研究生入学考试语言学.doc

第1页共 5 页 三 峡 大 学 2011年研究生入学考试试题　(A卷) 考试科目： 英语语言学 考试时间：180分钟 总分：150分 （考生必须将答案写在答题纸上） I. There are 20 sentences in this part. Beneath each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one which is the best answer. (20 points) 1. Which is the commonly accepted definition of “linguistics” ? A. The scientific social science of language B. The scientific learning and teaching of language C. The scientific study of language D. The prescriptive study of language 2. ______ is considered as “father of modern linguistics”. A. Bloomfield B. Chomsky C. Aristotle D. Saussure 3. London School is also known as ______ . A. systemic liguistics and functional linguistics B. psychological linguistics C. anthropological linguistics D. computational linguistics 4. “______” is a word in English which is onomatopoeic. A. Walkman B. Waterloo C. Ticktack D. Seesaw 5. ________ deals with language application to other fields, particularly education. A. Comparative linguistics B. Applied linguistics C. Practical linguistics D. Theoretical linguistics 6. The acronym “CALL” in language education refers to ______ . A. computer-assisted language learning B. computer-administrative language label C. computer-access language level D. computer-aid language teaching  第2 页 7. An aspirated p, an unaspirated p and an unreleased p are ______ of the p phoneme. A. allophones B. tagmemes C. morphemes D. analogues 8. Which of the following can be classified as lexical words? A. Nouns, adjectives and articles B. Nouns, prepositions and verbs C. Nouns, verbs and adjectives D. Nouns, verbs and function words 9. The sentence “Whitman left school at eleven to become an office boy in a law firm, then worked for a doctor.” is a _______sentence. A. compound B. simple C. complex D. coordinate 10. The description of a langu