英语语言学试题(2)及答案-2002年1月

英语语言学试题（2）

一、单项选择题(在每小题的四个备选答案中，选出一个正确答案，并将正确答案的序号填在题干的括号内。每小题2分，共20分)

1. The pair of words “lend”and “borrow” are ___.

A. gradable opposites

B. relational opposites

C. co-hyponyms

D. synonyms

2. The discovery of Indo-European language family began with the work of the British scholar____ .

A. Jacob Grimm

B. Rasmus Rask

C. Franz Bopp

D. Sir William Jones

3. A linguist regards the changes in language and language use as ___.

A. unusual

B. something to be feared

C. abnormal

D. natural

4. ___produce fast and fluent speech with good intonation and pronunciation but the content of their speech ranges from mildly inappropriate to complete nonsense, often as unintelligible.

A. Broca's aphasic

B. The linguistic deprivation

C. The damage on the angular gyrus

D. Wernicke's aphasic

5. Some Southern learners of English in China tend to say “night” as “light”. This shows:___

A. They cannot pronounce/n/

B. Interlangue interference because there is not the sound /n/in their mother tongue

C. The teachers do not have a good teaching method

D. They do not like to pronounce nasal sounds

6. A word with several meanings is called __word.

A. a polysemous

B. a synonymous

C. an abnormal

D. a multiple

7. The function of the sentence “A nice day, isn't it?” is __.

A. informative

B. phatic

C. directive

D. performative

8. The most recognizable differences between American English and British English are in __ and vocabulary.

A. usage

B. grammar

C. pronunciation

D. structure

9.__deals with the way in which a language varies through geographical space.

A. Linguistic geography

B. Lexicology

C. Lexicography

D. Sociolinguistics

10.The semantic c omponents of the word “gentleman” can be expressed as __.

A. +animate, +male, +human,-adult

B. +animate, +male, +human, +adult

C. +animate, -male, +human,-adult

D. +animate,-male,+ human, +adult

二、填空题(每空1分，共10分)

11. A sentence is a structurally independent unit that usually comprises a number of w________ to form a complete statement, q ________or command.

12. In sociolinguistic studies, speakers are treated as members of s____ g________.

13. Utterance is based on ________ ________ ;it is the realization of the abstract meaning of a sentence in a real situation of communication, or simply in a context.

14. To many people, a linguist is the same as a ________, one who can speak several languages fluently.

15. Consonant sounds can be either v ________or v____, while all vowel sounds are v________.

三、判断说明题(判断下列各小题，正确的在题后括号内写“T”，错的写“F”，并说明理由。每小题2分，共20分)

16. All words may be said to contain a root morpheme.( )

17. Tense and reference are two terms often encountered in the study of meaning.( )

18. Linguistics is the course of language.( )

19. The part of a sentence which comprises an infinite verb or a verb phrase is grammatically called