《英语语言学概论》题与答案.pdf

《英语语言学概论》题与答案

Exercises

I.MultipleChoice

1._________studieslanguagechangeovertimeincontrastto

lookingatlanguage

asitisusedatagivenmoment.

A.Diachroniclinguistics

B.Synchroniclinguistics

C.Prescriptivelinguistics

D.Comparativelinguistics

2.Ofallthespeechorgans,the_____is/arethemostflexible.

A.mouth

B.lips

C.tongue

D.vocalcords

3.Intermsofplaceofarticulation,thefollowingsounds[p],

[b],[m]and[w]sharethefeatureof

.

A.palatal

B.alveolar

C.bilabial

D.dental

4.A(n)____isaunitthatisofdistinctivevalue.Itisanabstract

unit,acollection

ofdistinctivephoneticfeatures.

A.phone

B.sound

C.allophone

D.phoneme

5.Whichofthefollowingsounddescriptionisfor[d]?

A.voicedlabiodentalfricative

B.voicedalveolarstop

C.voicelesslabiodentalfricative

D.voicelessalveolarstop

6.Whatisthephoneticfeatureofthesound[u]?

A.closebackshort

B.semi-closefrontshort

C.semi-opencentralshort

D.openfrontshort

7.Whichofthefollowingsentencescontainaderivational

affix?

A.Thecowsescaped.

B.Itwasraining.

C.Thosesocksareinexpensive.

D.Sheclosedthebook.

8.Themorpheme“ed”intheword“worked”is

kno_w_n__a_s_a.(n)

A.derivationalmorpheme

B.lexicalmorpheme

C.inflectionalmorpheme

D.functionalmorpheme

9.“-e”nin“enlarge”isa(n)________.

A.derivationalaffix

B.inflectionalaffix

C.freeroot

D.boundroot

10.____isthesmallestunitoflanguagethatcarries

informationaboutmeaningorfunction.

A.Syntax

B.Grammar