CHAPTER 1
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I. Decide whether each of the following statements is true or fal:
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T 1. Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of language.
F 2. A scientific study of language is bad on what the linguist thinks.
T 3. General linguistics is generally the study of language as a whole
两人都在外地怎么离婚T 4. Phonetics is different from phonology in that the latter studies the combinations of the sounds to convey meaning in communication.
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T 5. The study of the ways in which morphemes can be combined to form words is called morphology.
T 6. Applied linguistics is the application of linguistic principles and theories to language teaching and learning
T 7 Competence and performance refer respectively to a language ur’s underlying knowledge about the system of rules and the actual u of language in concrete
F 8 Language is a means of verbal communication. Therefore, the communication way ud by the deaf-mute is not language
T 9. By diachronic study we mean to study the changes and development of language
F 10. Language change is universal, ongoing and arbitrary
F 11. There is universal agreement about the origin of language.
F 12. Pet dogs can speak human languages.
F 13. All human infants can speak some language.
F 14. By creativity we mean the creative u of language as often practiced by poets.
F 15. With different cultures there will be different languages.
T 16. Not all us of language are meant to convey new information.
III. There are four choices following each statement. Mark the choice that can best complete the statement.
1. If a linguistic study describes and analyzes the language people actually u, it is said to be ______________.
A. prescriptive B. analytic C. descriptive D. linguistic
2. Which of the following is not a design feature of human language?
A. Arbitrariness B. Displacement C. Duality 难道造句 D. Meaningfulness
3. Modern linguistics regards the written language as ____________.
A. primary B. correct C. condary D. stable
4. The function of the ntence “water boil at 100 degrees centigrade”
A interrogative B directive C informative D performative
5. A historical study of language is a ____ study of language.
A. synchronic B. diachronic C. prescriptive D. comparative
6. Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols for human __________.
A contact B communication C relation D community
7. Languages is _______
A instinctive B non-instinctive C static D genetically transmitted
8. A linguist regards the change in language and language u as _______
A unnatural B something to be feared C natural D abnormal
9. Which of the following words is entirely arbitrary
A tree B crash C typewriter D bang
10. In modern linguistics, speech is regarded as more basic than writing, becau ___________.
A. in linguistic evolution, speech is prior to writing
B. speech plays a greater role than writing in terms of the amount of information conveyed.
C. speech is always the way in which every native speaker acquires his mother tongue
D. All of the above
CHAPTER 2
I. Decide whether each of the following statements is True or Fal:
太兴餐厅T 1. Voicing is a phonological feature that distinguishes meaning in both Chine and English.
F 2. If two phonetically similar sounds occur in the same environments and they distinguish meaning, they are said to be in complementary distribution.
F 3. A phone is a phonetic unit that distinguishes meaning.
F 4. English is a tone language while Chine is not.
T 5. In linguistic evolution, speech is prior to writing.
T 6. In everyday communication, speech plays a greater role than writing in terms of the amount of information conveyed.
F 7. Articulatory phonetics tries to describe the physical properties of the stream of sounds which a speaker issues with the help of a machine called spectrograph.
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F 8. The articulatory apparatus of a human being are contained in three important areas: the throat, the mouth and the chest.
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T 9. Vibration of the vocal cords results in a quality of speech sounds called voicing.
F 10. English consonants can be classified in terms of place of articulation and the part of the tongue that is raid the highest.
