语言学概论复习题

语言学概论复习题

1. Which of the following statements about language is NOJ 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 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 Prague School

11. According to Chomsky, is the ideal

user's internalized knowledge of his language.

A. competence B. parole C. performance D. langue

12. is a design feature of human language

that enables speakers to talk about a wide range of things, free from barriers caused by separation in time and space.

A. Displacement B. Arbitrariness

C. Duality D. Productivity

13. The function of the sentence "A nice day,

isn't it?" is A. informative B. phatic

C.drrective D.performative

14. General linguistics is the scientific study of

A. language of a certain inpidual

B. the German language

C. human languages in general

D. the system of a particular language

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1. Articulatory phonetics mainly studies __ .

A. the physical properties of the sounds produced in speech

B. the perception of sounds

C. the combination of sounds

D. the production of sounds

2. Where are the vocal cords?

A. In the mouth. B. In the nasal cavity. C. Above the tongue. D. Inside the larynx.

A. the place of articulation B. the obstruction of airstream C. the position of the tongue D. the shape of the lips

4. Which of the following phonetic descriptions matches the English consonant [p]? -

A. A voiceless bilabial stop. B. A voiced bilabial stop. C. A voiceless dental stop. D. A voiced dental fricative.

5. Wha't is the common factor of the three sounds: [p], [k], [t]?

A. Voiceless B. Spread C. Voiced D. Nasal

6. What phonetic feature distinguish the [p] in please and the [p] in speak?

A. Voicing B. Aspiration C. Roundness D. Nasality

7. Which of the following sounds is a vowel glide?

A. [ t ] B. [ o ] c. [ ei ] D. [dau]

8. Which of the following is not a distinctive feature in English?

A. voicing B. nasal C. approximation D. aspiration

9. Which of the following is not one of the criteria of vowel description?

A. The part of the tongue that is raised.

B. The extent to which the tongue rises.

C. The shape of the lips.

D. The extent to which the teeth draw together.

10. Which of the following sounds is a back vowel?

A. [i] B. [w] C. [e] D. [u]

11. The diphthong in the word bite is composed of: __ .

A. [a] and [i] B. le] and [i] C. [a] and le] D. [o] and [i]

12. English consonants can be classified into stops, fricatives, nasals, etc. in terms of

A. manner of articulation

B. openness of mouth C. place of articulation D. voicing

13. The phonological features of the consonant [k] are __ .

A. voiced stop B. voiceless stop

C. voiced fricative D. voiceless fricative

A. the shape of the lips B. the height of the tongue C. the part of the tongue that is raised

D. the position of the soft palate

A. the manner of articulation B. the shape of the lips C. the vibration of the vocal cords D. the place of articulation

16. Vibration of the vocal cords results in

A. aspiration B. nasality C. obstruction D. voicing 1-5 DDBAA

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1. is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transcription.

A. Phonetics B. Phonology C. Semantics D. Pragmatics

2. studies the sound systems in a certain language.

A. Phonetics B. Phonology C. Semantics D. Pragmatic

3. Which of the following groups of words is a minimal pair?

A. but-pub B. wet-which C. cool-curl D. fail-find

4. Minimal pairs are used to

A. find the distinctive features of a language.

B. find the phonemes of a language.

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