语言学题库----选择题
II. Multiple Choice
1.Which of the following statements about language is NOT True?
A. Language is a system.    B. Language is symbolic.
C. Animals also have languages.    D. Language is arbitrary.
2.A word is a symbol that _____________.
A.is used by the same speech community
C.is both simple and complex in nature
D.shows different ideas in different sounds
3.Of the following sound combinations, only_______ is permissible according to the sequential rules in English.
A. kibl    B.bkil
C. ilkb    D.ilbk
4.American English began with _________.
  A. Old English                            B.Victorian English
  C. Middle English                        D.Elizabethan English
5.The sentence that has a NP and a VP can be shown in a ___________ formula “S→NP + VP”.
  A. hierarchical                              B. linear
  C. tree diagram                            D.vertical
6. “Big” and “small” are a pair of ____________ opposites.
  A. complementary                          B. gradable
  C. complete                                D.converse
7. Predication analysis is a way to analyze _____________ meaning.
  A.phoneme                                B.word
  C.phrase                                  D.sentence
8.Which of the following is NOT a factor that may influence second language acquisition ?
  A. Age.                                  B.word
  C.Motivation.                              D.Personality.
9.Which pair of words is NOT a minimal pair?
  A.cat / bat                                  B. put / but
  C. jig / pig                                  D.sit / bit
10. According toSearle, those illocutionary acts whose point is to commit the speaker to some future course of action are called ___________ .
  A. commisives                             B. directivesminimal
  C. expressives                              D. declaratives
11.If two sounds are in complementary distribution, they are ________ of the same phoneme.
  A.symbols                                B.allophones
  C.phones                                  D.signs
12. Which branch of study can NOT be included in the scope of Linguistics?
  A.Syntax.                                  B.Pragmatics.
  C.Phonetics.                              D. Anthropology.
13. Euphemism is a term of ________ origin.
  A. Latin                                  B. Greek
  C. Arabic                                  D. Spainish
14. The distinction of language and parole is made by ___________ .
  A.Hall                                      B.Sapir
  C. Chomsky                                D.Saussure
15._____________ are bound morphemes because they cannot be used as separate words.
  A.Roots                                    B. Stems
  C.Affixes                                    Daaapounds
16._____________ is the study of the relationship between symbols and their interpreter.
  A.Syntax                                    B.Semantics
  C.Pragmatics                                D.Sociolinguistics
17._____________ is the defining properties of units like nouns (number, Gender, case, etc) and verbs (tense, aspect, voice, etc).
  A.Parts of speech                              B.Word classes
  C.Grammatical categories                      D.Functions of word
18. The noun “tear” and the verb “tear” are ______________ .
  A.homophones                              B.homographs
  Caaaplete homonyms                        D.allophones
19. In English, the only glottal is ________ .
  A. [l]                                        B. [h]
  C. [k]                                        D. [f]
20. The term ________ may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language change over various periods of time and at various historical stages.
  A.synchronic linguistics                        Baaaparative linguistics
  C.diachronic linguistics                        D. historical comparative linguistics
21. The use of sexist language reflects a _________ attitude.
  A. social                                    B.linguistic
  C.traditional                                  D.all of the above
22. ___________ was once used as lingua franca of diplomacy.
  A. Latin                                    B.Arabic
  C.French                                    D.Spanish

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