胡壮麟《语言学教程》(修订版)测试题 introductions to linguisti Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human A contact B communication D community 2. Which of the following words is entirely arbitrary? A tree B typewriter C. crash D. bans 3. The function of the sentence"Water boils at 100 degrees Centigrade. A interrogative B directive C informative D performative 4. In Chinese when someone breaks a bowl or a plate the host or the people present are likely to say“碎碎(岁岁)平安” as a means of controlling the forces which they believes feel might affect their lives. Which functions does it perform? A Interpersonal B Emotive C Performative D Recreational 5. Which of the following property of language enables language users to overcome the barriers caused by time and place, due to this feature of language, speakers of a language are free to talk about anything in any situation? A. Transferability B Duality C Displacement D Arbitrariness 6. Study the following dialogue. What function does it play according to the functions of a nice day, isn't it Right! I really enjoy the sunlight B. Phatic C Performative D Interperso refers to the actual realization of the ideal language user 's knowledge of the rules of his language A. Perf C 8. When a dog is barking, you assume it is barking for something or at someone that exists hear and now. It couldn 't be sorrowful for some lost love or lost bone. This indicates the design A cultural transmission B productivity C displacement D duality answers such questions as how we as infants acquire our first language A. Psycholinguistics B. Anthropological linguistics C. Sociolinguistics D. Applied linguistics 10. deals with language application to other fields, particularly education A. Linguistic theory B. Practical linguistics C. Applied linguistics D Comparative I Decide whether the following statements are true or false. (10%) Language is a means of verbal communication. Therefore, the communication way used by the deaf-mute is not language 12. Language change is universal, ongoing and arbitrary Speaking is the quickest and most efficient way of the human communication system
胡壮麟《语言学教程》（修订版）测试题 Chapter 1 Introductions to Linguistics I. Choose the best answer. (20%) 1. Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human __________ A. contact B. communication C. relation D. community 2. Which of the following words is entirely arbitrary? A. tree B. typewriter C. crash D. bang 3. The function of the sentence “Water boils at 100 degrees Centigrade.” is __________. A. interrogative B. directive C. informative D. performative 4. In Chinese when someone breaks a bowl or a plate the host or the people present are likely to say“碎碎（岁岁）平安”as a means of controlling the forces which they believes feel might affect their lives. Which functions does it perform? A. Interpersonal B. Emotive C. Performative D. Recreational 5. Which of the following property of language enables language users to overcome the barriers caused by time and place, due to this feature of language, speakers of a language are free to talk about anything in any situation? A. Transferability B. Duality C. Displacement D. Arbitrariness 6. Study the following dialogue. What function does it play according to the functions of language? —A nice day, isn’t it? — Right! I really enjoy the sunlight. A. Emotive B. Phatic C. Performative D. Interpersonal 7. __________ refers to the actual realization of the ideal language user’s knowledge of the rules of his language in utterances. A. Performance B. Competence C. Langue D. Parole 8. When a dog is barking, you assume it is barking for something or at someone that exists hear and now. It couldn’t be sorrowful for some lost love or lost bone. This indicates the design feature of __________. A. cultural transmission B. productivity C. displacement D. duality 9. __________ answers such questions as how we as infants acquire our first language. A. Psycholinguistics B.Anthropological linguistics C. Sociolinguistics D. Applied linguistics 10. __________ deals with language application to other fields, particularly education. A. Linguistic theory B. Practical linguistics C. Applied linguistics D. Comparative linguistics II. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. (10%) 11. Language is a means of verbal communication. Therefore, the communication way used by the deaf-mute is not language. 12. Language change is universal, ongoing and arbitrary. 13. Speaking is the quickest and most efficient way of the human communication systems
14. Language is written because writing is the primary medium for all languages 15. We were all born with the ability to acquire language, which means the details of any language system can be genetically transmitted 16. Only human beings are able to communicate 17. F de saussure, who made the distinction between langue and parole in the early 20th century, was a French linguist A study of the features of the English used in Shakespeare's time is an example of the diachronic study of language 19. Speech and writing came into being at much the same time in human histor 20. All the languages in the world today have both spoken and written forms Ill. Fill in the blanks. (10%) 21. Language, broadly speaking, is a means of communication In any language words can be used in new ways to mean new things and can be combined into innumerable sentences based on limited rules. This feature is usually termed Language has many functions. We can use language to talk about itself. This function is Theory that primitive man made involuntary vocal noises while performing heavy work has been called the the Linguistics is the study of language Modern linguistics is in the sense that the linguist tries to discover what language is rather than lay down some rules for people to observe 27 One general principle of linguistic analysis is the primacy of over writing 28. The description of a language as it changes through time is a Saussure put forward two important concept refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all members of a speech community Linguistic potential is similar to Saussures langue and Chomsky's IV. Explain the following terms, using examples. (20%) Design feature Displacer 33 34 Synchronic li V. Answer the following questions. (20%) Why do people take duality as one of the important design features of human language? Can you tell us what language will be if it has no such design feature?(南开大学,2004) 36. Why is it difficult to define language?(北京第二外国语大学,2004) Analyze the following situation. (20%)
14. Language is written because writing is the primary medium for all languages. 15. We were all born with the ability to acquire language, which means the details of any language system can be genetically transmitted. 16. Only human beings are able to communicate. 17. F. de Saussure, who made the distinction between langue and parole in the early 20th century, was a French linguist. 18. A study of the features of the English used in Shakespeare’s time is an example of the diachronic study of language. 19. Speech and writing came into being at much the same time in human history. 20. All the languages in the world today have both spoken and written forms. III. Fill in the blanks. (10%) 21. Language, broadly speaking, is a means of __________ communication. 22. In any language words can be used in new ways to mean new things and can be combined into innumerable sentences based on limited rules. This feature is usually termed __________. 23. Language has many functions. We can use language to talk about itself. This function is __________. 24. Theory that primitive man made involuntary vocal noises while performing heavy work has been called the __________ theory. 25. Linguistics is the __________ study of language. 26. Modern linguistics is __________ in the sense that the linguist tries to discover what language is rather than lay down some rules for people to observe. 27. One general principle of linguistic analysis is the primacy of __________ over writing. 28. The description of a language as it changes through time is a __________ study. 29. Saussure put forward two important concepts. __________ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all members of a speech community. 30. Linguistic potential is similar to Saussure’s langue and Chomsky’s __________. IV. Explain the following terms, using examples. (20%) 31. Design feature 32. Displacement 33. Competence 34. Synchronic linguistics V. Answer the following questions. (20%) 35. Why do people take duality as one of the important design features of human language? Can you tell us what language will be if it has no such design feature? （南开大学，2004） 36. Why is it difficult to define language? （北京第二外国语大学，2004） VI. Analyze the following situation. (20%)
37. How can a linguist make his analysis scientific?(青岛海洋大学,1999 [In the reference keys, I won't give examples or further analysis. That seems too much work for me. Therefore, this key is only for reference. In order to answer this kind of question, you need more examples. So you should read the textbook carefully. -icywarmtea 1-5 BACCC 6-10 BACAC 11-15 FFTFF 16-20 FFFFF III 21. verbal 22. productivity /creativity 23. metalingual function 24. yo-he-he 25 scientific 26. descriptive 27. speed 28. diachronic linguistic 29. langue competence Design feature: It refers to the defining properties of human language that tell the difference between human language and any system of animal communication Displacement: It means that human languages enable their users to symbolize objects. events and concepts, which are not present(in time and spaceat the moment of communication Competence: It is an essential part of performance. It is the speaker's knowledge of his or her language, that is, of its sound structure, its words, and its grammatical rules. Competence is, in a way, an encyclopedia of language. Moreover, the knowledge involved in competence is generally unconscious. A transformational-generative grammar is a model of competence 34. Synchronic linguistics: It refers to the study of a language at a given point in time. The me studied may be either the present or a particular point in the past; synchronic analyses can also be made of dead languages, such as Latin. Synchronic linguistics is contrasted with diachronic linguistics, the study of a language over a period of time Duality makes our language productive. A large number of different units can be formed out of a small number of elements - for instance tens of thousands of words out of a small set of sounds, round 48 in the case of the English language. And out of the huge number of words, there can be astronomical number of possible sentences and phrases, which in turn can combine to form unlimited number of texts. Most animal communication systems do not have this design feature of human language If language has no such design feature, then it will be like animal communicational system which ill be highly limited. It cannot produce a very large number of sound combinations, eg. words, which are distinct in mear
37. How can a linguist make his analysis scientific? （青岛海洋大学，1999） Key: [In the reference keys, I won’t give examples or further analysis. That seems too much work for me. Therefore, this key is only for reference. In order to answer this kind of question, you need more examples. So you should read the textbook carefully. – icywarmtea] I. 1~5 BACCC 6~10 BACAC II. 11~15 FFTFF 16~20 FFFFF III. 21. verbal 22. productivity / creativity 23. metalingual function 24. yo-he-ho 25. scientific 26. descriptive 27. speech 28. diachronic linguistic 29. langue 30. competence IV. 31. Design feature: It refers to the defining properties of human language that tell the difference between human language and any system of animal communication. 32. Displacement: It means that human languages enable their users to symbolize objects, events and concepts, which are not present (in time and space) at the moment of communication. 33. Competence: It is an essential part of performance. It is the speaker’s knowledge of his or her language; that is, of its sound structure, its words, and its grammatical rules. Competence is, in a way, an encyclopedia of language. Moreover, the knowledge involved in competence is generally unconscious. A transformational-generative grammar is a model of competence. 34. Synchronic linguistics: It refers to the study of a language at a given point in time. The time studied may be either the present or a particular point in the past; synchronic analyses can also be made of dead languages, such as Latin. Synchronic linguistics is contrasted with diachronic linguistics, the study of a language over a period of time. V. 35. Duality makes our language productive. A large number of different units can be formed out of a small number of elements – for instance, tens of thousands of words out of a small set of sounds, around 48 in the case of the English language. And out of the huge number of words, there can be astronomical number of possible sentences and phrases, which in turn can combine to form unlimited number of texts. Most animal communication systems do not have this design feature of human language. If language has no such design feature, then it will be like animal communicational system which will be highly limited. It cannot produce a very large number of sound combinations, e.g. words, which are distinct in meaning. 36
It is difficult to define language, as it is such a general term that covers too many Thus, definitions for it all have their own special emphasis, and are not totally free limitations It should be guided by the four principles of science: exhaustiveness, consistency, economy and objectivity and follow the scientific procedure: form hypothesis-collect data-check against the observable facts- come to a conclusion Chapter 2 Speech Sound Choose the best answer(20%) Pitch variation is known as when its patterns are imposed on sentences. A intonation B tone C pronunciation D. voice Conventionally a is put in slashes(/). A allophone B phone C phoneme 3. An aspirated p, an unaspirated p and an unreleased p are of the p phoneme A analogues B. tagmemes C morphemes D allophone The opening between the vocal cords is sometimes referred to as B vocal cavity C pharynx D. uvula The diphthongs that are made with a movement of the tongue towards the center are nown as diphthongs A wide B closing C. narrow D. centering a phoneme is a group of similar sounds called A. minimal pairs B allomorphs C D allophones Which branch of phonetics concerns the production of speech sounds? A. Acoustic phe B. Articulatory phonetics C. Auditory phe D. None of the ab Which one is different from the others according to places of articulation? B.[m] 9. Which vowel is different from the others according to the characteristics of vowels? C.[e] D.[i] What kind of sounds can we make when the vocal cords are vibrating? A. Voiceless B. Voiced C Glottal stop II. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. (10%) Suprasegmental phonology refers to the study of phonological properties of units larger than the segment-phoneme, such as syllable, word and sentence The air stream provided by the lungs has to undergo a number of modification to acquire the qual ity of a speech sound Two sounds are in free variation when they occur in the same environment and do not contrast, namely, the substitution of one for the other does not produce a different word, bi
It is difficult to define language, as it is such a general term that covers too many things. Thus, definitions for it all have their own special emphasis, and are not totally free from limitations. VI. 37. It should be guided by the four principles of science: exhaustiveness, consistency, economy and objectivity and follow the scientific procedure: form hypothesis – collect data – check against the observable facts – come to a conclusion. Chapter 2 Speech Sounds I. Choose the best answer. (20%) 1. Pitch variation is known as __________ when its patterns are imposed on sentences. A. intonation B. tone C. pronunciation D. voice 2. Conventionally a __________ is put in slashes (/ /). A. allophone B. phone C. phoneme D. morpheme 3. An aspirated p, an unaspirated p and an unreleased p are __________ of the p phoneme. A. analogues B. tagmemes C. morphemes D. allophones 4. The opening between the vocal cords is sometimes referred to as __________. A. glottis B. vocal cavity C. pharynx D. uvula 5. The diphthongs that are made with a movement of the tongue towards the center are known as __________ diphthongs. A. wide B. closing C. narrow D. centering 6. A phoneme is a group of similar sounds called __________. A. minimal pairs B. allomorphs C. phones D. allophones 7. Which branch of phonetics concerns the production of speech sounds? A. Acoustic phonetics B. Articulatory phonetics C. Auditory phonetics D. None of the above 8. Which one is different from the others according to places of articulation? A. [n] B. [m] C. [ b ] D. [p] 9. Which vowel is different from the others according to the characteristics of vowels? A. [i:] B. [ u ] C. [e] D. [ i ] 10. What kind of sounds can we make when the vocal cords are vibrating? A. Voiceless B. Voiced C. Glottal stop D. Consonant II. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. (10%) 11. Suprasegmental phonology refers to the study of phonological properties of units larger than the segment-phoneme, such as syllable, word and sentence. 12. The air stream provided by the lungs has to undergo a number of modification to acquire the quality of a speech sound. 13. Two sounds are in free variation when they occur in the same environment and do not contrast, namely, the substitution of one for the other does not produce a different word, but
merely a different pronunciation 14 Ip] is a voiced bilabial stop Acoustic phonetics is concerned with the perception of speech sounds 16. All syllables must have a nucleus but not all syllables contain an onset and a coda When pure vowels or monophthongs are pronounced, no vowel glides take place According to the length or tenseness of the pronunciation vowels can be divided into tense vs. lax or long vs short Received Pronunciation is the pronunciation accepted by most people The maximal onset principle states that when there is a choice as to where to place a consonant,it is put into the coda rather than the onset. III. Fill in the blanks. (20%) Consonant sounds can be either while all vowel sounds are Consonant sounds can also be made when two organs of speech in the mouth are brought close together so that the air is pushed out between them, causing 23 The qualities of vowels depend upon the position of the and the lil 24 One element in the description of vowels is the part of the tongue which is at the highest point in the mouth. A second element is the to which that part of the tongue is raised Consonants differ from vowels in that the latter are produced without In phonological analysis the words fail /veil are distinguishable simply because of the two phonemes/f/-/v/. This is an example for illustrating In English there are a number of which are produced by moving from one vowel position to another through intervening positions 28 refers to the phenomenon of sounds continually show the influence of their neighbors is the smallest linguistic unit 30. Speech takes place when the organs of speech move to produce patterns of sound. These movements have an effect on the coming irom the lungs Explain the following terms, using examples. (20%o) Sound assimilation Suprasegmental feature 33. Complementary distribution Distinctive features V. Answer the following questions. (20%) What is acoustic phonetics?(中国人民大学,2003) What are the differences between voiced sounds and voiceless sounds in terms of articulation?(南开大学,2004)
merely a different pronunciation. 14. [p] is a voiced bilabial stop. 15. Acoustic phonetics is concerned with the perception of speech sounds. 16. All syllables must have a nucleus but not all syllables contain an onset and a coda. 17. When pure vowels or monophthongs are pronounced, no vowel glides take place. 18. According to the length or tenseness of the pronunciation, vowels can be divided into tense vs. lax or long vs. short. 19. Received Pronunciation is the pronunciation accepted by most people. 20. The maximal onset principle states that when there is a choice as to where to place a consonant, it is put into the coda rather than the onset. III. Fill in the blanks. (20%) 21. Consonant sounds can be either __________ or __________, while all vowel sounds are __________. 22. Consonant sounds can also be made when two organs of speech in the mouth are brought close together so that the air is pushed out between them, causing __________. 23. The qualities of vowels depend upon the position of the __________ and the lips. 24. One element in the description of vowels is the part of the tongue which is at the highest point in the mouth. A second element is the __________ to which that part of the tongue is raised. 25. Consonants differ from vowels in that the latter are produced without __________. 26. In phonological analysis the words fail / veil are distinguishable simply because of the two phonemes /f/ - /v/. This is an example for illustrating __________. 27. In English there are a number of __________, which are produced by moving from one vowel position to another through intervening positions. 28. __________ refers to the phenomenon of sounds continually show the influence of their neighbors. 29. __________ is the smallest linguistic unit. 30. Speech takes place when the organs of speech move to produce patterns of sound. These movements have an effect on the __________ coming from the lungs. IV. Explain the following terms, using examples. (20%) 31. Sound assimilation 32. Suprasegmental feature 33. Complementary distribution 34. Distinctive features V. Answer the following questions. (20%) 35. What is acoustic phonetics?（中国人民大学，2003） 36. What are the differences between voiced sounds and voiceless sounds in terms of articulation?（南开大学，2004）
VI. Analyze the following situation. (20%) 37. Write the symbol that corresponds to each of the following phonetic descriptions; then give an English word that contains this sound. Example: voiced alveolar stop[d]dog.(青岛海洋 大学,1999 (1) voiceless bilabial unaspirated stop (2) low front vowel (3) lateral liquid (4) velar nasal (5) voiced interdental fricative 答案L ACDAA 6-10 DBABB 11-15TTTFF 16-20 TTTFF III 21. voiced 22. friction 23 24 height 25. obstruction 26. minimal pairs 28. Co-articulation Sound assimilation: Speech sounds seldom occur in isolation. In connected speech, under the influence of their neighbors, are replaced by other sounds. Sometimes two neighboring sounds influence each other and are replaced by a third sound which is different from both original sounds This process is called sound assimilation 32. Suprasegmental feature: The phonetic features that occur above the level of the segments are called suprasegmental features; these are the phonological properties of such units as the syllable, the word, and the sentence. The main suprasegmental ones includes stress, intonation, and tone 33. Complementary distribution: The different allophones of the same phoneme never occur in the same phonetic context. When two or more allophones of one phoneme never occur in the same linguistic environment they are said to be in complementary distribution Distinctive features: It refers to the features that can distinguish one phoneme from another. If we can group the phonemes into two categories: one with this feature and the other without this feature is called a distinctive feature Acoustic phonetics deals with the transmission of speech sounds through the air. When a speech sound is produced it causes minor air disturbances(sound waves). Various instruments are used to measure the characteristics of these sound waves When the vocal cords are spread apart the air from the lungs passes between them unimpeded. Sounds produced in this way are described as voiceless; consonants [p, s, tare
VI. Analyze the following situation. (20%) 37. Write the symbol that corresponds to each of the following phonetic descriptions; then give an English word that contains this sound. Example: voiced alveolar stop [d] dog. （青岛海洋 大学，1999） (1) voiceless bilabial unaspirated stop (2) low front vowel (3) lateral liquid (4) velar nasal (5) voiced interdental fricative 答案 I. 1~5 ACDAA 6~10 DBABB II. 11~15 TTTFF 16~20 TTTFF III. 21. voiced, voiceless, voiced 22. friction 23. tongue 24. height 25. obstruction 26. minimal pairs 27. diphthongs 28. Co-articulation 29. Phonemes 30. air stream IV. 31. Sound assimilation: Speech sounds seldom occur in isolation. In connected speech, under the influence of their neighbors, are replaced by other sounds. Sometimes two neighboring sounds influence each other and are replaced by a third sound which is different from both original sounds. This process is called sound assimilation. 32. Suprasegmental feature: The phonetic features that occur above the level of the segments are called suprasegmental features; these are the phonological properties of such units as the syllable, the word, and the sentence. The main suprasegmental ones includes stress, intonation, and tone. 33. Complementary distribution: The different allophones of the same phoneme never occur in the same phonetic context. When two or more allophones of one phoneme never occur in the same linguistic environment they are said to be in complementary distribution. 34. Distinctive features: It refers to the features that can distinguish one phoneme from another. If we can group the phonemes into two categories: one with this feature and the other without, this feature is called a distinctive feature. V. 35. Acoustic phonetics deals with the transmission of speech sounds through the air. When a speech sound is produced it causes minor air disturbances (sound waves). Various instruments are used to measure the characteristics of these sound waves. 36. When the vocal cords are spread apart, the air from the lungs passes between them unimpeded. Sounds produced in this way are described as voiceless; consonants [p, s, t] are
produced in this way. But when the vocal cords are drawn together, the air from the lungs repeatedly pushes them apart as it passes through, creating a vibration effect. Sounds produced in this way are described as voiced. [b, z, d] are voiced consonants Omit Chapter 3 Lexicon I. Choose the best answer (20%) Nouns, verbs and adjectives can be classified as C. function words D. form words Morphemes that represent tense, number, gender and case are called mo pheme A inflectional B free C bound D. derivational There are morphemes in the word denationalization A three B. four C. five 4 In english -ise and -tion are called The three subtypes of affixes are: prefix, suffix and A derivational affix B inflectional affix C infix D. back-formation 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 affixation B back-formation C insertion D addition 7 The word TB is formed in the way of B. cli C. initialism D blending 8. The words like comsat and sitcom are formed by a blendi B C back-formation The stem of disagreements is A agreement B agree C disagree D disagreement All of them are meaningful except for A lexeme B phe D allomorph Decide whether the following statements are true or false(10%) 11. Phonetically, the stress of a compound always falls on the first element, while the second element receives secondary stress Fore as in foretell is both a prefix and a bound morpheme 13. Base refers to the part of the word that remains when all inflectional affixes are removed In most cases, prefixes change the meaning of the base whereas suffixes change the word-class of the base Conversion from noun to verb is the most productive process of a word Reduplicative compound is formed by repeating the same morpheme of a word
produced in this way. But when the vocal cords are drawn together, the air from the lungs repeatedly pushes them apart as it passes through, creating a vibration effect. Sounds produced in this way are described as voiced. [b, z, d] are voiced consonants. VI. 37. Omit. Chapter 3 Lexicon I. Choose the best answer. (20%) 1. Nouns, verbs and adjectives can be classified as __________. A. lexical words B. grammatical words C. function words D. form words 2. Morphemes that represent tense, number, gender and case are called __________ morpheme. A. inflectional B. free C. bound D. derivational 3. There are __________ morphemes in the word denationalization. A. three B. four C. five D. six 4. In English –ise and –tion are called __________. A. prefixes B. suffixes C. infixes D. stems 5. The three subtypes of affixes are: prefix, suffix and __________. A. derivational affix B. inflectional affix C. infix D. back-formation 6. __________ 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. affixation B. back-formation C. insertion D. addition 7. The word TB is formed in the way of __________. A. acronymy B. clipping C. initialism D. blending 8. The words like comsat and sitcom are formed by __________. A. blending B. clipping C. back-formation D. acronymy 9. The stem of disagreements is __________. A. agreement B. agree C. disagree D. disagreement 10. All of them are meaningful except for __________. A. lexeme B. phoneme C. morpheme D. allomorph II. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. (10%) 11. Phonetically, the stress of a compound always falls on the first element, while the second element receives secondary stress. 12. Fore as in foretell is both a prefix and a bound morpheme. 13. Base refers to the part of the word that remains when all inflectional affixes are removed. 14. In most cases, prefixes change the meaning of the base whereas suffixes change the word-class of the base. 15. Conversion from noun to verb is the most productive process of a word. 16. Reduplicative compound is formed by repeating the same morpheme of a word
The words whimper, whisper and whistle are formed in the way of onomatopoeia 18. In most cases, the number of syllables of a word corresponds to the number of morphemes Back-formation is a productive way of word-formations Inflection is a particular way of word-formations II. Fill in the blanks. (20%) 21 A is pronounced letter by letter, while an is pronounced as a word Lexicon, in most cases, is synonymous with Orthographically, compounds are written in three ways All words may be said to contain a root A small set of conjunctions, prepositions and pronouns belong to cl while the largest part of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs belongs to class is a reverse process of derivation, and therefore is a process of shortening 27 is extremely productive, because English had lost most of its inflectional endings by the end of middle English period, which facilitated the use of words interchangeably as verbs or nouns, verbs or adjectives, and vice versa Words are divided into simple, compound and derived words on the A word formed by derivation is called a and a word formed compounding is called a Bound morphemes are classified into two types IV Explain the following terms, using examples. (20%) 31. Allomorph Morphological rule Answer the following questions. (20%) 35. How many types of morphemes are there in the English language? What are they? (R 门大学,2003) 36. What are the main features of the English compounds? Anal alyze the following situation(20%) Match the terms under COLUmN I with the underlined forms from COLuMn II (tiX 大学,2004) (1) acronym
17. The words whimper, whisper and whistle are formed in the way of onomatopoeia. 18. In most cases, the number of syllables of a word corresponds to the number of morphemes. 19. Back-formation is a productive way of word-formations. 20. Inflection is a particular way of word-formations. III. Fill in the blanks. (20%) 21. An __________ is pronounced letter by letter, while an __________ is pronounced as a word. 22. Lexicon, in most cases, is synonymous with __________. 23. Orthographically, compounds are written in three ways: __________, __________ and __________. 24. All words may be said to contain a root __________. 25. A small set of conjunctions, prepositions and pronouns belong to __________ class, while the largest part of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs belongs to __________ class. 26. __________ is a reverse process of derivation, and therefore is a process of shortening. 27. __________ is extremely productive, because English had lost most of its inflectional endings by the end of Middle English period, which facilitated the use of words interchangeably as verbs or nouns, verbs or adjectives, and vice versa. 28. Words are divided into simple, compound and derived words on the __________ level. 29. A word formed by derivation is called a __________, and a word formed by compounding is called a __________. 30. Bound morphemes are classified into two types: __________ and __________. IV. Explain the following terms, using examples. (20%) 31. Blending 32. Allomorph 33. Closed-class word 34. Morphological rule V. Answer the following questions. (20%) 35. How many types of morphemes are there in the English language? What are they? （厦 门大学，2003） 36. What are the main features of the English compounds? VI. Analyze the following situation. (20%) 37. Match the terms under COLUMN I with the underlined forms from COLUMN II （武汉 大学，2004） I II (1) acronym a. foe
(2) free morphe subconscious (3) derivational morpheme UNESCO inflectional morpheme d. overwhelmed AACBB 6-10 BCADB 11-15 FTFTI 16-20 FTFFF 21. initialism, acronym 23. solid, hyphenated, open 24. morpheme 26 back-formation 28. morpheme 29 derivative, compound 30 affix bound root Blending: It is a process of word-formation in which a new word is formed by combining the meanings and sounds of two words one of which is not in its full form or both of which are not in their full forms, like newscast(news broadcast), brunch(breakfast lunch) 32. Allomorph: It is any of the variant forms of a morpheme as conditioned by position or oining so Close-class word: It is a word whose membership is fixed or limited. Pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, articles, etc are all closed-class words Morphological rule: It is the rule that governs which affix can be added to what type of base to form a new word, e.g. -ly can be added to a noun to form an adjective Omit 37. (1)c e (4)d (5)b pter 4 Syntax I. Choose the best answer (20%) 1. The sentence structure is A only linear B. only hierarchical D. both linear and hierarchical 2. The syntactic rules of any language are in number rge B. small C. finite D. infinite 3. The ules are the rules that group words and phrases to form grammatical A lexical B. morphological C linguistic D combinational 4. A sentence is considered hen it does not conform to the grammatic cal knowledge he mind of native speakers A right B wrong C grammatical D. ungrammatical
(2) free morpheme b. subconscious (3) derivational morpheme c. UNESCO (4) inflectional morpheme d. overwhelmed (5) prefix e. calculation Key: I. 1~5 AACBB 6~10 BCADB II. 11~15 FTFTT 16~20 FTFFF III. 21. initialism, acronym 22. vocabulary 23. solid, hyphenated, open 24. morpheme 25. close, open 26. back-formation 27. conversion 28. morpheme 29. derivative, compound 30. affix, bound root IV. 31. Blending: It is a process of word-formation in which a new word is formed by combining the meanings and sounds of two words, one of which is not in its full form or both of which are not in their full forms, like newscast (news + broadcast), brunch (breakfast + lunch) 32. Allomorph: It is any of the variant forms of a morpheme as conditioned by position or adjoining sounds. 33. Close-class word: It is a word whose membership is fixed or limited. Pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, articles, etc. are all closed-class words. 34. Morphological rule: It is the rule that governs which affix can be added to what type of base to form a new word, e.g. –ly can be added to a noun to form an adjective. V. Omit. VI. 37. (1) c (2) a (3) e (4) d (5) b Chapter 4 Syntax I. Choose the best answer. (20%) 1. The sentence structure is ________. A. only linear B. only hierarchical C. complex D. both linear and hierarchical 2. The syntactic rules of any language are ____ in number. A. large B. small C. finite D. infinite 3. The ________ rules are the rules that group words and phrases to form grammatical sentences. A. lexical B. morphological C. linguistic D. combinational 4. A sentence is considered ____ when it does not conform to the grammati¬cal knowledge in the mind of native speakers. A. right B. wrong C. grammatical D. ungrammatical
in the embedded clause refers to the introductory word that introduces the embedded clause A coordinator B particle C preposition D subordinator 6. Phrase structure rules have properties A recursive B grammatical 7. Phrase structure rules allow us to better understand A how words and phrases form sentences B. what constitutes the grammaticality of strings of words C. how people produce and recognize possible sentences D. all of the abo 8. The head of the phrase the city ro A. the city B Rome C D. the city rome 9. The phrase"on the shelf"belongs to construction A endocentric B. exocentric C. subordinate D. coordinate 10. The sentence "They were wanted to remain quiet and not to expose themselves. is a B coordinate C. com D complex ll. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. (10%) 1. Universally found in the grammars of all human languages, syntactic rules that comprise the system of internalized linguistic knowledge of a language speaker are known as linguistic competence 12. The syntactic rules of any language are finite in number, but there is no limit to the number of sentences native speakers of that language are able to produce and comprehend 13. In a complex sentence, the two clauses hold unequal status, one subordinating the other 14. Constituents that can be substituted for one another without loss of gram maticality belong to the same syntactic categor 5. Minor lexical categories are open because these categories are not fixed and new members 16. In English syntactic analysis, four phrasal categories are commonly recognized and discussed, namely, noun phrase, verb phrase, infinitive phrase, and auxiliary phrase 17. In English the subject usually precedes the verb and the direct object usually follows the erb 18. What is actually internalized in the mind of a native speaker is a complete list of words and phrases rather than grammatical knowledge 19. A noun phrase must contain a noun, but other elements are optional 20. It is believed that phrase structure rules, with the insertion of the lexicon, generate sentences at the level of D-structure Ill. Fill in the blanks. (20%) 21.A sentence consists of a single clause which contains a subject and a predicate and stands alone as its own sentence
5. A __________ in the embedded clause refers to the introductory word that introduces the embedded clause. A. coordinator B. particle C. preposition D. subordinator 6. Phrase structure rules have ____ properties. A. recursive B. grammatical C. social D. functional 7. Phrase structure rules allow us to better understand _____________. A. how words and phrases form sentences. B. what constitutes the grammaticality of strings of words C. how people produce and recognize possible sentences D. all of the above. 8. The head of the phrase “the city Rome” is __________. A. the city B. Rome C. city D. the city Rome 9. The phrase “on the shelf” belongs to __________ construction. A. endocentric B. exocentric C. subordinate D. coordinate 10. The sentence “They were wanted to remain quiet and not to expose themselves.” is a __________ sentence. A. simple B. coordinate C. compound D. complex II. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. (10%) 11. Universally found in the grammars of all human languages, syntactic rules that comprise the system of internalized linguistic knowledge of a language speaker are known as linguistic competence. 12. The syntactic rules of any language are finite in number, but there is no limit to the number of sentences native speakers of that language are able to produce and comprehend. 13. In a complex sentence, the two clauses hold unequal status, one subordinating the other. 14. Constituents that can be substituted for one another without loss of grammaticality belong to the same syntactic category. 15. Minor lexical categories are open because these categories are not fixed and new members are allowed for. 16. In English syntactic analysis, four phrasal categories are commonly recognized and discussed, namely, noun phrase, verb phrase, infinitive phrase, and auxiliary phrase. 17. In English the subject usually precedes the verb and the direct object usually follows the verb. 18. What is actually internalized in the mind of a native speaker is a complete list of words and phrases rather than grammatical knowledge. 19. A noun phrase must contain a noun, but other elements are optional. 20. It is believed that phrase structure rules, with the insertion of the lexicon, generate sentences at the level of D-structure. III. Fill in the blanks. (20%) 21. A __________ sentence consists of a single clause which contains a subject and a predicate and stands alone as its own sentence