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8801语言学概论（英）
题 号 题 分 得 分 一 20 二 10 三 10 四 15 五 25 六 20 一、 选择题（每小题1分，共20分）
在下列每小题的四个备选答案中选出一个正确的答 案，并将其字母标号填入题干的括号内。
1. ______ refers to the fact that there is no necessary or logical relationship between a linguistic form and its meaning. A. Displacement B. creativity C. arbitrariness D. duality
2. The study of a language at some point of time is called________. A. computational linguistics B. sociolinguistics
C. diachronic linguistics D. synchronic linguistics
3. The function of the sentence “A nice day, isn’t it?” is _______. A. directive B. informative C. performative D. phatic
4. ________ speaking, no variety of language is better than or superior to others. A. Generally B. Socially C. Politically D. Linguistically
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5. If two sounds are of no distinctive value, but are varieties of the same phoneme, they are called ______. A. phones B. speech sounds C. allophones D. morphs
6. ______ are produced when the obstruction is complete at first, then released slowly with friction resulting from partial obstruction. A. Nasals B. Glides C. Fricatives D. Affricatives
7. Which of the following sounds is a voiceless bilabial stop? _____. A. [m] B. [f] C. [p] D. [b]
8. Which of the following languages is a tone language? A. Russian B. Chinese C. English D. French
9. Identify the morphemes in the word 'unimaginative': A. un-im-ag-in-at-ive B. un-imaginative C. un-imagin-ative D. unimagin-ative
10. In the sentence 'I took my big brown cat to the vet yesterday', which of the following does not appear? _______. A. Adjective B. Preposition C. Adverb D. Conjunction
11. According to their ______, words can classified into closed-class and open-class words.
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A. variability B. membership C. similarities D. functions
12. \A. free morpheme B. derivative C. compound D. root.
13. When language is used to \A. evocative B. expressive C. directive D. performative
14. _______ is that part of the meaning of word or phrase that relates it to phenomena in the real world or in a fictional or possible world. A. Connotation B. Affective meaning C. Denotation D. Sense
15. The semantic components of the word “boy” can be expressed as _____. A. +human, +male, +adult B. +human, -male, +adult C. +human, -male, -adult D. +human, +male, -adult
16. The words such as TOFEL, NATO, UFO are _____. A. formed by blending B. acronyms
C. coined by back formation D. clipped words
17. According to Grice’s theory, a conversational implicature arises when the cooperative principle and its maxims are _______. A. strictly observed B. secretly and deliberately violated
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