[语言学]语言学教程 测试题与答案.doc

1.判断题： We were all born with the ability to acquire language, which means the details of any language system can be genetically transmitted. 正确 错误 参考答案： 错误 2.单选题： __________ deals with language application to other fields, particularly education. A. Linguistic theory B. Practical linguistics C. Comparative linguistics D. Applied linguistics 参考答案： D 3.单选题： Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human __________ A. contact B. communication C. relation D. community 参考答案： B 4.判断题： Only human beings are able to communicate. 正确 错误 参考答案： 错误 5.填空题： Saussure put forward two important concepts. _____refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all members of a speech community. 参考答案： langue 6.判断题： The conventional nature of language is illustrated by a famous quotation from Shakespear’s play Romeo and Juliet: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. 正确 错误 参考答案： 正确 7.填空题： Linguistic potential is similar to Saussure’s langue and Chomsky’s_______ 参考答案： competence 8.判断题： Speech and writing came into being at much the same time in human history. 正确 错误 参考答案： 错误 9.填空题： The description of a language as it changes through time is a _______ study. 参考答案： diachronic 10.填空题： Linguistics is the______ study of language. 参考答案： scientific 11.填空题： One general principle of linguistic analysis is the primacy of _______ over writing. 参考答案： speech 12.填空题： Modern linguistics is _______ in the sense that the linguist tries to discover what language is rather than lay down some rules for people to observe. 参考答案： descriptive 13.单选题： Which of the following words is entirely arbitrary? A. tree B. typewriter C. crash D. bang 参考答案： A 14.判断题： F. de Saussure, who made the distinction between langue and parole in the early 20th century, was a French linguist. 正确 错误 参考答案： 错误 15.单选题： __________ refers to the actual realization of the ideal language user’s knowledge of the