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武汉大学珞珈学院考试试卷 考试科目：英语语言学（样题） I. Define the following terms (2X5=10%) articulatory phonetics assimilation … syntactic function … II. Multiple Choice (2X15=30%) Choose the best answer from the four given options to complete each of the following statements. Which of the following is not a metafunction of language according to Halliday? A. interpersonal B. textual C. informative D. ideational As far as language is concerned, ______ changes are the quickest and easiest to notice. A. phonological B. morphological C. lexical D. grammatical In its technical sense, lexicon deals with the analysis and creation of ______. A. words and phrases B. words, phrases and idioms C. words, idioms and collocations D. words, phrases and collocations Verbs are ______. A. lexical and closed-class words B. lexical and open-class words C. grammatical and open-class words D. grammatical and closed-class words The positional relation is also known as all the following except ______. A. the syntagmatic relation B. the chain relation C. the vertical relation D. the horizontal relation Among the following meanings, ______ is of a different nature. A. connotative meaning B. thematic meaning C. affective meaning D. social meaning A syllable must have a ______. A. onset B. coda C. vowel D. nucleus Which of the following is NOT an exocentric construction? A. A great success. B. He succeeded. C. He passed the exam. D. On the table. ______, together with openness, is generally regarded as the core of creativity of language. A. Recursiveness B. Conjoining C. Embedding D. Coordination … III. Data Analysis (40%) 1. Transcribe the pronunciation of the following words with the help of IPA, and then describe the phonetic features of the speech sounds in these words of the underlined parts. (2X4=8%) Example： handwriting: [h?ndraiti?] /?/: [mid-low], [front], [unrounded], (vowel) curse [k((s] stick [st(k] 2. Analyze the morphological structure of the followi