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1、全国2010年1月高等教育自学考试 现代语言学试题 课程代码：00830I . Directions: Read each of the following statements carefully. Decide which one of the four choices best completes the statement and put the letter A, B, C, or D in the brackets. ( 2% 10=20% )1. The language behavior of particular persons on particular occasions
2、 is determined by manyother factors over and above their linguistic _. ( )A. systemB. structureC. competenceD. performance2. When we pronounce the long vowels i: or u:, our _, which is a bony structure at the end of the windpipe, is in a state of tension. ( )A. larynxB. hard palateC. glottisD. vocal
3、 cords3. The word “manuscript” is a two-morpheme cluster which contains _. ( )A. two rootsB. a root and a prefixC. a root and a suffixD. a root and a free morpheme4. The grammatical knowledge is represented through Phrase Structure Rules, which state explicitly all and only the possible combinations
4、 of the _ of a language, for example, in English, NP ( Det ) (Adj) N (PP) (S). ( )A. phrasesB. clausesC. sentencesD. constituents5. The view that the meaning of a linguistic form is defined as the “situation in which the speaker utters it and the response it calls forth in the hearer” was proposed b
5、y _. ( )A. PlatoB. Ogden and RichardsC. John FirthD. Bloomfield6. According to John Austins theory of speech act, a(n) _ act is the change brought about by the utterance. ( )A. prelocutionaryB. locutionaryC. illocutionaryD. perlocutionary7. In 1786, Sir William Jones suggested that _ bore to Greek a
6、nd Latin a stronger affinity than could possibly have been produced by accident.（ ）A. GermanicB. PersianC. SanskritD. Lithuanian8. The existence of taboo words and taboo ideas stimulates the creation of euphemism, which shows that a word or phrase not only has a l_ act is the change brought about by
7、 the utterance. ( )A. prelocutionaryB. locutionaryC. illocutionaryD. perlocutionary7. In 1786, Sir William Jones suggested that _ bore to Greek and Latin a stronger affinity than could possibly have been produced by accident.（ ）A. GermanicB. PersianC. SanskritD. Lithuanian8. The existence of taboo w
8、ords and taboo ideas stimulates the creation of euphemism, which shows that a word or phrase not only has a linguistic denotative meaning but also has a _.( )A. conceptual meaningB. connotative meaningC. cultural meaningD. social meaning9. Dichotic listening research tells us a signal coming in the
9、left ear will first go to the _ hemisphere, from where it is transferred to the left side of the brain for processing. （ ）A. rightB. leftC. frontD. back10. Studies of the effects of formal instruction on second language acquisition suggest that formal instruction may help learners perform some of th
10、e following types of tasks except _.( )A. planned speechB. writingC. casual and spontaneous conversationD. career-oriented examinationII. Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill i
11、n ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given. (1% 10=10%)11. Double a refers to the property of language which means language is composed of discrete units at two levels. At the lower level there is a structure of sounds, which are meaningless. At the higher level there are mo
12、rphemes and words, which are meaningful.12. In the production of v , the back of the tongue is brought into contact with the soft palate, or velum, e.g., k in cat, g in get and in sting.13. Morphological rules are the rules that govern which affix can be added to what type ofs to form a new word.14.
13、 A sentence is a structurally independent unit that usually comprises a number of words. Aphrase structure tree diagram assigns a h structure to sentences.15. The words such as “pop” meaning a certain sound and “pop” meaning popular are in relationship of c homonyms.16. The c view in the discussion
14、of semantics is often considered as the initial effort to study meaning in a pragmatic sense.17. Extensive changes in rules of morphology have occurred in the history of English. English has lost most of its i endings, by which it is no longer possible to identify the functional roles of nouns.18. D
15、iglossia describes any stable linguistic situation, in which there exists a strict f differentiation between a low-variety or L-variety and a high variety or H-variety.19. The localization of cognitive and perceptual functions in a particular hemisphere of the brain is called l .20. I is the language that a learner constructs at a given stage of second language acquisition. III. Directions: Judge whether each, of the following statements is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false in the brackets in front of each statement
