烟台南山学院2015— 2016 学年第一学期《英语语言学练习》二(课程代码: 11120210 专业:英语学习层次:本科年级: 2014级 ) (第二次作业针对第一、 二章。试题总分 100 分。本次练习只有多选题。 ) 一、单项选择(共40 题,每小题2.5 分,满分100 分) Read each of the following statements carefully. Decide which one of the four choices best completes the statement and put the letter A, B, C or D in the brackets. (2.5%×40=100% )(答题时请按照本答卷上的题号标注,每5 个一行。)1. The study of language at one point of time is a _A______ study. A. synchronic B. historic C. diachronic D. descriptive 11. As modern linguistics aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, and not to lay down rules for "correct" linguistic behavior, it is said to be C . A. prescriptive B. sociolinguistic C. descriptive D. psycholinguistic 12. Language is a system of arbitrary _D________ symbols used for human communication. A. cultural B. conventional C. decoded D. vocal 19. Of all the speech organs, the _C_______ is/ are the most flexible. A. mouth B. lipsC. tongueD. vocal cords20. Chomsky uses the term __D______ to refer to the actual realization of a language user ’s knowledge of the rules of his language in linguistic communication.A. langueB. competence C. paroleD. Performance 33. Which of the following sounds is a voiceless bilabial stop?A A. [p] B. [m] C. [b] D. [t] 37. What kind of function does the sentence “How do you do? ” have ?B A. Directive B. Phatic C. Informative D. Evocative 40. The branch of linguistics that studies meaning of language in context is called __C_______. A. semantics B. sociolinguistics C. pragmatics D. psycholinguistics 41. Saussure ’s distinction and Chomsky’s are very similar, but they differ i...