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:错
B:对
正确答案:【对】
4、判断题：Sociolinguistics is the study of language in relation to society.
A:对
B:错
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:analytic
B:linguistic
C:descriptive
D:prescriptive
正确答案:【descriptive】
6、单选题：Which of the following is not a design feature of human language?
A:Arbitrariness
B:Duality
C:Meaningfulness
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:sounds
B:ideas
C:objects
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:sociological…psychological
B:semantic…linguistic
C:psychological…sociological
D:applied…pragmatic
正确答案:【sociological…psychological】
9、多选题：According to Jakobson, ___________ are the functions of language?
A:metalingual
B:conative
C:interpersonal
D:referential
正确答案:【metalingual;conative;referential】
10、多选题：Which of the following belongs to the main branches of linguistics?
A:Morphology
B:phonetics
C:psycholinguistics
D:Semantics
正确答案:【Morphology;phonetics;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 mostly concerned with the production of vowels and consonants, while phonology is more about phenomena such as tone.
C:Phonetics is concerned with historical data, whereas phonology is concerned with how language is actually spoken.
D:Phonetics is the more general discipline concerned with all kinds of sounds, whereas phonology is specifically concerned with modern experimental methodologies.
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:r
B:s
C:p
D:A.
g
E:h
正确答案:【A.
g
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5、单选题：Which of the following sounds is not alveolar?
A:d
B:t
C:f
D:s
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 they have a spelling that is very similar.
B:Yes, because all languages were pronounced in similar ways in the more distant past.
C:No, because English is an older language than German.
D:Yes, because English and German are related and each may have a more conservative pronunciation in some points.
E:Yes, because German is an older language than English.
F:No, because there is no archeological record about the relationship between the two languages.
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:Manner of articulation
B:Sonorant
C:Place of articulation
D:Velar
E:Voice
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 are slowed down by the need to learn difficult features.
B:Children try to find out how speech sounds can be built up of features.
C:Children become gradually aware of features.
D:Children use features to put sounds in rectangular tables.
E:Children do not acquire sounds, but rather features.
正确答案:【Children try to find out how speech sounds can be built up of features.;Children become gradually aware of features.;Children do not acquire sounds, but rather features.】
10、多选题：Which three of the following parameters are relevant for consonant sounds? Please check all that apply.
A:Height of articulation
B:Place of articulation
C:Restructuring
D:Structure of articulation
E:Manner of articulation
F:Voicing
正确答案:【Place of articulation;Manner of articulation;Voicing】
第三章 单元测试
1、单选题：Nouns, verbs and adjectives can be classified as ____.
A:grammatical words
B:form words
C:function words
D:lexical words
正确答案:【lexical words】
2、单选题：Morphemes that represent tense, number, gender and case are called _____ morpheme.
A:inflectional
B:derivational
C:free
D:bound
正确答案:【inflectional】
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