全國2011年1月高等教育自學(xué)考試

現(xiàn)代語言學(xué)試題

課程代碼：00830

 I . Directions: Read each of the following statements carefully. Decide which one of the four choices best completes the statement and put the letter A, B, C, or D in the brackets. (2% × 10=20% )

1.There is a difference between what we know, which is our linguistic competence, and how we use this knowledge in actual speech production and______, which is our linguistic performance. (      )

A. creation                                              

B. communication

C. comprehension                                     

D. perception

2.The sounds that begin and end the words church and judge are voiceless and voiced ______,respectively. (      )

A. affricates                                             

B. stops

C. velars                                                  

D. palatals

3.Morphemes which represent such grammatical categories as number, tense, gender, and case are called _______ morphemes. (      )

A. free                                                    

B. bound

C. derivational                                         

D. inflectional

4.XP may contain more than just X. Phrases that are formed of more than one word usually contain head, ______and complement. (      )

A. modifier                                             

B. determiner

C. qualifier                                              

D. specifier

5. ______ is concerned with the inherent meaning of the linguistic form while _______ deals with the relationship between the linguistic element and non-linguistic world of experience. (      )

A. Reference, sense                                  

B. Sense, referent

C. Sense, reference                                   

D. Referent, sense

6. According to John Austin’s theory of speech act, a(n) ______ act is the act of expressing the speaker’s intention. (      )

 A. prelocutionary                                   

B. locutionary

C. illocutionary                                        

D. perlocutionary

7. Sound changes may include the loss of a sound or sounds. The so-called apocope refers to the omission of a vowel segment________. (      )

A. in word-initial                                     

B. in word-middle

C. in word-final                                       

D. in syllable-initial

8. In contrast to Standard American English, Black English is the distinct variety of English native to black populations in the USA. We regard Black English as________. (      )

A. a regional dialect                                 

B. a social dialect

C. a situational dialect                               

D. an ethnic dialect

9. Among the language centers, ______is responsible for physical articulation of utterances. (      )

 A. the motor area                                   

B. Broca’s area

C. Wernicke’s area                                 

D. the angular gyrus

10. The language at ________ stage begins to reflect the distinction between sentence-types, such as negative sentences, imperatives, and questions. (      )

A. prelinguistic                                        

B. one-word

C. two-word                                            

D. multiword