Linguistics
Ⅰ.Choice (2\'*15)
1.The study of language as a whole is often called__ linguistics
A ParticularB generalC ordinaryD generative
2.The description of a language at some point in time is a ___ study.
A synchronicB diachronicC historicalD comparative
3.___ is concerned with all the sounds that occur in the world\' languages.
A PhonologyB PhoneticsC MorphologyD phonemics
4.[p] is a voicele bilabial___.
A affricativeB fricativeC stopD liquid
5.The different phones which can represent a phoneme in different phonetic environments are called the___of that phoneme.
A phonesB soundsC phonemesD allophones
6.The word \"boyish\" contains two___.
A phonemesB morphsC morphemesD allomorphs
7.Inflectional___ studies inflections.
A derivationB inflectionC phonologyD morphology
8.Phrase structure rules have___ properties.
A recursiveB grammaticalC doubleD many
9.The two clauses in a ___ sentence are structurally equal parts of the sentence.
A simpleB completeC complexD coordinate
10.Bloomfield drew on ___ psychology when trying to define the meaning of linguistic forms.
A contextualB conceptualistC behavioristD naming
11.___means what a linguistic form refers to in the real, physical world.
A SenseB ReferenceC MeaningD Semantics
12.The Cooperative Principle is proposed by___.
A John SearleB John Austin
C Paul GriceD John Lyons
13.The ___ movement rule has been added to English since the Old English period.
A particleB articleC negativeD phrasal
14.The ___ variety of digloia is used for more formal or serious matters.
A formalB informalC highD low
15.By the age of ___, children have completed the greater part of the language acquisition proce.
A threeB fourC fiveD six
Ⅱ Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false.(1\'*10)
1.Linguistics studies not any particular language, but languages in general.()
2.Both phonology and phonetics are studies of speech sounds.()
3.English is a typical tone language.()
4.There is only one type of affixes in the English language.()
5.Phrase structure rule are rewrite rules.()
6.Sense and reference are the same.()
7.In their study of language communication, linguists are only interested in how a speaker exprees his intention and pay no attention to how his intention is recognised by the hearer.()
8.Modern English is roughly from 1500 to the present.()
9.Digloia is the same as bilingualism.()
10.Psycholinguistics is viewed as the intersection of psychology and linguistics.()
Ⅲ Definition (2*10)
1.Phonetics
2.Complementary distribution
3.Morpheme
4.Compounding
5.Reference
6.Predication
7.Homonymy
8.Pragmatics
9.Euphemism
10.Language acquisition
ⅣShort-answer Questions (5\'*4)
1.Which enjoys priority in modern linguistics, speech or writing? Why?
2.What are the main features of English compounds?
3.What are the major types of synonyms in English?
4.What does pragmatics study? How does it differ from traditional semantics?
Ⅴ discourse analysis (10\'*2)
1.Explain with examples \"homonymy\", \"polysemy\" and \"hyponymy\".
2.Drew a tree diagram\" John suggested Mary take the linguistics cla\".
