要点语言学第一章练习.pptVIP

Exercises The study of _____ dose NOT form the core of linguistics. A. syntax B. pragmatics C. morphology D. sociolinguistics D * If the study of meaning is conducted in the context of language use, a branch of linguistic study called ____ comes into being. A. syntax B. semantics C. pragmatics D. morphology C * Which of the following statements is not the concern of psycholinguistics? A. It aims to answer such questions as how the human mind works when we use language. B. It focuses on the way of processing the information we receive in the course of communication C. It pays more attention to the study of language acquisition in children D. It relates the social norms that determine the type of language to be used in a certain occasion. D * Which of the following words is the entire arbitrary one? A. crash B. book C. newspaper D. beautiful B * Which of the following items is not a design feature of human language? A. competence B. arbitrariness C. displacement D. productivity A * The differences between traditional grammar and modern linguistics are all of the followings EXCEPT____. A. descriptive vs. prescriptive B. spoken vs. written C. non-Latin-based framework vs. Latin-based framework D. competence vs. performance D * The term ____ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language change over various periods of time and at various historical stages. A. synchronic B. diachronic C. comparative D. historical comparative B * _____ is regarded as the “father of modern linguistics”? A. Chomsky B. Saussure C. Halliday D. Whorf B * Competence refers to _____. A. knowledge of meaning of words and sentences B. the actual realization of the language user’s knowledge of the rules in utterances C. the ideal language user’s knowledge of the rules of his language D. what speakers can actually do with language C * The subject area on the borders of linguistics and literature has become known as ____. A. linguistic stylistics B. anthrop