06422简明英语语言学教程试题.doc

2011年1月广东省高等教育自学考试 英语语言学 问卷（课程代码06422）I. Blank-filling (20%)Fill in the following blanks with a word, whose initial letter has been given.1. The 3 branches of phonetics are labeled articulatory phonetics ,auditory phonetics, and a_ phonetics.2. When 2 different forms are identical in every way except for one sound segment which occurs in the same place in the strings ,they are said to be in a m_ pair .3. R_ motivation refers to the fact that learners learn a second language for external purposes .4. Later Noam Chomsky prefers this innate endowment as UG ,i.e. U_ Grammar.5. In "NP （Deg )A(pp)", the dots in the rule indicate that other c_ options are available .6. The articulatory apparatus of human being are contained in 3 important areas :the p_ cavity，the oral cavity, and the nasal cavity.7. L_ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community .8. H_ refers to the sense relation between a more general ,more inclusive word and a more specific word .9. The description of a language at a given point in time is a s_ study.10. The study of how speakers of a language use sentences to effect successful communication is called p_.11. The structure corresponding to the final syntactic output of the sentence which results from appropriate transformations is called s_ structure.12. The term d_, first used by Ferguson in 1959,refers to a sociolinguistic situation similar to bilingualism .13. Learners' independent system of the second language which is of neither the second language is known as i _.14. The sound pin pit is pronounced with a strong puff of air, which is said to be a_.15. C_ model states that in word comprehension words are analyzed by hearers from beginning to end.16. S_ is concerned with the inherent meaning of the linguistic form and is the collection of all the features of the linguistic form .17. Major lexical categories are Noun, Verb ,Adjective,and P_.18. S_ is the sub-field of linguistics that studies the relation between linguistic and society between the uses of language and social structures.19. P_ is concerned with the progress of language comprehension and production.20. Linguistics studies not any particular language ,but languages in g_.II. Multiple choice(20%)Choose the best answer to the following items.21. _refers to the study of the internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed .A. Syntax B. Etymology C. Lexicology D. Morphology22. _ aims to discover how speech sounds in a language form patterns and how these sounds are used to convey meaning in linguistic communication .A. Phonetics B. Phonemics C. Phonetics D. Phonotactics 23. Language _ refers to a natural ability for learning a second language.A. aptitude B. competence C. performance D. attitude 24. _ is a personal dialect of an individual speaker that combines elements regarding regional ,social, gender, and age variations .A. Idiolect B. Pidgin C. Sociolect D. Creole 25. A(n) _ is a word formed by combining parts of other words , e.g. smog .A. back formation B. blend C. abbreviation D. clipping 26. The traditional and the only way to study the brain in the past was through _ studies .A. experimental B. surgical C. autopsy D. observational 27. _ refers to the phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form ,i.e. Different words are identical in sound or spelling ,or in both .A. Polysemy B. Synonym C. Homophone D. Homonymy 28. The arrow in the phrase structure rule "SNP VP " is read as _.A. is equal to B. generates C.has D. consists of 29. _ of neighbouring sound is , for the most part,caused by articulatory or physiological progress .A. Assimilation B. Formalization C. Derivation D. Patterning 30. The drive that people learn a foreign language because of the wish to identify with the target culture is called _ motivation .A. instrumental B. resultative C. integrative D. intrinsic 31. There are different types of affixes pr morphemes .The affix "ed" in the word "learned" is known as a(n) _.A. derivational morpheme B. free morpheme C. inflectional morpheme D. free form 32. If a linguistic study aims to describe and analyzed the language people actually use ,it is said to be _A. descriptive B. prescriptive C. synchronic D. diachronic 33. Transformational Generative Grammar was introduced by _ in 1957.A. L.Bloomfield B. F.Saussure C. N.Chomsky D. M.A.K Halliday 34. Of the following sound combination ,only _ is permissible according to the sequential rules in English .A. mible B. bmil C. imlb D. ilbm 35. Which of the following English words is formed by clipping ?A. smog B. UNESCO C. baby-sit D. disco 36. Of the following words ,_ belongs to the open class word .A. emai B. but C. the D. they 37. The sense relation for the pair of words "doctor and patient "is _A. synonymy B. hyponymy C. antonymy D. homonymy 38. In learning a foreign language, instances of mother tongue interference can be found act the level of _.A. pronunciation B. vocabulary C. syntax D. all of the above 39. According to F.de Saussure,_ refers to the system of language .A. langue B. parole C. competence D. performance 40.The utterance "We 're already working 25 hours a day, 8 days a week " obviously violates the maxim of _A. quality B. quantity C. relation D. manner III. True of false judgement (20%)Judge whether the following statements are true or false. Write T in ye corresponding bracket for a true statement and F for a false one .41.Damage to parts of the brain in front of the central sulcus will cause fluent aphasia .42.D-structure is formed by the XP rule in accordance with the head's supercanonization properties .43.An illocution act is the act performed by or resulting from saying something .It is the consequence of the utterance .44.The LAD was described as ab imaginary "black box "which is said to contain rules that are specific only to human languages .45.Componential analysis is a way proposed by the structure semantics to analyze lexical word meaning .46.Garden path sentence is an awkward sentence that misleads the speakers and takes them down the garden path to a wrong direction .47.Acronyms are words derives from the initials and ending of several words .48.Diglossia refers to the dialect having to do with separation brought about by different social conditions.49.In daily life people often see the situation in which adult speak differently when talking to little children ,they use a special speech called motherese.50.Phonology is the study of how speech sounds are produced by human speech organs .IV. Explain the following notions briefly (25%)51.broad transcription vs narrow transcription52.selection restriction53.speech act theory54.Critical Period Hypothesis 55.Draw a tree diagram for the surface structure of "A man will find the dog"V. Write a passage of 120-150words on the following topic .(15%)What are the major views concerning the study of meaning ?