语言学 选择判断题.docVIP

CHAPTER 1 I. Decide whether each of the following statements is true or false: T 1. Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of language. F 2. A scientific study of language is based on what the linguist thinks. T 3. General linguistics is generally the study of language as a whole T 4. Phonetics is different from phonology in that the latter studies the combinations of the sounds to convey meaning in communication. T 5. The study of the ways in which morphemes can be combined to form words is called morphology. T 6. Applied linguistics is the application of linguistic principles and theories to language teaching and learning T 7 Competence and performance refer respectively to a language user’s underlying knowledge about the system of rules and the actual use of language in concrete F 8 Language is a means of verbal communication. Therefore, the communication way used by the deaf-mute is not language T 9. By diachronic study we mean to study the changes and development of language F 10. Language change is universal, ongoing and arbitrary F 11. There is universal agreement about the origin of language. F 12. Pet dogs can speak human languages. F 13. All human infants can speak some language. F 14. By creativity we mean the creative use of language as often practiced by poets. F 15. With different cultures there will be different languages. T 16. Not all uses of language are meant to convey new information. III. There are four choices following each statement. Mark the choice that can best complete the statement. 1. If a linguistic study describes and analyzes the language people actually use, it is said to be ______________. A. prescriptive B. analytic C. descriptive D. linguistic 2. Which of the following is not a design feature of human language? A. Arbitrariness B. Displacement C. Duality D. Meaningfulness 3. Modern linguistics regards the written language as ____________. A. primary B. correct C. secondary