英语语言学试题库.doc

1 英语语言学Ⅰ.Directions : Read each of the following statements carefully , Decide which of the four pletes the statement and put the letter A,B,C orD in the brackets. 1 .There are ( )main areas of ic study. ANSWER:B 2. The term( )linguistics may be defined asa way of referring to the approach which studies language change over various periods of time and at various historical stages. A. synchronic B. diachronic C. comparative D. parative ANSWER:B 3 .Foreign language learning always contain () A language historical process learning B. input and language learning C inter language in language learning D. grammar and language learning ANSWER:BCD 4 .The way in which people address each other depends on their age, sex, social group, and personal relationship. The English system of address forms frequently used includes first name, last name, title+ last name, ( )and kin term. A title+ first name B title+ title 2 C title alone D first name+ last name+ title ANSWER:C 5 .Features of the language in fictions are: () A stress and metrical patterning B speech and thought presentation C prose style D analysis of the text ANSWER:BC 6. Which of the following best states the behaviorist view of child language acquisition? ()A Language acquisition isa process of habit formation B Language acquisition is the species-specific property of human beings C Children are born with an innate ability to acquire language D Humans are equipped with the neural prerequisites for language and language use ANSWER:A 7 .Words can be identified in terms of() Aa minimum free form B stability C relative uninterruptibility D variable ornot ANSWER:ABC 8 .Which isnot the features of language? () 3 A arbitrariness B duality C creativity D replacement ANSWER:D 9 .Approachers to syntax can be: () A the traditional approach B the structural approach C the functional approach D the generative approach ANSWER:ABCD 10 .Predication analysis isa way to analyze( )meaning. A phoneme B word C phrase D senten