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胡壮麟 语言学 复习及答案 Chapter I Introduction l.T 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.T 6.F 7.T 8 .F 9.T 10.F 11.T 12.T 13.T 14.T 15.T 16.F 17.T 18.F 19.F 20.F Decide whether each of the following statements is True or False: TOC \o 1-5 \h \z Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of language. T Linguistics studies particular language, not languages in general. F A scientific study of language is based on what the linguist thinks. F In the study of linguistics, hypotheses formed should be based on language facts and checked against the observed facts. T General linguistics is generally the study of language as a whole. T6. General linguistics, which relates itself to the research of other areas, studies the basic concepts, theories, descriptions, models and methods applicable in any linguistic study. F Phonetics is different from phonology in that the latter studies the combinations of the sounds to convey meaning in communication. T Morphology studies how words can be formed to produce meaningful sentences. F The study of the ways in which morphemes can be combined to form words is called morphology. T Syntax is different from morphology in that the former not only studies the morphemes, but also the combination of morphemes into words and words into sentences. F The study of meaning in language is known as semantics. T Both semantics and pragmatics study meanings. T Pragmatics is different from semantics in that pragmatics studies meaning not in isolation, but in context. T Social changes can often bring about language changes. T Sociolinguistics is the study of language in relation to society. T Modern linguistics is mostly prescriptive, but sometimes descriptive. F Modern linguistics is different from traditional grammar.T A diachronic study of language is the description of language at some point in time. F 19 Modern linguistics regards the written language as primary, not the written language. F The distinction between competence and performance was proposed by F. de Saus