2016语言学考研真题.pptVIP

Chapter 1 Linguistics: the study of language 名校研究生入学考试真题选 I. 名词解释 1 清华大学2001；中国人大2002；武汉大学2003考题 Cultural transmission （as a defining property of language） 2 同济大学2000年考题 Descriptive linguistics vs. prescriptive linguistics II. 判断正误 1 清华大学2001年考题 When language is used to get information, it serves an informative function. 2 东南大学2003年考题 Most animal communication systems lack the primary level of articulation. 3 大连外国语学院2000年考题 Descriptive linguistics are concerned with how languages work, not with how they can be improved. III. 填空题 1 中山大学2003年考题 By saying that “language is arbitrary”, we