现代语言学判断正误

1. ()One of the clauses in

a coordinate sentence is subordinate to the other.

答案：F(It is incorporated

in the other clause.)

8. ) Left ear advantage

proves that the left side of

the brain is specialized for language and that it is where

language centers reside.答案：F (The right side of the brain is specialized for language.)

10. ) Generally speaking, the standard language is more effective in expressing ideas than any other dialect coexisting with it.

答案：F (Dialects are more effective sometimes.)

3. ()The ultimate objective

of language is to create grammatically well formed sentences.答案：F(The goal is

to serve communication.)

4. ()There is only one

major type of syntactic movement, i.e., NP

movement. 答案：F(There are

also WHmovement and AUXmovement.)

5.) Phonetics deals with

how sounds are put

together and used to

convey meaning.答案：F (Phonetics studies the

phonic medium of

language ,all the sounds

in the languages.)

7. ) One advantage of componential analysis is that by specifying the semantic features of certain words, it will be possible to show how these words are related in

collocation.答案：F (It will not be possible.)

8. ) The critical period hypothesis proposed by

the neurobiologist Eric Lenneberg believes that

there exists a critical

age for the acquisition

of the first language

after which language cannot be acquired or

learned any more.答案：F

(Language can be

learned at any stage.)

9. ) The most dramatic

morphological loss concerns the

loss of gender markings only.

答案：F(The most dramatic loss

concerns the loss of affixes.)

1. ()Modern linguistics

is mostly descriptive, but

sometimes prescriptive.

答案：F(It is always

descriptive.)

5. ()An acronym is a

shortened form of a word

or phrase which represents

the complete form.答案：

F(No,it is composed of the

first letters of a group

of words.)

7. ()Most English words are

closed categories because the

number of the lexical items in

these categories is fixed and

no new members are allowed for,

so they are known as major lexical

categories.答案：F(Most English

words are not closed categories.)

2. ()Language acquisition and language

learning are believed to refer

to the same process.

答案：F(No,language acquisition refers

to children’s development of their

first language.)

4. ()Free morphemes are the same as

bound morphemes.答案：F(Free

morphemes are independent units of

meaning and can be used freely all

By themselves.)

6. ()A coordinate sentence

contains two clauses which

hold unequal status, that is,

with one subordinating the other.

答案：F(One clause is incorporated

into another.)

2. ()The root

of a word is

the smallest

meaningful unit

of language. 答

案：F(Morpheme

is the smallest

meaningful

unit.)

4. ()The language system provides

all specifics of one’s world view.

答案：F(No,it does not.)

8. ()In English and many other

languages, the subject usually

follows the verb and the direct

object usually precedes the verb.

答案：F(The verb follows the

subject.)

9. ) Blending is a process of

combining two or more words

into one lexical unit.答

案：F(No,it is not.)

3. ()Phonology is defined as the

study of the phonic medium of

language; it is concerned with

all the sounds that occur in

the world’s languages.

答案：F(Phonology is interested in

the system of sounds of a

particular language.)

5. ()Semantic

shift is the

same as

semantic change.

答案：

F(Semantics

change refers

to the change

of meaning of

a word.)

7. ()The location of one of

the suprasegmental features in

English —stress does

distinguish meaning.答案：T

8. ) Words are the smallest

unit of language that can

not be broken down into even

smaller components.答案：F

1. ()In English and many other

languages, the subject usually

follows the verb and the direct

object usually precedes the verb.

答案：F(The verb follows the

subject.)

6.

()Morpho

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logy

and

syntax

study

the same

aspect

of

languag

e. 答

案：

F(Morph

ology

studies

the

internal

structur

e of

words.)

7. ()Research findings have shown that language processing centers

are situated in a single area of the left hemisphere.

答案：F(They are situated in several areas.)

8. ()It is the property of arbitrariness that provides speakers with an opportunity to

talk about a wide range of

things, free from barriers

caused by separation in time

and place.

答案：F(Arbitrariness does not have the property.)

9. ) The angular gyrus is supposed

to be crucial for commanding

of the syntax system of one’s language.

答案：F(The angular gyrus is not.)1. ()Distinctive features are the same

to any language. 答案：F(They are not the same.)

3. ()Some languages have ways of referring to some entity, some

languages don’t. 答案：F(They all have ways of referring to entity.) 5. ()A scientific

study of language is

based on what the

linguist thinks. 答案：

F(It is based on

scientific study of

language.) 7. ) Morphology is divided

into three subbranches: inflectional morphology, lexical morphology and derivational morphology.

答案：F(Morphology is divided into two subbranches:inflectional and derivational.)

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