment.Childrenwhogrowupinculturewherecaretakerspeechisabsentacquiretheirnativelanguagemoreslowlythanchildrenwhoareexposedtocaretakerspeech。Correctionandreinforcementarenotkeyfactorsinchildlanguagedevelopmentastheywereclaimedtobe。Imitationplaysatbestaveryminorroleinthechild'smasteryoflanguage。得分评卷人II.Directions：ReadeachofthefollowingstatementstodecidewhichoneofthefourchoicesbestcompletesthestatementandputtheletterA,B，CorDintheAnsweringSheet。（30％）1.Languagechangeisessentiallyamatterofchange________。A.incollocations

B.inmeaningC。ingrammar

D。inusages2。_________isaprocessofcombiningtwoormorewordsintoonelexicalunit。A.Derivation

B.BlendingC。Compounding

D.Abbreviation3。“Wife”,whichusedtorefertoanywoman,standsfor“amarriedwoman”inmodernEnglish。Thisphenomenonisknownas________。A。semanticshift

B.semanticbroadeningC。semanticelevation

D。semanticnarrowing4.Englishlanguagebelongsto_________。A.Indo-EuropeanFamily

B.Sino—TibetanFamilyC。AustronesianFamily

D.AfroasiaticFamily5.Byanalogytothepluralformationoftheword“dog-s”,speakersstartedsaying“cows”asthepluralof“cow”insteadoftheearlierplural“kine"。Thisisthecaseof_________。A.elaboration

B.externalborrowingC。soundassimilation

D。internalborrowing6.Themostdistinguishablelinguisticfeatureofaregionaldialectisits_____.A。useofwords

B.useofstructuresC。accent

D。morphemes7。_______arethemajorsourceofregionalvariationoflanguage.A.GeographicalbarriersB。Loyaltytoandconfidenceinone’snativespeechC。PhysicaldiscomfortandpsychologicalresistancetochangeD.Socialbarriers8._________meansthatcertainauthorities，suchasthegovernmentchooseaparticularspeechvariety，standardizeitandspreadtheuseofitacrossregionalboundaries。A.Languageinterference

B.LanguagechangesC。Languageplanning

D。Languagetransfer9。_________inaperson’sspeechorwritingusuallyrangesonacontinuumfromcasualorcolloquialtoformalorpoliteaccordingtothetypeofcommunicativesituation.A.Regionalvariation

B.ChangesinemotionsC.Variationinconnotations

D.Stylisticvariation10.Innormalsituations,____speakerstendtousemoreprestigiousformsthantheir____counterpartswiththesamesocialbackground。

A。female；male

B.male;femaleC。old;young

D.young;old11。Linguistshavefoundthatforthevastmajorityofchildren,languagedevelopmentoccurs_____________。A.

withmuchimitation得分评卷人III。Direction:Fillintheblankineachofthefollowingstatementswithoneword，thefirstletterofwhichisalreadygivenandfinishitintheAnsweringSheet。（10%）B.

withlittleconsciousinstructionC。

withmuchcorrectionfromtheirparentsD。

withlittlelinguisticinput

12。Accordingtothe_______，theacquisitionofasecondlanguageinvolves,andisdependenton，theacquisitionofthecultureofthetargetlanguagecommunity.A。acculturationview

B.mentalistviewC。behavioristview

D.conceptualistview13.Ingeneral，agoodsecondlearnerisanadolescent________。A。

whohasastrongandwell-definedmotivationtolearnB.

whoseeksoutallchancestointeractwiththeinputC.

whoiswillingtoidentifyhimselfwiththecultureofthetargetlanguagecommunityD。

alltheabove14.Theformalinstructioninsecondlanguageacquisition

___________.A。

hasnoeffectatallB.

hasapowerfuldelayedeffectC。

hasverylittleeffectD。

hasunsatisfactoryeffect

15.Whichofthefollowingisnottrue？A.

Interlanguageisaproductofcommunicativestrategiesofthelearner.B。

Interlanguageisaproductofmothertongueinterference。C。

Interlanguageisaproductofovergeneralizationofthetargetlanguagerules。D.

Interlanguageistherepresentationoflearners’unsystematicL2rules。

1。Thesocialgroupisolatedforanygivenstudyiscalledthespeechc________.2.

Speechv_________referstoanydistinguishableformofspeechusedbyaspeakerorgroupofspeakers.3。

A___________referstothegradualandsubconsciousdevelopmentofabilityinthefirstlanguagebyusingitnaturallyindailycommunicativesituations.4。

TheC________Analysiswasfoundedonthebelief