北京联合大学毕业证-北京联合大学毕业证
Ⅰ.Define the following terms (4 points
each, 20%)
1. functional
linguistics
2. minimal pair
3. consonant
4. syntax
5. synonymy
Ⅱ
.
Indicate whether the following statements are true or false (1 point
each, 10%)
1. In modern linguistic studies, the
written form of language is given
more
emphasis than the spoken form for a number of
reasons.
2. Voicing is a phonological
feature that distinguishes meaning in both
Chinese and English.
3.
The
part
of
a
sentence
which
comprises
an
infinite
verb
or
a
verb
phrase
is
grammatically called predicate.
4. The
smallest meaningful unit of language is allomorph.
5. Human language is arbitrary.
6.
All
normal
children
have
equal
ability
to
acquire
their
first
language.
7. In most cases, the illocutionary
force of “freeze!” is
a warning.
8. Linguistics is the course of
language.
9. In English, pitch and
length constitute intensity which seems to
determine stress.
10. Tense
and reference are two terms often encountered in
the study of
meaning.
Ⅲ
.each of the following incomplete statements is followed by four alternatives.
Read
each
statement and the four alternatives carefully and
decide which of
the
four
alternatives
is
the
most
suitable
to
complete
the
statement.
(1
point each, 20%)
1. The tone, defined as pitch
variation, is an important suprasegmental
feature of tone languages such as _.
A. Chinese B. English C.
Chinese and English D. English
and French
2. voicing as a
quality of speech sounds is caused by the
vibration of
_.
velum
vocal cords glottis uvula
act theory was first proposed by _.
Austin
Searle
C.
Noam
Chomsky
Firth
4. _ is the
study of language in relation to the mind.
linguistics inguistics stics
ic
s
English-ise and
–
tion are called_.
A.
prefixes B. suffixes C. infixes D. free morphemes
and hot are pair of_antonyms.
A. gradable mentary C. reversal
D. converseness
7.
Which
description of
the
meaning
component
s
of
the
word
“mother”
is
correct?
A. +human, +adult,
-male B. +human, -adult, +male
C.
–
human, +adult, -male D. +human, +adult, +male
8.
most
of
the
violations
of
the
maxims
of
the
cooperative
principle
give
rise to_.
A. breakdown of
conversation B. con
fusion of one’s intention
C.
hostility
between
speakers
and
listeners
D.
conversational
implicatures
ing
to
sequential
rules
in
English,
which
of
the
following
combinations of sounds
in NOT possible in Englsih?
A. bilk
C. kilb D. lbki
10. /p/ and /b/ can
occur in the same environment and they distinguish
meaning. Therefore they are_.
A. in phonemic contrast B. in
complementary distribution
C. a
minimal pair D. allophones
11.
the fact that children acquire spoken language
before they can read
or write indicates
that language in primarily_.
A. spoken
B. arbitrary C. human-specific D. written
12.
Of
the
following
items,
which
one
does
not
belong
to
the
same
syntactic
category?
A. the student B.
liked C. an idea D. the linguistic lecture
13.
Which
of
the
following
is
NOT
included
in
the
advantages
of
a
constituent structure tree?
A. it reveals the linear word order of
a sentence
B. it shows the hierarchical
structure of a sentence
C. it
illustrates the syntactic category of each
structural constituent
D. it emphasizes
the main suprasegmental feature of a sentence
14. Which one of the following is NOT a
common English address term?
A. First
name B. Title alone C. Title, +First name D.
Kin term
15. _refers to the
actua
l realization of the ideal language user’s
knowledge of the rules of his
language in utterance.
A. competence
B. context C. langue D. Parole
16.
Y’s
utterance
in
the
following
conversation
violates
the
maxim
of_.
X: who was that you
were with last night?
Y: did you know
that you were wearing odd socks?
A.
quality B. quantity C. Relation D. Manner