英语语言学试题（1） I. Directions: Read each of the following statements carefully. Decide which one of the four choices best completes the statement and put the letter A, B, C or D in the brackets. (2%10=20%) 1、As modern linguistics aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, and not to lay down rules for correct linguistic behavior, it is said to be _. A、 prescriptive B、 sociolinguistic C、 descriptive D、 psycholinguistic 2、Of all the speech organs, the _ is/are the most flexible. A、 mouth B、 lips C、 tongue D、 vocal cords 3、The morpheme vision in the common word television is a(n) _. A、 bound morpheme B、 bound form C、 inflectional morpheme D、 free morpheme 4、A _ in the embedded clause refers to the introductory word that introduces the embedded clause. A、 coordinator B、 particle C、 preposition D、 subordinator 5、Can I borrow your bike? _ You have a bike. A、 is synonymous with B、 is inconsistent with C、 entails D、 presupposes 6、The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called _. A、 semantics B、 pragmatics C、 sociolinguistics D、 psycholinguistics 7、Grammatical changes may be explained, in part, as analogic changes, which are _ or generalization. A、 elaboration B、 simplification C、 external borrowing D、 internal borrowing 8、_ refers to a marginal language of few lexical items and straightforward grammatical rules, used as a medium of communication. A、 Lingua franca B、 Creole C、 Pidgin D、 Standard language 9、 Psychologists, neurologists and linguists have concluded that, in addition to the motor area which is responsible for physical articulation of utterances, three areas of the left brain are vital to language, namely, _ . A、 Brocas area, Wernickes area and the angular gyrus B、 Brocas area, Wernickes area and cerebral cortex C、 Brocas area, Wernickes area and neurons D、 Brocas area, Wernickes area and Exners area 10、 According to Krashen, _ refers to the gradual and subconscious development of ability in the first language by using it naturally in daily communicative situations. A、 learning B、 competence C、 performance D、 acquisition II. Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, 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%10=10%) 11、Chomsky defines competence as the ideal users k_ of the rules of his language. 12、The four sounds /p/,/b/,/m/ and /w/have one feature in common, i.e, they are all b_ . 13、M_ is a branch of grammar which studies the internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed. 14、A s_ is a structurally independent unit that usually comprises a number of words to form a complete statement, question or command. 15、Synonyms that are mutually substitutable under all circumstances are called c_ synonyms. 16、The illocutionary point of r_ is to commit the speaker to somethings being the case, to the truth of what has been said. 17、Words are created outright to fit some purpose. Such a method of enlarging the vocabulary is known as word c_. 18、 Wherever the standard language can use a contraction (he+ishes), Black English can d_ the form of be. 19、 The basic essentials of the first language are acquired in the short period from about age two to puberty, which is called the c_period for first language acquisition. 20、 As a type of linguistic system in 12 learning, I _is a product of L2 training, mother tongue intereference, overgeneralization of the target language rules, and learning and communicative strategies of the learner. III. 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. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and give the correct version. (2%10=20%) ( )21、In modern linguistic studies, the written form of language is given more emphasis than the spoken form for a number of reasons. ( )22、Voicing is a phonological feature that distinguishes meaning in both Chinese and English. ( )23、The compound word bookstore is the place where books are sold. This indicates that the meaning of a compound is the sum total of the meanings of its components. ( )24、Syntactic categories refer to sentences (S) and clauses (C) only. ( )25、 Dialectal synonyms can often be found in different regional dialects such as British English and American English but cannot be found within the variety itself, for example, within British English or American English. ( )26、Only when a maxim under Cooperative Principle is blatantly violated and the hearer knows that it is being violated do conversational implicatures arise. ( )27、The territory in which the Indo-European languages are mainly spoken today also includes languages that are not