语言学试题1

教课…选…《英语语言学1》试题（ A卷）

… … 第 题 六 总分 …题号 一 二 三 四 五 … … 得分 … 答 说明：1、本试题共2页6大题， 考察学生《英语语言学1》一至二单元的知识。

… 名2、适用于外语系2005级1—4教学 班。 姓…师…3、考试时间：70分钟。

教…课得分 阅卷人 选要一题（每小题 1分，共10分）

… … I. Match the following branches of linguistics with their correct definitions. (10×1=10%) … …1. Phonetics A. The study of the history and structure of formerly

不 unwritten languages.

… … 2. Phonology

B. An interdisciplinary field which centers around the

… 号…学use of computers to process or produce human 内 …language.

… 3. Morphology

C. The study of the interrelation of language and mind,

… … in processing and producing utterances and in 名线姓…language acquisition for example.

生考…4. Syntax

D. An umbrella term which covers a variety of different

… 班…interests in language and society, including the 封 …social functions of language and the social 级… characteristics of its use.

… …系密5. Semantics E. The study of meaning in context. …6. Pragmatics

F. The study of how meaning is encoded in a language.

… …

…7. Psycholinguistics G. The study of principles of forming and understanding

correct English sentences.

8. Sociolinguistics

H. The study of the internal organization of words. 9. Anthropological linguistics

I. The study of how sounds are produced, transmitted

and received.

10. Computational linguistics J. The study of the rules governing the structure, distribution, and sequencing of speech sounds and the

shape of syllables.

得分 阅卷人 二题（每小题 1 分，共 10 分）

II. In each question/sentence there are four choices. Decide which one would be the best answer to the question, or best completes the sentence. (10×1=10%) 1. /fi:l/ is a/an syllable. A. open B. closed C. coda D. nucleus 2. There are phonemes in “thanks”.

A. two B. four C. five D. one 3. There are syllables in the word “traditionally”. A. 2 B.3 C.4 D.5 4. The function of the sentence “ A nice day, isn’t it” is . A. directive B. informative C. performative D. phatic communion 5. According to classification, langguage has the following three functions: ideational, interpersonal and textual. A. Chomsky’s B. Halliday’s C. Jakobson’s D. Mathesius’s

6. According to Chomsky, a language user’s underlying knowledge about the system of rules is called his linguistic .

A. performance B. communicative competence C. competence D. parole

7. Labial, coronal, dorsal and guttural are the features which can distinguish one phoneme from another. These features are called . A. paradigmatic feature B. syntagmatic feature C. coordinate feature D. distinctive feature 8. In the syllable //, the onset is / /. A. // B. // C. // D. //

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班…学…9. If a following sound is influencing a preceeding sound, we call it . 教课… A. perseverative coarticulation B. regressive assimilation 选…C. progressive assimilation D. epenthesis

…10. A study is when it lays down rules for correct use of language. … A. prescriptive B. descriptve C. synchronic D. diachronic 第 题 … 得分 阅卷人 … … 三题（每小题1分，共 10 分）

… III. Put one phoneme into the following blanks according to the description. (10×1=10%) 答 …1. Please identify the consonants according to the description. (5×1=5%) 名姓…A. / / bilabial stop voiced 师…B. / / alveolar fricative voiceless 教…课C. / / alveolar lateral

选要D. / / stop alveolar voiceless … E. / / affricate postalveolar voiced

… 2. Please identify the vowels according to the description. (5×1=5%) … A. / / high front tense unrounded vowel … 不B. / / mid central long unrounded vowel …C. / / low back lax rounded vowel

…D. / / low back tense unrounded vowel … 号…E. / / back midhigh lax rounded vowel 学 内 …得分 阅卷人 … 四题（每小题3分，共30分）

… … IV. Explain the following terms in English. (10×3=30%) 名线姓…1. Broad transcription:

生2. Complementary disribution: 考…3. Minimal pairs: … 班…4. Phoneme: 封5. Free variants:

…6. Suprasegmental features: 级… 7. Open syllable:

… 8. Maximal onset principle: …系密9. Articulatory phonetics: 10. Devoicing: …

… …

…得分 阅卷人 五题（共20分）

V. Comment on the design features of language. (20%) （Directions: three points are given to the definition of “design feature”, twelve points to the explanation of the four features and five points to the details in which you comment on the four features.） 得分 阅卷人 六题（共20 分）

VI. Distinguish the following two pairs of important terms in linguistics: (1) Synchronic description vs. diachronic description (2) Langue and parole. (20%)

(Directions: sixteen points are given to the explanation of the four terms and four points to the details you give.)

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