专八人文知识：语言学部分精选试题

  1.

   Which of the following statements about language is NOT true?
   A. Language is a system B. Language is symbolic
   C. Animals also have language D. Language is arbitrary
  2.

   Which of the following features is NOT one of the design features of language?
   A. Symbolic B. Dual C. Productive D. Arbitrary
  3.

   What is the most important function of language?
   A. Interpersonal B. Phatic C. Informative D. Metalingual
  4.

   Who put forward the distinction between Langue and Parole?
   A. Saussure B. Chomsky C. Halliday D. Anonymous
  5.

   According to Chomsky, which is the ideal user's internalized knowledge of his language?
   A. competence B. parole C. performance D. langue
  6.

   The function of the sentence "A nice day, isn't it?" is    .
   A. informative B. phatic C. directive D. performative
  7.

   Articulatory phonetics mainly studies       .
   A. the physical properties of the sounds produced in speech
   B. the perception of sounds
   C. the combination of sounds
   D. the production of sounds
  8.

   The distinction between vowels and consonants lies in       .
   A. the place of articulation B. the obstruction of airstream
   C. the position of the tongue D. the shape of the lips
  9.

   Which is the branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of speech sounds and provides methods for their description, classification and transcription?
   A. Phonetics B. Phonology C. Semantics D. Pragmatics
10.

   Which studies the sound systems in a certain language?
   A. Phonetics B. Phonology C. Semantics D. Pragmatics