When two different form are identical in every way except for one sound segment which occurs in the same place in the st

答案是：inimal

The long vowels are all t____ vowels and the short vowels are lax vowels.

答案是：ense

P____ is interested in the system of sounds of a particular language.

答案是：honology

IPA stands for International Phonetic A____.

答案是：lphabet

A s____ can be a bound root, a free morpheme, or a derived form itself to which a derivational affix can be added.

答案是：tem

I____ affixes manifest various grammatical relations or grammatical categories such as number, degree, and case.

答案是：nflectional

Affixes like “im-”, “il-”, “un-”, “-tion”, “-or”, “-hood” are called d____ affixes.

答案是：erivational

F____ morphemes are independent units of meaning and can be stood freely all by themselves.

答案是：ree

C____ is a process of combing two or more words into one lexical unit.

答案是：ompounding

The affixes occurring at the beginning of a word are called p_____.

答案是：refix

In first language acquisition children usually ________ grammatical rules from the linguistic information they hear. A.

答案是：C

The ___________ approach was founded on the belief that it was possible to predict what problems learners of a particula

答案是：B

The _______ of the learner.s interlanguage is believed to be a major source of incorrect forms resistant to further inst

答案是：B

In contrast with learning, ______ refers to the gradual and subconscious development of ability in the first language by

答案是：C

In general, the two-word stage begins roughly in the ______ half of the child.s second year. A.early B.late C.first

答案是：D

In first language acquisition, imitation plays ______________. A.a minor role B.a significant role C.a basic role D.

答案是：B

A linguistic ________ refers to a word or expression that is prohibited by the "polite" society from general use. A.sla

答案是：D

_____ ln a person.s speech or writing usually ranges on a continuum from casual or colloquial to formal or polite accord

答案是：D

_______ means that certain authorites, such as the government choose, a particular speech variety, standardize it and sp

答案是：C

The most distinguishable linguistic feature of a regional dialect is its ______. A.use of words B.use of structure C.

答案是：C

Sense and reference are two related _____ different aspects of meaning. A.But B.And C.Or D.As well as

答案是：A

Semantic ____ is a process in which a word losses its former meaning and requires a new, sometimes related, meaning. A.

答案是：B

_____ refers to the phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form, i.e., different words are identi

答案是：B

“Alive” and “dead” are ____. A.Gradable antonyms B.Relational antonyms C.Complementary antonyms D.None of the above

答案是：D

If a sentence is regarded as what people actually utter in the course of communication, it becomes _____. A.A sentence

答案是：D

The meaning of a word or phrase depends largely on the communicative _____. A.Content B.Context C.Response D.answer

答案是：B

_____ resulted mainly from the expansion of the study of linguistics, especially that of semantics. A.Pragmatics B.Pra

答案是：A

______ act theory is an important theory in the pragmatic study of language. A.Speaking B.Speech C.Sound D.spoken

答案是：B

In Austin’s speech act theory, a(n) ____ act is the act performed by or resulting from saying something, in other words,

答案是：C

All the speech acts that belong to the same category share the same purpose or the same ______, but they differ in their

答案是：B

The utterance “ we are already working 25 hours a day, eight days a week.” obviously violates the maxim of _____. A.Qua

答案是：A

In the classic semantic triangle, the symbol or form refers to the linguistic elements, i.e., ______. A.Things and refe

答案是：D

____ does not study meaning in isolation, but in context. A.Pragmatics B.Semantics C.Sense relation D.concept

答案是：A

A sentence is a _____ concept, and the meaning of a sentence is often studied in isolation. A.Pragmatic B.Grammatical

答案是：B

Human linguistic ability largely depends on the structure and dynamics of ___________. A.human brain B.human vocal cor

答案是：A

The optimum age for second language acquision is _________. A.early teenage B.after puberty C.before puberty D.after

答案是：C

As regards the relationship between language and thought, those who hold that thinking and speaking are the same activit

答案是：C

Our linguistic ability is a ________ gift of the species. gene program. A.chemical B.physical C.scientific D.biologi

答案是：D

The most important part of the brain is the outside surface of the brain, call __________. A.the neurons B.nerve pathw

答案是：C

There is a gradation of ________ ranging a continuum between two extremes of very formal and very informal. A.dialect

答案是：B

Sciolinguists have concentrated on the language used by an individual which is known as the ________. A.dialect B.soci

答案是：C

When a _____ comes to be adopted by a population as its primary language, and children learn it as their first language,

答案是：D

In some sense the existence of taboo words stimulates the creation of _______, serving as substitutes for the offensive

答案是：A

_________ is concerned with the social significance of language variation and language use in different speech communiti

答案是：B

___ is advanced by Paul Grice. A.Cooperative principle B.The general principle of universal grammar C.Politeness prin

答案是：A

which of the following is the most important function of language? A.interpersonal function B.performative function C

答案是：C

A scientific study of language is based on the ____investigation of language data. A.symbolic B.systemic C.systematic

答案是：C

According to F. de Saussure, ____ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech communi

答案是：C

Language can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situation of the speaker. This feature is called __

答案是：A

The feature that the details of the linguistics system must be learned anew refers to ____. A.displacement B.cultural

答案是：B

___ can be simply defined as the speech sounds we use when speaking a language. A.phones B.sounds C.phonemes D.speec

答案是：A

A ____vowel is one that is produced with the front part of the tongue maintaining the highest position. A.back B.centr

答案是：C

In the following four choices, ____ is a pair of homophone. A.sight and site B.lead (n.) and lead (v.) C.wind (n.)and

答案是：A

The soft palate is also called ____. A.velum B.uvula C.alveolus D.vocal cord

答案是：A

Steress in English is used to ____ semantically important words, A.signal B.stand out C.simplify D.single

答案是：B

Of all the speech organs, the ____ is / are the most flexible. A.mouth B.lips C.tongue D.vocal cords

答案是：C

Unlike animal communication systems, human language is_____. A.stimulus free B.stimulus bound C.under immediate stimu

答案是：A

The number of the closed-class words is ____ and no new members are regularly added. A.large B.small C.fixed D.limit

答案是：C

Those that affect the syntactic category and the meaning of the root as well are ____. A.stems B.affixes C.suffixes

答案是：B

____ at the end of stems can modify the meaning of the original word and in many cases change its part of speech. A.roo

答案是：C

____ are added to an existing form to create a word, which is a very common way in English. A.inflectional affixes B.f

答案是：C

There are different types of affixes or morphemes. The affix “ed” in the word “learned” is known as a(n) ____. A.deriva

答案是：C

“-s” in the word “books” is ____. A.a derivational affix B.a stem C.an inflectional affix D.a root

答案是：C

____ is a branch of grammar which studies the internal structure of words and the rules by which words are formed. A.Sy

答案是：C

According to Chomsky’s Standard theory, _______ contain all the information necessary for the semantic interpretation of

答案是：B

The development of linguistic skills involves the acquisition of _____rules rather than the mere memorization of words a

答案是：B

_____is a sub-field of linguistics that studies the sentence structure of language. A.Morphology B.Syntax C.Lexical

答案是：B

Phrase structure rules allow us to better understand _____. A.How words and phrases form sentences B.What constitutes

答案是：A

Transformational Generative Grammar was introduced by ____ in 1957. A.Bloomfield B.Saussure C.Chomsky D.Halliday

答案是：C

The different phones which can represent a phoneme in different phonetic environment are called the ____ of that phoneme

答案是：D

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