新编简明英语语言学教程第一次作业及答案.docx

QuizofLinguistics

I.DecidewhethereachofthefollowingstatementsisTrueorFalse.

1.Linguisticsisgenerallydefinedasthescientificstudyoflanguage.

(T

)

2.Linguisticsstudiesparticularlanguage,notlanguageingeneral.

(

F)

3.Ascientificstudyoflanguageisbasedonwhatthelinguistthinks.

(

F)

4.Inthestudyoflinguistics,hypothesesformedshouldbebasedonlanguagefacts

andcheckedagainsttheobservedfacts.

(T

)

5.Generallinguisticsisgenerallythestudyoflanguageasawhole.

(T

)

Generallinguistics,whichrelatesitselftotheresearchofotherareas,studiesthebasicconcepts,theories,descriptions,modelsandmethodsapplicableinanylinguisticsstudy. (F)

Modernlinguisticsismostlyprescriptive,butsometimesdescriptive.(F)

Modernlinguisticsisdifferentfromtraditionalgrammar. (T)

Adiachronicstudyoflanguageisthedescriptionoflanguageatsomepointintime.

(F )

ThedistinctionbetweencompetenceandperformancewasproposedbySaussure.

(F )

Fillineachofthefollowingblankswithonewordwhichbeginswiththelettergiven.

Chomskydefines“competence”astheidealuser’sknowledge oftherulesofhislanguage.

Languereferstotheabstract linguisticsystemsharedbyallthemembersofaspeechcommunitywhiletheparoleistheconcreteuseoftheconventionsandapplicationoftherules.

Duality isoneofthedesingfeaturesofhumanlanguagewhichreferstothephenomenonthatlanguageconsistsoftwolevels:alowerlevelofmeaninglessindividualsoundsandahigherlevelofmeaningfulunits.

Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for humancommunication.

Parole referstotherealizationoflangueinactualuse.

Findingsinlinguisticstudiescanoftenbeappliedtothesettlementofsomepracticalproblems.Thestudyofsuchapplicationisgenerallyknownasappliedlinguistics.

Languageisproductive inthatitmakespossibletheconstructionandinterpretation