语言学概论练习题.pdf

语言学复习 1. Which of the following statements about language is NOT true? A. Language is a system. B. Language is symbolic. C. Animals also have language. D. Language is arbitrary. 2. Which of the following features is NOT one of the design features of language? A. Symbolic. B. Dual. C. Productive. D. Arbitrary. 3. What are the dual structures of language? A. Sounds and letters. B. Sounds and meaning. C. Letters and meaning. D. Sounds and symbols. 4. Which of the following statements can be used to describe displacement, one of the unique properties of language? A. We can easily teach our children to learn a certain language. B. We can use both shu and tree to describe the same thing. C. We can use language to refer to something not present. D. We can produce sentences that have never been heard before. 5. What is the most important function of language? A. Interpersonal B. Phatic C. Informative. D. Metalingual 6. Which of the following is one of the core branches of linguistics? A. Phonology B. Psycholinguistics C. Socio-linguistics. D. Anthropology. 7. Which of the following branches of linguistics takes the inner Structure of word as 1 its main object of study? A. Phonetics. B. Semantics. C. Morphology. D. Syntax. 8. Which of the following modes of study emphasizes on the standards of language? A. Prescriptive. B. Descriptive. C. Synchronic. D. Diachronic. 9. Who put forward the distinction between Langue and Parole? A. Saussure B. Chomsky C. Halliday D. Anonymous 10. The distinction between competence and performance is proposed by __ . A. Saussure B. Halliday C. Chomsky D. the P