自学考试《现代语言学》自测试题带答案

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Ⅰiple Choice

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%)

famous quotation from Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” well illustrates _______.( )

conventional nature of language　　 creative nature of language

universality of language　　 big difference between human language and animal communication

the following sound combinations， only _______ is permissible according to the sequential rules in English.( )　　

sentence that has a NP and a VP can be shown in a _______ formula “S→NP VP”。( )

archical ar diagram ical

is the _______ on Case assignment that states that a Case assignor and a Case recipient should stay adjacent to each other.( )

Condition meter　cent Condition cent Parameter

ication analysis is a way to analyze _______ meaning.

eme se ence

rding to Searle，those illocutionary acts whose point is to commit the speaker to some future course of action are called _______.( )

isives ctives essives aratives

term _______ linguistics 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.

hronic hronic arative orical comparative

way in which people address each other depends on their age, sex, social group and personal relationship. The English system of address forms frequently used includes first name, last name, title+last name, _______, and kin term.　　e+first name e+title　e alone t name+last name+title

uage and thought may be viewed as two independent circles overlapping in some parts. When language and thought are identical or closely parallel to each other， we may regard thought as “subvocal speech，” and speech as “_______”。( )

l thought ocal thought　　rt thought t thought

h of the following best states the behaviorist view of child language acquisition _______.( )

uage acquisition is a process of habit formation

uage acquisition is the species-specific property of human beings

dren are born with an innate ability to acquire language

ns are equipped with the neural prerequisites for language and language use

Ⅱk Filling

Directions:Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word,the first letter of which is already given as a that you are to fill in ONE word only,and you are not allowed to change the letter given.(1%×10=10%)

the course of time， the study of language has come to establish close links with other branches of s________ studies， such as sociology and psychology.

r [1] and dark[]are allophones of the same one phoneme /1/ never take the same position in sound combinations， thus they are said to be in c________ distribution.

13.A r________ is often seen as part of a word， but it can never stand by itself although it bears clear， definite meaning.　　 14.A c________ sentence contains two or more clauses， one of which is incorporated in the other.

the denial of one member of two words implies the assertion of the other is the characteristic of c________ antonyms.　　 e the meaning of a sentence is abstract and decontextualized， that of an u________ is concrete and context-dependent.　　 17. Phonological rules may move phonemes from one place in the string to another. For example， Modern English verb ask was Old English askian， with the /k/preceding the/s/d change as a result of sound movement is known as m________.　　 many societies of the world， we find a large number of people who speak more than one language. As a characteristic of societies， b________ inevitably results from the coming into contact of people with different cultures and different languages.　　 brain’s neurological specialization for language is called linguistic I ________， which is specific to human beings.　　 order to acquire a second language， learners will subconsciously use their first language knowledge in learning a second language. This is know as language t________.

Ⅲ of False question

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. I (2%×10=20%)

the history of any language the writing system always came into being before the spoken form.

( ) English， long vowels are also tense vowels because when we pronounce a long vowel such as/i：/，the larynx is in a state of tension.

( )23.A compound is the combination of only two words.

( )24.“The student” in the sentence “The student liked the linguistic lecture.”，and “The linguistic lecture” in the sentence “The linguistic lecture liked the student.”belong to the same syntactic category.

( )uistic forms having the same sense may have different references in different situations while linguistic forms with the same reference always have the same sense.

( ) important difference between presupposition and entailment is that presupposition，unlike entailment，is not vulnerable to negation. That is to say, if a sentence is negated, the original presupposition is still true.

( ) division of English into Old English， Middle English， and Modern English is nonconventional and not arbitrary.

( )uage reflects sexism in society. Language itself is not sexist， just as it is not obscene; but it can connote sexist attitudes as well as attitudes about social taboos or racism.

( ) a child is deprived of linguistic environment， he or she is unlikely to learn a language successfully later on.

( ) children learn to distinguish between the sounds of their language and the sounds that are not part of the language， they can acquire any sounds in their native language once their parents teach them.

Ⅳnition

Directions: Explain the following terms, using one or two examples if necessary.

(3%×10=30%)

ural transmission (as a design feature of human language)ic medium of ing ectional tionary act olanguage ic dialect　sters　lturation

Ⅴer the following questions.(10%×2=20%)

do we say tree diagrams are more advantageous and informative than linear structure in analyzing the constituent relationship among linguistic elements Support your statement with examples.

ribe the process of language perception， comprehension and production.

参考答案

一、单项选择题(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)

1.A 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.D6.A 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.A

二、填空题(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)

ngualism

ralization sfer

三、判断题(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)

21.F 22.T 23.F　24.T 25.F　26.T 27.F 28.T 29.T 30 F

四、名词解释题(本大题共10小题，每小题3分，共30分)

of the major defining features of human language. Humans are born with the ability to acquire a language， but different from animals， the actual use of human language is not genetically transmitted，rather it is culturally transmitted， has to be taught and learnt.

limited range of sounds that are used in human language communication， speech sounds. Voicing is a phonetic feature of some sounds. It is caused by the vibration of the vocal cords.

ectional morphemes are morphemes that are used to indicate the grammatrcal relations and categories，such as-ed，-(e)s ，-est in English.

rence is what a linguistic form refers to in the real world; it is a matter of the relationship between the form and the reality. For example ，if we say， “The dog is barking，” we must be talking about a certain dog known to both the speaker and the hearer in the situation. The actual dog the word “dog” refers to in this particular situation is the reference of the word “dog”。　　360(tionary act refers to the act of uttering words， phrases， and clauses. It is the act of conveying literal meaning by means of syntax， lexicon and phonology. For example， by saying “You have left the door wide open”，the locutionary act performed by the speaker is that he has uttered all the words and expressed what the words literally mean.

37.A protolanguage is the original form of a language family that has ceased to exist. The proto form can be reconstructed by identifying and comparing similar linguistic forms with similar meanings across related languages.

ethnic dialect is a social dialect of a language，often cutting across regional differences. It is spoken mainly by a less privileged population that has experienced some form of social isolation， such as racial discrimination or segregation.　　sters are language varieties appropriate for use in particular speech situations，in contrast to language varieties that are associated with the social or regional grouping of their customary users. For this reason， registers are also known as situational dialects.

lturation refers to a process of adapting to the culture and value system of the second language community.

五、论述题(本大题共2小题，每小题10分，共20分)

addition to revealing a linear order， a constituent structure tree has a hierarchical structure that groups words into structural constituents and shows the syntactic category of each structural constituent， and consequently is believed to most truthfully illustrate the constituent relationship among linguistic elements.

For example， the phrase “ the old men and women” may have two interpretations， i.e. the adjective “old”may modify the noun “men”， or the following two nouns “men and women”。Linear order analysis cannot tell this difference， so it is ambiguous. Whereas，the constituent or tree diagrams analysis can make this difference clear. So，we say tree diagrams are more advantageous and informative than linear structure analysis.　 (NP NP NP NP NP NP The old men and the women the old men and the old women

the perspective of psycholinguistic analysis，language use in terms of perception，comprehension and production follows a certain pattern which involves the coordination of various language centers. When we speak，words are drawn from Wernicke’s area and transferred to Broca’s area， which determines the details of their form and pronunciation. The appropriate instructions are then sent to the motor area which controls the vocal tract to physically articulate the words. When we hear something and try to comprehend it，t he stimulus from the auditory cortex is transmitted to Wernicke‘s area，where it is then interpreted. When we perceive a visual image，a message is sent to the angular gyrus，where it is converted into a visual pattern.