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Exercise 11 Language and Linguistics 语言和语言学 1. According to F. de Saussure, _______ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community. A. parole B. Performance C. langue D. Language 2. Language is said to be arbitrary because there is no logical connection between _______ and meanings. A. sense B. sounds C. objects D. ideas 3. Language can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situations of the speaker. This feature is called _______, A. displacement B. duality C. flexibility D. cultural transmission 4. The study of language as a whole is often called _______________. A. general linguistics B. Sociolinguistics C. psycholiguistics D. apllied linguistics 5. The descriptiong of a language at some point in time is a study___________ A. diachronic B. synchronic C. descrpitve D. prescriptive 6. Findings in linguistics studies can often be applied to the solutions of some practical problems, the study of such applications is known as __________. A. anthropological linguistics B. computational linguistics C. applied linguistics D. mathematical linguistics 7. Which of the following isn ’t a major branch of linguistics A. Phonology B. Syntax C. Pragmatics D. Speech 8. As modern linguistics aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, and not to lay down rules for “correct ” linguistic behaviour, it is said to b