英语语言学概论试卷B

2013-2014学年第2学期期末考

试（B ）卷

课程名称 《英语语言学概论》

任课教师签名 程建山

出题教师签名 程建山

审题教师签名 王婉华

考试方式 （闭）卷

适用专业 2011级英语专业

考试时间 （120）分钟

I. Directions: Read each of the following statements carefully. Decide which one of the four choices best completes the statement and blacken the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (2%×10=20%)

1. According to Saussure, _______ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community, the set of conventions and rules which language users all have to abide by. A. language B.

langue C. parole D. competence

2. Vowels can be classified in terms of each of the following ways EXCEPT

_______.

A. position of the tongue

B.

openness of the mouth

C. manner of articulation

D.

shape of the lips

3. In terms of manner of articulation,

the English consonants ［s ］ and ［z ］

are classified as ______.

A. liquids

B.

affricates

D.

A. 2

B.

3 C.

4 D. 5

5. Semantically, the sentence “I regret stepping on your book” ______ the sentence “I stepped on your book.” A. presupposes B. entails C. contradicts D. is synonymous with

6. According to John Austin’s speech act theory, a(n) ______ act is the act performed by saying something. A. prelocutionary B. locutionary C. illocutionary

D.

perlocutionary

7. All the following words EXCEPT ______ are the examples which can be used to illustrate semantic narrowing.

A. aunt

B. wife

C. hound

D. fowl

8. In many cultures, words relating to sex, sex organs, and natural bodily functions make up a larger part of ______ vocabulary.

A. gender

B. euphemism

C. slang

D. taboo

9. Speaker A: I’m out of petrol. Speaker B: There’s a garage round the corner.

Speaker B is violating the maxim of _______.

A. quantity

B. quality

C. relation

D. manner

10. A typical example of a _______ community is an ethnic ghetto where most, if not all, of its inhabitants are either immigrants or children of immigrants.

A. diglossic

B. bilingual

C. pidginized

D. creolized

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

11. Cultural t refers to the fact that the details of the linguistic system must be learned anew by each speaker, and they are not simply biologically passed on from generation to generation.

12. The phonemic features that occur above the level of the segments are called s features, which are the phonological properties of such units as the syllable, the word, and the sentence.

13. D affixes are added to an existing form to create a word. This is a very common way to create new words in English.

14. A c sentence contains two or more clauses, one of which is incorporated into the other.

15. If we say “The baby is crying,” we must be talking about a certain baby crying in a certain situation; the word