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考试题型： 1 Blank-filling(20% 每题1分) 时间：20 Fill in the following blanks with a word whose iniyial letter has been given 例：Linguistics is the systematic study of l________ II Multiple choice (20% 每题1分) 时间：20 例：The following sounds belong to the same natural class except ____. A. [g] B. [p] C. [b] D. [d] III True or false judgement (20% 每题2分) 时间： 10 Judge whether the following statements are true or false. Write T in the corresponding bracket for a true statement and F for a false one. 例：( ) Phonetics studies the functioning of the speech sounds. IV. Give a short answer of no more than 50 words to each of the following questions.(25%, 每题5分) 时间：50 例：Explain the feature of displacement in human language. V. Writing a passage of 100-150 words on the following topic (15%) 时间：50 例： With examples, give one plausible explanation for linguistic change. Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 What is linguistics? 1.1.1 Definition scientific study of language a discipline which describes lang in all its respects (e.g. its system, its internal structure, its social functions, its use and its historical development) and formulates theories as to how it works. 1.1.2 The scope of linguistics 3 General linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics. Pragmatics. Phonetics the study of speech sounds of human lang. Phonologythe study of the distinctive sound units of a language and their relations. Morphology--the internal structure of words, and the processes of word formation Syntaxthe study of the rules governing the way words are combined to sentences in a lang. Semanticsthe study of meaning in language, including the analysis of word meaning and sen meaning as well. Pragmaticsthe study of the use of language in communication, or the relationship between linguistic elements and the contexts or situations in which they are used. Sociolinguistics—Psycholinguistics—Applied Linguistics 1.1.3 Some important distinctions in linguistics Ferdnard de Saussur