北京林业大学2005年6月 普通语言学考试试卷.pdf

北京林业大学2005年6月 普通语言学考试试卷 I. For each question, there are four choices of answers. In some cases, only one choice is correct while in others more than one should be chosen. Choose ALL the correct ones. (25 points) 1. “I can refer to Confucius even though he was dead 2,000 years ago.” This shows that language has the design feature of _____. A. arbitrariness B. creativity C. duality D. displacement 2. Which of the following statements is true of Jacobson’s framework of language functions? A. The referential function is to indulge in language for its own sake. B. The emotive function is to convey message and information. C. The conative function is to clear up intentions, words and meanings. D. The phatic function is to establish communion with others. 3. “Don’t end a sentence with a preposition.” This is an example of _____ rules. A. prescriptive B. descriptive C. transformational D. functional 4. According to G. B. Shaw’s ridicule of English orthography, the non-existent word ghoti can be pronounced in the same way as _____. A. goat B. hot C. fish D. foot 5. Which of the following is the correct description of [v]? A. voiceless labiodental fricative B. voiced labiodental fricative C. voiceless labiodental stop D. voiced labiodental stop 6. Which of following vowel is CV4? A. [a] B. [e] C. [u] D. [i] 7. Which of the following is a narrow transcription of the word rap? A. [ræp] B. [®æp] C. [ræp˙] D. [®æp¬] 8. “New elements are not to be inserted into a word even when there are several parts in a word.” This is known as _____. A. uninterruptibility B. stab