出自:信阳师范学院-英语语言学

_________ in a person’s speech or writing usually ranges on a continuum from casual or colloquial to formal or polite according to the type of communicative situation. A.Regional variationn B.Changes in emotions C.Variation in connotationss D.Stylistic variation
The opening between the vocal cords is sometimes referred to as A.glottiss B.vocal cavityy C.pharynxx D.uvula
Although _______ are simplified languages with reduced grammatical features, they are rule-governed, like any human language. A.vernacular languagess B.creoles C.pidginss D.sociolects
A ____ is a variety of language that serves as a medium of communication among groups of people for diverse linguistic backgrounds. A.lingua francaa B.register C.Creolee D.national language
The diphthongs that are made with a movement of the tongue towards the center are known as __________ diphthongs. A.widee B.closing C.narroww D.centering
A phoneme is a group of similar sounds did not call__________. A.minimal pairss B.allomorphss C.phoness D.allophones
Which does not branch of phonetics concerns the production of speech sounds? A.Acoustic phoneticss B.Articulatory phonetics C.Auditory phoneticss D.None of the above
______ areNOT the major source of regional variation of language. A.Geographical barriers B.Loyalty to and confidence in one’s native speech C.Physical discomfort and psychological resistance to change D.Social barriers
________does not mean that certain authorities, such as the government choose, a particular speech variety, standardize it and spread the use of it across regional boundaries. A.Language interferencee B.Language changes C.Language planningg D.Language transfer
__________ is NOT speech variation according to the particular area where a speaker comes from. A.Regional variationn B.Language variation C.Social variationn D.Register variation
_______ is concerned with the social significance of language variation and language use in different speech communities. A.Psycholinguisticss B.Sociolinguistics C.Applied linguisticss D.General linguistics
What kind of sounds can we make when the vocal cords are vibrating? A.Voicelesss B.Voicedd C.Glottal stopp D.Consonant
Nouns, verbs and adjectives can be classified as __________. A.lexical wordss B.grammatical wordss C.function wordss D. form words D.form words
Which one is different from the others according to places of articulation? A. [n] B. [m] C. [ b ] D.[p]
The most distinguishable linguistic feature of a regional dialect is its __________. A.use of wordss B.use of structures C.accentt D.morphemes
Which vowel is different from the others according to the characteristics of vowels? A.[i:] B.[u] C.[e] D.[i]
The grammaticality of a sentence is NOT governed by _______. A.grammatical ruless B.selectional restrictions C.semantic ruless D.semantic features
Words that are close in meaning areNOT called ______________. A.homonymss B.polysemiess C.hyponymss D.synonyms
Morphemes that represent tense, number, gender and case are NOT called __________ morpheme. A.inflectionall B.freee C.bound D.derivational
_________ deals with the relationship between the linguistic element and the non-linguistic world of experience. A.Reference B.Concept C.Semantics D.Sense
___________ refers to the phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form. A.Polysemyy B.Synonymyy C.Homonymyy D.Hyponymy
There are __________ morphemes in the word denationalization. A.three B.four C.five D.six
In English –ise and –tion are called __________. A.prefixess B.suffixes C.infixess D.stems
“Alive” and “dead” are ______________. A.gradable antonymss B.relational antonyms C.complementary antonymss D.None of the above
The three subtypes of affixes are: prefix, suffix and __________. A.derivational affixx B.inflectional affix C.infix D.None of the above
___________ is a way in which the meaning of a word can be dissected into meaning components, called semantic features. A.Predication analysiss B.Componential analysis C.Phonemic analysiss D.Grammatical analysis
__________ is a way in which new words may be formed from already existing words by subtracting an affix which is thought to be part of the old word. A.affixationn B.back-formation C.insertionn D.addition
“Can I borrow your bike?”_______ “You have a bike.” A.is synonymous withh B.is inconsistent with C.entailss D.presupposes
The word TB is NOT formed in the way of __________. A.acronymyy B.clippingg C.initialismm D.blending
The stem of disagreements is __________. A.agreementt B.agreee C.disagree D.disagreement
The naming theory is advanced by ________. A.Platoo B.Bloomfield C.Geoffrey Leechh D.Firth
All of them are meaningful except for __________. A.lexemee B.phonemee C.morphemee D.allomorph
Which of the following is NOT true? A.Sense is concerned with the inherent meaning of the linguistic form. B.Sense is the collection of all the features of the linguistic form. C.Sense is abstract and decontextualized. D.Sense is the aspect of meaning dictionary compilers are not interested in
The words like comsat and sitcom are formed by __________. A.blendingg B.clipping C.back-formationn D.acronymy
“We shall know a word by the company it keeps.” This statement represents _______ A.the conceptualist vieww B.contexutalism C.the naming theoryy D.behaviorism
__________ Grammar started from the American linguist Sydney M. Lamb in the late 1950s and the early 1960s. A.Stratificationall B.Case C.Relationall D.Montague
_________ Grammar is NOT the most widespread and the best understood method of discussing Indo-European languages. A.Traditionall B.Structurall C.Functionall D.Generative
Generally speaking, the __________ specifies whether a certain tagmeme is NOT in the position of the Nucleus or of the Margin in the structure. A.Slott B.Classs C.Rolee D.Cohesion
A phoneme is a group of similar sounds did call__________. A.minimal pairss B.allomorphss C.phoness D.allophones
In normal situations, ____ speakers tend to use more prestigious forms than their ____ counterparts with the same social background. A.female; malee B.male; femalee C.old; youngg D.young; old
A linguistic _______ refers to a word or expression that is prohibited by the “polite” society from general use. A.slangg B.euphemismm C. jargonn D.taboo
What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is whether in the study of meaning _________ is considered. A.referencee B.speech act C.practical usagee D.context
The person who is often described as “father of modern linguistics” is __________.. A.Firthh B.Saussuree C.Hallidayy D.Chomsky
A sentence is a _________ concept, and the meaning of a sentence is often studied in isolation. A.pragmaticc B.grammaticall C.mentall D.conceptual
The most important contribution of the Prague School to linguistics is that it sees language in terms of __________. A.functionn B.meaningg C.signs D.system
TG grammar has NOT seen __________ stages of development. A.three B.four C.five D.six
The rheme in the sentence “On it stood Jane” is not __________. A.On itt B.stood C.On it stoodd D.Jane
Chomsky does not follow __________ in philosophy and mentalism in psychology. A.empiricismm B.behaviorismm C.relationalism D.mentalism
In Halliday’s view, the __________ function is not the function that the child uses to know about his surroundings. A.personall B.heuristic C.imaginativee D.informative
How many types of morphemes are there in the English language? What are they? （厦门大学，2003）
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