-tactic
选择题
Chapter1
of the following statement is NOT
true?
A. Language is a
means of vocal communication.
B.
Language is not instrumental.
C.
Language is social and conventional.
【答案】
B
1.
When
language
is
used
to
get
information
from
others,
it
serves
an
function.
A. informative
B. directive
C. interrogative
【答案】
C
2. The most
important sociological use of language is the
function, by
which people
establish and maintain their status in a society.
a. performative
b.
interpersonal
c. phatic
d. metalingual
【答案】
b
1.
deals with the way in which
speech sounds are produced.
a. Acoustic phonetics
b.
Articulatory phonetics
c. Segmental
phonology
d. Suprasegmental phonology
【答案】
b
2. Which of the following is a main
branch of linguistics?
A.
Macrolinguistics.
B.
Psycholinguistics.
C.
Sociolinguistics
【答案】
A
3.
The
study
of
physical
properties
of
the
sounds
produced
in
speech
is
closely
connected with
.
A. articulatory phonetics
B.
acoustic phonetics
C. auditory
phonetics
【答案】
B
1. Which of
the following does not belong to the computational
linguistics?
a) machine
translation
b) corpus linguistics
c) speech recognition
d)
empirical study
【答案】
d
1.
Saussure
took
a(n)
view
of
language,
while
Chomsky
looks
at
language
from a
point of view.
A. sociological...psychological
B.
psychological...sociological
C.
applied...pragmatic
D. semantic...linguistic
【答案】
A
2.
According
to
F.
de
Saussure,
refers
to
the
abstract
linguistic
system
shared by all the members of a speech
community.
A. parole
B. performance
C. langue
D. Language
【答案】
C
Chapter2
1. Of the
consonants /p/, /t/, /k/, /f/, /m/, /z/ and /g/,
which has the features of voiceless
and
velar?
A. /k/
B.
/p/
C. /g/
D. /t/
【答案】
A
2. The vowel
is
a low back vowel.
a. /i:/
b.
/u/
c. /?/
d. /a:/
【答案】
d
3. Point
out which item does not fall under the same
category as the rest, and explain
the
reason in ONE sentence.
A.
/f/
B.
/z/
C.
/v/
D.
/k/
[Focus
on
manner
of
articulation]
【答案】
D (Reason: A, B and C
are fricatives, but D is a plosive.)
Chapter3
1. Which two terms
can best describe the following pairs of words:
table
—
tables, day
+ break
—
daybreak.
A. inflection and compound
B. compound and derivation
C.
inflection and derivation
【答案】
A
2. Compound words consist of
morphemes.
A. bound
B. free
C. both
bound and free
【答案】
B
1.
V
ocabulary change in language can
include all except
.
a) addition of new words
b)
simplification of word forms
c)
loss of words
d) changes of word meaning
【答案】
d
2. Words
like
brunch, guesstimate
are
examples of
.
a.
acronyms
b. contractions
c. blends
d.
cohyponyms
【答案】
c
3. The word UN is formed in the way of
.
A.
acronymy
B. clipping
C. initialism
D. blending
【答案】
C
4. Language
has been changing, but such changes are not so
obvious at all linguistic
aspects
except that of
.
a. phonology
b. lexicon
c. syntax
d. semantics
【答案】
b
5.
< br>“
Wife
”
, which
used to refer to any woman, stands for
“
a married
woman
”
in
modern English. This phenomenon is
known as
.