语言学练习题及答案.docx

练习 1 1. There is no logical connection between meaning and sounds. A dog might be a pig if only the first person or group of persons had used it for a pig. This is one of the design features of language. A. duality B. arbitrariness C. productivity D. displacement Language is a system of two sets of structures, one of sounds and the other of meaning. This is . It makes people possible to talk everything within his knowledge. duality B. arbitrariness C. productivity D. displacement refers to the ability to construct and understand an indefinitely large number of sentences in one’s native language, including those that he has never heard before, but that are appropriate to the speaking situation .A. duality B. arbitrariness C. productivity D. displacement refers to the fact that one can talk about things that are not present, as easily as he does things present. The dog couldn’t be bow -wowing sorrowfully for some lost love or a bone to be lost. A. duality B. arbitrariness C. productivity D. displacement means language is not biologically transmitted from generation to generation, but the linguistic system must be learnt anew by each speaker. duality B. Arbitrariness C. interchangeability D. cultural transmission means that any human being can be both a producer and a receiver of messages. duality B. Arbitrariness C. interchangeability D. cultural transmission To say “How are you.” “Hi” to your friends is the of language. directive function B. informative function C. phatic function D. interrogative function “Tell me the result when you finish.” If you want to get your hearer to do something, you should use the of language. directive function B. informative function C. phatic function D. interrogative function A linguist regards the changes in language and language use as . unnatural B. something to be feared C. natural D. abnormal A linguist is interested in A. speech sounds only B. all sounds C. vowels only Which of the following sounds is a voi