語言學(xué)練習(xí)題(附答案)-chapter-1--language

1、ChapterOneLanguage1.Definethefollowingterms1)discreteness2)designfeatures3)arbitrariness4)duality5)displacement6)culturaltransmission7)theimaginativefunctionoflanguage8)thepersonalfunctionoflanguage9)theheuristicfunction

2、oflanguage10)language2.MultipleChoiceDirections:Ineachquestiontherearefourchoices.Decidewhichonewouldbethebestanswertothequestiontocompletethesentencebest.1)WhichofthefollowingwdsisentirelyarbitraryA.treeB.crashC.typewri

3、terD.bang2)Thefunctionofthesentence“Waterboilsat100degreesCentigrade”is________.A.interrogativeB.directiveC.infmativeD.perfmative3)InChinesewhensomeonebreaksabowlaplatethehostthepeoplepresentarelikelytosaysuisuipingan(ev

4、eryyearbesafehappy)asameansofcontrollingthefceswhichthebelieversfeelmightaffecttheirlives.WhichfunctiondoesitperfmA.Interpersonal.B.Emotive.CPerfmative.D.Recreational.4)Whichofthefollowingpropertiesoflanguageenableslangu

5、ageuserstoovercomethebarrierscausedbytimeplaceduetothisfeatureoflanguagespeakersofalanguagearefreetotalkaboutanythinginanysituationA.interchangeability.B.Duality.C.Displacement.D.Arbitrariness.5)Studythefollowingdialogue

6、.Whatfunctiondoesitplayaccdingtothefunctionsoflanguage—Anicedayisn’tit—Right!Ireallyenjoythesunlight.A.EmotiveB.Phatic.C.Pefmative.D.Interpersonal.6)Unlikeanimalcommunicationsystemshumanlanguageis.A.stimulusfreeB.stimulu

7、sboundC.underimmediatestimuluscontrolD.stimulatedbysomeoccurrenceofcommunalinterest.7)WhichofthefollowingisthemostimptantfunctionoflanguageA.interpersonalfunctionB.perfmativefunctionC.infmativefunctionD.recreationalfunct

8、ion8)Indifferentlanguagesdifferenttermsareusedtoexpresstheanimal“狗”thisshowsthenatureofofhumanlanguage.AarbitrarinessBculturaltransmissionCdisplacementDdiscreteness9)Whichofthefollowingdisciplinesarerelatedtoappliedlingu

9、isticsA.statisticsB.psycholinguisticsC.physicsD.philosophy10)hasbeenwidelyacceptedasthefatherofmodemlinguistics.3)()ThereasonfFrenchtousechevalfEnglishtousehsetorefertothesameanimalisinexplicable.4)()Mostanimalcommunicat

10、ionsystemslacktheprimarylevelofarticulation.5)()Languagechangeisuniversalongoingarbitrary.6)()Languageisasystemofarbitrarywrittensignswhichpermitallthepeopleinagivencultureotherpeoplewhohavelearnedthesystemofthatculturet

11、ocommunicateinteract.7)()Intheythelengthofsentencesislimited.8)()Therelationshipbetweenthesoundstheirmeaningisarbitrary.9)()Linguisticsymbolsareakindofvisualsymbolswhichincludevocalsymbols.10)()Linguisticsymbolsareproduc

12、edbyhumanspeechgans.11)()Everylanguagehastwolevels:grammatically—meaninglesssound—meaningful.12)()Suchfeaturesoflanguageasbeingcreativevocalarbitrarycandifferentiatehumanlanguagesfromanimalcommunicativesystems.13)()Duali

13、tyisoneoftheacteristicsofhumanlanguage.Itreferstothefactthatlanguagehastwolevelsofstructures:thesystemofsoundsthesystemofmeanings.14)()Languageisameansofverbalcommunication.Therefethecommunicationwayusedbythedeafmuteisno

14、tlanguage.15)()Arbitrarinessoflanguagemakesitpotentiallycreativeconventionalityoflanguagemakesalanguagebepassedfromgenerationtogeneration.Asafeignlanguagelearnerthelatterismeimptantfus.5.Glossarytranslation1)personalfunc

15、tion2)heauristicfunction3)ideationalfunction4)interchangeability5)控制功能6)表現(xiàn)功能7)文化傳遞性8)分離性9)區(qū)別性特征10)不受時(shí)空限制的屬性11)Interactionalfunction12)instrumentationalfunction13)imaginativefunction14)寒暄功能15)元語言功能16)Personalfunction17)pe