高级语言学
一、Multiple Choices: Tick off the best answer.
1. The study of language development over a period of time is generally termed as _____linguistics.
A.applied B.diachronic C.comparative D.syncronic 2. Which of the following sounds is a voiceless bilabial stop? A.[p] B.[m] C.[b] D.[t]
3.____ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community.
A. Competence B. Langue C. Parole D. Performance 4.____ is an approach to linguistics in which mathematical techniques and concepts are applied, often with the aid of a computer.
A. computational linguistics B. psycholinguistics C. general linguistics D. sociolinguistics
5. The words“make”and “bus” are called _________because they can occur unattached.
A. detivational morphemes
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B.inflectional morphemes C.bound morphemes D.free morphemes
6. The pair of words “lend” and “borrow” are__________. A.gradable antonymy B.converse antonymy C.synonyms D.co-hyponyms
7.The semantic components of the word “man” can be expressed as ___.
A. +animate, +human, +male, +adult B. +animate, +human, +male,-adult C. +animate, +human, -male, -adult D、+animate, +human, -male, +adult
8. What kind of function does the sentence “How do you do?” have ?
A.Directive B.Phatic C.Informative D.Evocative
9.The _____ function refers to language used for establishing an atmosphere or maintaining social contact rather than for exchanging information or ideas.
A. performative B. directive C. informative D. phatic
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10. The semantic components of the word “man” can be expressed as _________.
A.＋animate,＋human,＋male,－adult B.＋animate,＋human,－male,－adult
C.＋animate,＋human,＋male,＋adult D.—animate,＋human,－male,－adult
11.“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. This sentence means that language has the feature of ____. A. arbitrariness B. productivity C. duality D. displacement
12. Nouns,verbs and adjectives can be classified as___________. A.lexical words B.grammatical words C.function words D.form words
13.What is the meaning relationship between the two words “flower/tulip”?
A. Homograph B. Homonymy C. Hyponymy D. Antonymy
14.What kind of function does the sentence “How do you do?” have?
A. Directive B. Phatic B. Informative D. Declarative 15.Which of the following is not lexical change of English
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words?
A. compounding B. assimilation C. blending D. abbreviation
16. What is the construction of the sentence “The boy smiled”? A.Exocentric B.Endocentric C.Coordinate D.Subordinate
18.The formation of new words by combing parts of two words or a word plus a part of another is called_____. A. compounding B. clipping C. acronymy D. blending
17. The branch of linguistics that studies meaning of language in context is called ____________ A.semantics B.sociolinguistics C.pragmatics D.psycholinguistics
19.The word meaning given in the dictionary is called _____ meaning.
A. affective B. connotative C. collocative D. denotative
20.There are ___ morphemes in the word “boyish”? A. three B. two C. one D. four
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21.The relation between “male” and “female” is labeled as _____.
A. gradability B. complementary C. hyponymy D. homonymy
22.What is the correct syllable structure of the word “sixth”?
A.VCC B. CVC C. CVCCC D. CVVC 23.In the following sounds, ____ is a bilabial nasal. A.[d] B. [l] C. [m] D. [w]
24.The word “holiday” used to mean “holy day” in religious English, but today it means “ a day for rest” regardless of its religious nature, so the meaning is ___.
A. broadened B. narrowed C. meaning shifted D. class shifted
25.The morpheme “moon” in the common word “moonwalk” is a(n) ___.
A. bound morpheme B. inflectional morpheme C. free morpheme D. derivational morpheme 26.The structural approach to the analysis of language was started by __________..
A.Bloomfield B.Saussure C.Chomsky D. J.Searle
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