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1 Introduction II. Multiple choice

1. The distinction between langue and parole was made by the Swiss linguist ___ in the early 20th century. A. Noam. Chomsky B. F. de Saussure C. Charles Hockett D. J.R. Firth 2. The distinction between competence and performance was made by the American linguist ___ in the late 1950?s. A. Noam. Chomsky B. F. de Saussure C. Charles Hockett D. J.R. Firth 3. A modern linguist would not prefer to be a(n) ___. A. observer B. analyzer C. judge D. recorder II. True or false judgement

( f ) 1. Langue is concrete while parole is abstract. Langue is relatively stable while

parole varies from person to person, and from situation to situation.

( f ) 2. Similar to Saussure, Chomsky thinks that what linguists should study is the

ideal speaker?s performance, not his competence.

( f ) 3. Modern linguistics is prescriptive while traditional grammar is descriptive. ( t ) 4. Modern linguistics regards the spoken language as primary, not the written. (t ) 5. Traditional grammar forced languages into a Latin-based framework.

( f ) 6. In modern linguistics, a diachronic approach seems to enjoy priority over a

synchronic one.

( t ) 7. “Language is a system” means that elements of language are combined

according to rules.

( f ) 8. Language is culturally as well as genetically transmitted.

( t ) 9. Linguistics studies not any particular language, but languages in general.

( f) 10. In broad sense applied linguistics refers to the application of linguistic

theories and principles to language teaching, especially the teaching of foreign and second languages.

( t ) 11.A modern linguist is interested in what is said, not in what he thinks ought to

be said.

IV. Short answers

3. Explain the duality of structure of human language.

Keys:

II. Multiple choice 1. B 2. A 3. C

III. True or false judgement 1. F 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. F 7. T 8. F 9. T 10. F 11. T

2 Phonology II. Multiple choice

1. Which of the following is NOT a suprasegmental feature? A. phoneme B. stress C. tone D. intonation

2. The English word that contains a voiceless bilabial unaspirated stop is ____.

A. peak B. speak C. tip C. topic 3. Chinese is a(n) ___ language.

A. intonation B. tone C. pitch D. stress

4. The rules that govern the combination of sounds in a particular language are called _________.

A. sequential rules B. combining rules C. assimilation rules D. deletion rules 5. Which of the following is a minimal pair? A. fear, pear B. put, hut C. bit, beat D. beat, beast III. True or false judgement

( ) 2. Linguists are interested in all sounds produced by humans.

( ) 3. The “same” sounds we claim to have heard are in most cases only phonetically similar, but rarely phonetically identical.

( ) 4. Narrow transcription is normally used in dictionaries and teaching textbooks for general purposes.

( ) 6. A phoneme is a phonological unit, it is a unit that is of distinctive value. ( ) 7. The location of stress in English does not distinguish meaning.

( ) 10. Conventionally phonemes are placed within square brackets, and phones in slashes.

IV. Short answer

6. What is a minimal pair?

7. How is a phone different from a phoneme?

Keys:

Multiple choice

1-5 ABBAC True or false judgement 2.F 3.T 4.F 6.T 7.F 10.F

3. Morphology

Multiple choice

1. Which of the following underlined parts is a bound morpheme?

A. inborn B. impossible C. quickly D. without 2. Which of the following underlined parts is a free morpheme?

A. readable B. westward C. clockwise D. freely 3. Which of the following underlined parts is a derivational morpheme?

A. smaller B. stimuli C. interviewee D. John?s 4. Which of the following underlined parts is NOT an inflectional morpheme?

A. oxen B. excited C. data D. encourage 5. How many morphemes can we find in the word ?internationalize??

A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six

6. Which of the following does not belong to the open classes?

A. nouns B. verbs C. articles D. adverbs

7. The word centralization consists of _____ syllables as against _____ morphemes.

A. five/five B. five/four C. four/three D. four/four

8. The word uncomfortable consists of _____ syllables as against _____ morphemes.

A. four/three B. five/two C. five/three D. three/five 9. In modern English, which of the following is NOT a free morpheme?

A. ceive B. ulcer C. escape D. aspect III. True or false judgment

( ) 1. Bound morphemes cannot occur “unattached” while free morphemes can occur alone.

( ) 2. Some morphemes may occur in many words, combining with different

morphemes but for which it is difficult to find a constant meaning.

( ) 3. Inflectional morphemes are attached to words or morphemes, but they never

change their syntactic category. Yet they usually add lexical meaning to the words or morphemes.

( ) 4. It is often the case that compounds have the same stress patterns from the

noncompounded word sequence.

( ) 6. Pronouns and articles fall into the closed classes.

( ) 7. Words like blackboard, international, sit-in, living room are compounds.

( ) 8. As for the compound greenhouse, the primary stress falls on the second part of the word.

( ) 9. A single word may contain one or more morphemes.

( ) 10. To a certain degree, the meaning of a compound can be inferred from its meanings of individual parts.

( ) 11. Such affixes as –or, -ize, -ish used to form the words actor, modernize and childish are called inflectional affixes.

( ) 12. Inflectional affixes are used to form new words with new lexical meanings.

IV. Short answer

1. How are bound morphemes different from free morphemes? 2. What are inflectional morphemes?

Keys:

II. Multiple choice

1. B. 2. D 3.C 4. D 5. B 6. C 7. B 8. C 9.A True or false judgement

1. T 2.T 3. F 4. F 6. T 7. F 8. F 9.T 10. T 11. F 12. F 4 Syntax

II. Multiple choice

1. Phrases that are formed of more than one word usually contain the following elements EXCEPT___: A. head B. specifier C. complement D. inflection

3. Which of the following is the head of the phrase ?a very lovely girl?? A. very B. girl C. a D. lovely

4. The following underlined parts are termed specifier EXCEPT___? A. listen attentively B. seldom sing songs C. quite right D. that old house

5. Which of the following underlined parts is the complement of the phrase? A. a story about a wolf B. cut the hair C. a careful man D. often read books

Keys:

Multiple choice 1.D 3.B 4.A 5.A 5 Semantics

II. Multiple choice

1. Which of the following best describes the relations between “He was a bachelor all his life” and “He never married all his life”? A. The former is synonymous with the latter. B. The former is inconsistent with the latter. C. The former entails the latter.

D. The former presupposes the latter.

2. Which of the following best describes the relations between “The police stopped the minors from drinking” and “The minors were drinking”? A. The former is synonymous with the latter. B. The former is inconsistent with the latter. C. The former entails the latter.

D. The former presupposes the latter.

3. Which of the following best describes the relations between “She saw a girl” and “She saw a child”?

A. The former is synonymous with the latter. B. The former is inconsistent with the latter. C. The former entails the latter.

D. The former presupposes the latter.

4. Which of the following best describes the relations between “Mary likes western food” and “Mary shows no interest in western food”? A. The former is synonymous with the latter. B. The former is inconsistent with the latter. C. The former entails the latter.

D. The former presupposes the latter. 5. ?This is a ball? is a ___-place predication. A. no B. one C. two D. three

6. ?I like you and your sister? is a ___-place predication. A. no B. one C. two D. three

7. ?Kate gave me a gift? is a ___-place predication.

A. no B. one C. two D. three 8. ?It is sunny? is a ___-place predication. A. no B. one C. two D. three

9. ?John runs quickly? is a ___-place predication. A. no B. one C. two D. three 10. ?famous? and ?notorious? A. dialectal synonyms B. collocational synonyms C. stylistic synonyms D. synonyms that differ in their emotive meaning 11. ?petrol? and ?gasoline? are ___. A. dialectal synonyms B. collocational synonyms C. stylistic synonyms D. synonyms that differ in their emotive meaning 12. ?accuse…of? and ?charge…with? are ___. A. dialectal synonyms B. collocational synonyms C. stylistic synonyms D. synonyms that differ in their emotive meaning 13. ?inquire? and ?ask? are ___. A. dialectal synonyms B. collocational synonyms C. stylistic synonyms D. synonyms that differ in their emotive meaning 14. Which of the following pair of words are homophones?

A. ad---add B. lead (领导)---lead (铅) C.mouth (口))---mouth(袋口) D.animal---cow

15. Which of the following pair of words are homographs?

A. sew---sow B. lead (领导)---lead (铅) C.mouth (口))---mouth(袋口) D. tec---tech

16. Which of the following pair of words are complete homonyms? A. flour---flower B. tear(眼泪)---tear (撕掉) C. heroin---horoine D. criket---criket

17. The relation between ?furniture? and ?wardrobe? is ___. A. homophony B. homography C.hoponymy D. polysemy 18. ?beautiful? and ?ugly? are ___.

A. gradable antonyms B. ungradable opposites C. relational opposites D. complementary synonyms 19. ?married? and ?unmarried? are ___.

A. gradable antonyms B. ungradable opposites C. relational opposites D. complementary synonyms 20. ?employer? and ?employee? are ___.

A. gradable antonyms B. ungradable opposites C. relational opposites D. complementary synonyms

III. True or false judgement

( ) 1. Linguistic forms having the same sense may have different references in different situations.

( ) 2. Linguistic forms with the same reference might differ in sense.

( ) 3. Complete synonyms, i.e. synonyms that are mutually substitutable under all circumstances, are frequently seen.

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