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天津商业大学
2018年研究生入学考试试题
专
业：外国语言学及应用语言学
课程名称：语言学
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Part I Linguistics (100 marks)
I. Studying linguistics, we have come across a lot of technical terms, some of which are listed below. Please write out the most acceptable definitions for each of them. (10 %)
a) language; b) linguistics; c) morphology: d) duality;
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e) intercultural communication: f) sociolect; g) syntax; h) synonyms; i) pragmatics; j) speech community II.
Studying linguistics we have been acquainted with many linguists, five of whom are listed below. Write out a phrase that may best represent their contributions to linguistics. （10%）
a) Edward Sapir; b) Noam Chomsky; c) M. A. K. Halliday b) d) H. P. Grice; e) Leonard Bloomfield
专
业：外国语言学及应用语言学
课程名称：语言学
及翻译（804） 共8页 第2页
III. Linguistics as a specified discipline has its own technical ways of operation. Try to fill the blanks to demonstrate your technical sense of linguistics. (15%)
1. Please give the corresponding sound segments according to the descriptions:
voiceless labiodental fricative: a)________; voiced alveolar stop: b)_________ front, close, short: c)__________
2. Prescriptive and descriptive represent two different types of linguistic study. If a linguistic study aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, it is said to be
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d)____________; if the linguistic study aims to lay down rules for “correct and standard” behavior in using language, i.e. to tell people what they should say and what they should not say, it is said to be e)_________ . Modern linguistics is mostly f)__________.
3. What functions does language perform? Three main functions are often recognized of language. The g)___________ function, also referred to differently as the cognitive, or referential, or propositional function, is assumed to be the primary function of language. The h)______________ function, also called the
专 业：外国语言学及应用语言学
课程名称：语言学
及翻译（804） 共8页 第3页emotive or attitudinal
function, supplies information about the user’s feelings, preferences, prejudices, and values. And the i)____________ function, also
天津商业大学语言学及翻译(A)
