英语语言学练习题.pdfVIP

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Chp1

I.Blankfilling

1.Languereferstothe_____linguisticsystemsharedbyallthemembersofaspeech

community;parolereferstothe_____oflangueinactualuse.

2.Chomskydefinescompetenceastheidealuser’s_____oftherulesofhislanguage,and

performance,theactual_____ofthisknowledgeinlinguisticcommunication.

3.Arosebyanyothernamewouldsmellassweet“”.ThisquotationfromShakespeareillustrates

thatlanguagehasthedesignfeatureof_____.

4.Thepropertyof_____oflanguageprovidesaspeakerwithanopportunitytotalkaboutawide

rangeofthings,freefrombarrierscausedbyseparationintimeandplace.

5.Languageisasystem,whichconsistsoftwosetsofstructures,oneof_____,andtheother

of_____.Thisdoublearticulationoflanguageenablesitsuserstotalkaboutanythingwithin

theirknowledge.

II.T-Fchoice

1.Linguisticscanbedefinedasthescientificstudyofaparticularlanguage.

2.Languageisarbitrarybynaturebutitisnotcompletelyarbitrary.

3.Wecanusetheword“word”totalkaboutaword,wecantalkabout“talk”,wecanthinkabout

“thinking”,thisshowsthatlanguagehasametalingualfunction.

III.Answerquestions.

1.WhatfeaturesofhumanlanguagehavebeenspecifiedbyC.Hocketttoshowthatitis

essentiallydifferentfromanyanimalcommunicationsystem?

Chp2

1.Thedifferencebetweenaconsonantandavowelliesinwhetherthereisair_______inthe

productionofthem.

2.Vibrationofthevocalcordsresultsinaqualityofspeechsoundscalled