英语语言学试2英语言学试2.doc

英语语言学试题（5） 一、单项选择题(在每小题的四个备选答案中，选出一个正确答案，并将正确答案的序号填在题干的括号内。每小题2分，共20分)1.The description of a language as it changes through time is a (? ?? ?) study.A. comparative? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???B. diachronicC. up-to-date? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???D. descriptive2. Of the three branches of phonetics,??the longest established,??and until recently the most highly developed,??is (? ?? ?) phonetics.A. auditory? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?B. acoustic? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?C. articulatory? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???D. none of the above three3. What the element ‘-es’ indicates is third person singular,??present tense, the element ‘-ed’ past tense, and ‘-ing’ progressive aspect.??Since they are the smallest unit of language and meaningful, they are also (? ?? ?).A. phonemes? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? B. morphemesC. allophones? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???D. phones4. Since early 1980s Noam Chomsky and other generatvie linguists proposed and developed a theory of universal grammar known as the (? ?? ?) theory.A. speech act? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?B. TG? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?C. principles-and-parameters? ?? ?? ?? ???D. minimalist programme5. One way to analyze lexical meaning is (? ?? ?).A. predication analysis? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?B. stylistic analysis? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?C. componential analysis? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? D. proposition analysis6. Of the three speech acts,??linguists are most interested in the (? ?? ?) because this kind of speech act is identical with the speaker’s intention.A. locutionary act? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? B. illocutionary act? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?C. perlocutionary act? ?? ?? ?? ???D. constative act7. The discovery of Indo-European language family began with the work of the British scholar (? ?? ?).A. Sir William Jones? ?? ?? ?? ?? ? B. John Firth? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?C. M. A. K.??Halliday? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?D. F. D. Saussure8. A bilingual speaker often uses two languages alternatively during a conversation with another bilingual speaker,??a speech situation known as (? ?? ?).A. discourse role-switching? ?? ?? ?? ?