第一章 单元测试
1、判断题：Linguistics studies particular language, not languages in general.
A:错
B:对
正确答案:【错】
2、判断题：Modern linguistics is mostly prescriptive, but sometimes descriptive.
A:错
B:对
正确答案:【错】
3、判断题：Language is used to record the facts, which is the informative function of language, also called ideational function in the framework of functional grammar.
A:对
B:错
正确答案:【对】
4、判断题：Sociolinguistics is the study of language in relation to society.
A:错
B:对
正确答案:【对】
5、单选题：If a linguistic study describes and analyzes the language people actually use, it is said to be _______.
A:linguistic
B:descriptive
C:analytic
D:prescriptive
正确答案:【descriptive】
6、单选题：Which of the following is not a design feature of human language?
A:Duality
B:Meaningfulness
C:Arbitrariness
D:Displacement
正确答案:【Meaningfulness】
7、单选题：Language is said to be arbitrary because there is no logical connection between _______ and meanings.
A:objects
B:sounds
C:ideas
D:sense
正确答案:【sounds】
8、单选题：Saussure took a(n) _______ view of language, while Chomsky looks at language from a ________ point of view.
A:psychological…sociological
B:sociological…psychological
C:semantic…linguistic
D:applied…pragmatic
正确答案:【sociological…psychological】
9、多选题：According to Jakobson, ___________ are the functions of language?
A:interpersonal
B:conative
C:referential
D:metalingual
正确答案:【conative;referential;metalingual】
10、多选题：Which of the following belongs to the main branches of linguistics?
A:Morphology
B:phonetics
C:Semantics
D:psycholinguistics
正确答案:【Morphology;phonetics;Semantics】
11、多选题：According to Jakobson, ___________ are the functions of language?
A:conative
B:metalingual
C:interpersonal
D:referential
正确答案:【conative;metalingual;referential】
12、多选题：Which of the following belongs to the main branches of linguistics?
A:Semantics
B:psycholinguistics
C:Morphology
D:phonetics
正确答案:【Semantics;Morphology;phonetics】
13、多选题：According to Jakobson, ___________ are the functions of language?
A:referential
B:conative
C:metalingual
D:interpersonal
正确答案:【referential;conative;metalingual】
14、多选题：Which of the following belongs to the main branches of linguistics?
A:Morphology
B:psycholinguistics
C:Semantics
D:phonetics
正确答案:【Morphology;Semantics;phonetics】
15、多选题：Which of the following belongs to the main branches of linguistics?
A:phonetics
B:psycholinguistics
C:Morphology
D:Semantics
正确答案:【phonetics;Morphology;Semantics】
第二章 单元测试
1、判断题：Phonology is concerned with how the sounds can be classified into different categories.
A:对
B:错
正确答案:【错】
2、判断题：Distinctive features of sound segments can be found running over a sequence of two or more phonemic segments.
A:错
B:对
正确答案:【对】
3、单选题：What is the difference between the fields of phonetics and phonology?
A:Phonetics is concerned with the physical and physiological aspects of sounds, while phonology is concerned with sounds as parts of language.
B:Phonetics is the more general discipline concerned with all kinds of sounds, whereas phonology is specifically concerned with modern experimental methodologies.
C:Phonetics is concerned with historical data, whereas phonology is concerned with how language is actually spoken.
D:Phonetics is mostly concerned with the production of vowels and consonants, while phonology is more about phenomena such as tone.
正确答案:【Phonetics is concerned with the physical and physiological aspects of sounds, while phonology is concerned with sounds as parts of language.
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4、单选题：Question: Which of the following sounds is velar ?
A:A.
g
B:p
C:h
D:s
E:r
正确答案:【A.
g
】
5、单选题：Which of the following sounds is not alveolar?
A:d
B:s
C:f
D:t
正确答案:【f】
6、单选题：Would it be useful to compare German and English when trying to establish how English was spoken in the past?
A:Yes, because English and German are related and each may have a more conservative pronunciation in some points.
B:Yes, because they have a spelling that is very similar.
C:No, because there is no archeological record about the relationship between the two languages.
D:No, because English is an older language than German.
E:Yes, because German is an older language than English.
F:Yes, because all languages were pronounced in similar ways in the more distant past.
正确答案:【Yes, because English and German are related and each may have a more conservative pronunciation in some points.】
7、单选题：In German, the word ‘Kind’ (child) has the plural form Kind-er. In the letter d is actually pronounced as [t], but in the plural form one pronounces it as a [d]. Which phonological feature is involved in this alternation?
A:Voice
B:Place of articulation
C:Velar
D:Manner of articulation
E:Sonorant
正确答案:【Voice】
8、单选题：English and German have relatively large vowel inventories. What reason does the discussion provide for this?
A:These languages are relatively old and had more time to develop the vowel inventory.
B:These languages have a long writing tradition, influencing the number of vowels that can be expressed.
C:Earlier distinctions between long and short vowels developed into vowel quality contrasts in these languages.
D:Because of extensive language contact, these languages borrowed vowels from each other.
E:These languages tend to have a simpler syllable structure than other languages, and need more differences between vowels.
正确答案:【These languages tend to have a simpler syllable structure than other languages, and need more differences between vowels.】
9、多选题：How do features help us understand and explain the path of language acquisition?
A:Children become gradually aware of features.
B:Children do not acquire sounds, but rather features.
C:Children are slowed down by the need to learn difficult features.
D:Children use features to put sounds in rectangular tables.
E:Children try to find out how speech sounds can be built up of features.
正确答案:【Children become gradually aware of features.;Children do not acquire sounds, but rather features.;Children try to find out how speech sounds can be built up of features.】
10、多选题：Which three of the following parameters are relevant for consonant sounds? Please check all that apply.
A:Place of articulation
B:Manner of articulation
C:Structure of articulation
D:Height of articulation
E:Restructuring
F:Voicing
正确答案:【Place of articulation;Manner of articulation;Voicing】
11、多选题：How do features help us understand and explain the path of language acquisition?
A:Children do not acquire sounds, but rather features.
B:Children are slowed down by the need to learn difficult features.
C:Children use features to put sounds in rectangular tables.
D:Children become gradually aware of features.
E:Children try to find out how speech sounds can be built up of features.
正确答案:【Children do not acquire sounds, but rather features.;Children become gradually aware of features.;Children try to find out how speech sounds can be built up of features.】
12、多选题：Which three of the following parameters are relevant for consonant sounds? Please check all that apply.
A:Manner of articulation
B:Height of articulation
C:Voicing
D:Place of articulation
E:Restructuring
F:Structure of articulation
正确答案:【Manner of articulation;Voicing;Place of articulation】
13、多选题：Which three of the following parameters are relevant for consonant sounds? Please check all that apply.
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