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语言学练习题(附答案)Chapter1Language

ChapterOneLanguage

1.Definethefollowingterms

1)discreteness2)designfeatures

3)arbitrariness4)duality

5)displacement6)culturaltransmission

7)theimaginativefunctionoflanguage8)thepersonal

functionoflanguage

9)theheuristicfunctionoflanguage10)language

2.MultipleChoice

Directions:Ineachquestiontherearefourchoices.Decide

whichonewouldbethebestanswertothequestionorto

completethesentencebest.

1)Whichofthefollowingwordsisentirelyarbitrary?

A.treeB.crashC.typewriterD.

bang

2)Thefunctionofthesentence“Waterboilsat100degrees

Centigrade”is________.

A.interrogativeB.directiveC.informativeD.

performative

3)InChinesewhensomeonebreaksabowloraplatethehost

orthepeoplepresentarelikelytosaysuisuipingan

(everyyearbesafeandhappy)asameansofcontrolling

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语言学练习题(附答案)Chapter1Language

theforceswhichthebelieversfeelmightaffecttheir

lives.Whichfunctiondoesitperform?

A.Interpersonal.B.Emotive.CPerformative.D.

Recreational.

4)Whichofthefollowingpropertiesoflanguageenables

languageuserstoovercomethebarrierscausedbytimeand

place,duetothisfeatureoflanguage,speakersofa

languagearefreetotalkaboutanythinginany

situation?

A.interchangeability.B.Duality.

C.Displacement.D.Arbitrariness.

5)Studythefollowingdialogue.Whatfunctiondoesit