5. Modern English began with the Norman Conquest. ( )
6. Bilingualism is a situation in which two different varieties of a language co-exist in a speech community. ( )
7. The case of Genie suggests that the language faculty of an average human degenerates after the critical period. ( )
8. Interference is the only source of errors in the second language acquisition. ( )
9. When a plural form -s is added to a noun that ends with a vowel, it is pronounced as ［z］, due to assimilation. ( )
10. In the sentence ―The father beat the child‖, ―the child‖ is both a structural and logical object. ( )
四、名词解释，并至少举一例加以说明（每小题4分，共
24分）
1. duality 2. phoneme 3. complex sentence 4. reference 5. perlocutionary act 6. linguistic taboo
五、论述题（每小题10分，共20分）
1. Comment on the following conversation in terms of Grice‘s Cooperative Principle: A: Where‘ve you been? B: Out.
2. Analyse the following words and show how many morphemes each of them contains:
specialize , indisputable, individualistic, downfall, unexceptionableness, ungentlemanliness (每个语素0. 5分)
英语语言学试题（8）
语言学试题
第一部分 选择题
一、单项选择题(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)在每小题列出的四个选项中只有一个选项是符合题目要求的，请将正确选项前的字母填在题后的括号内。
1.The famous quotation from Shakespeare's play ―Romeo and Juliet‖ ?A rose by any other name would smell as sweet‘ well illustrates _______.( ) A.the conventional nature of language B.the creative nature of language C.the universality of language
D.the big difference between human language and animal communication
2.Of the following sound combinations, only _______ is permissible according to the sequential rules in English.( )
A.kibl B.bkil C.ilkb D.ilbk
3.The sentence that has a NP and a VP can be shown in a _______ formula \→NP VP\ )
A.hierarchical
B.linear
C.tree
diagram D.vertical
4.It is the _______ on Case assignment that states that a Case assignor and a Case recipient should stay adjacent to each other.( )
A.Case Condition B.parameter C.Adjacent Condition D.Adjacent Parameter
5.Predication analysis is a way to analyze _______ meaning.
A.phoneme B.word C.phrase D.sentence
6.According to Searle,those illocutionary acts whose point is to commit the speaker to some future course of action are called _______.( )
A.commisives B.directives C.expressives D.declaratives
7.The term _______ linguistics may be defined as a way of referring to the approach which studies language change over various periods of time and at various historical stages.
A.synchronic B.diachronic C.comparative D.historical comparative
8.The way in which people address each other depends on their age, sex, social group, and personal relationship. The English system of address forms frequently used includes first name, last name, title+last name, _______,and kin term.
A.title+first name B.title+title
C.title alone D.first name+last name+title
9.Language and thought may be viewed as two independent circles overlapping in some parts. When language and thought are identical or closely parallel to
英语语言学试卷精粹(10套题)
