英语语言学概论（江西师范大学）智慧树知到章节测试答案
第一章单元测试
1.If a linguistic study describes and analyzes the language people actually use,
it is said to be（ ）.
A:descriptive
B:analytic
C:linguistic
D:prescriptive
答案:descriptive
2.A historical study of language is a（ ）study of language.
A:synchronic
B:diachronic
C:comparative
D:prescriptive
答案:diachronic
3.Which of the following is not a design feature of human language? （ ）
A:Arbitrariness
B:Meaningfulness
C:Displacement
D:Duality
答案:Meaningfulness
4.According to F. de Saussure, （ ）refers to the abstract linguistic system
shared by all the members of a speech community.
A:langue
B:Language
C:performance
D:parole
答案:langue
5.Language can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate
situations of the speaker. This feature is called（ ）.
A:displacement
B:duality
C:flexibility
D:cultural transmission
答案:displacement
第二章单元测试
1.（ ）phonetics studies how speech sounds are produced via speech organs.
A:Articulatory
B:Experimental
C:Auditory
D:Acoustic
答案:Articulatory
2.The diacritic [h]on [ph] indicates there is an（ ）when articulating [p].
A:labialization
B:aspiration
C:nasalization
D:palatalization
答案:aspiration
3.According to the tongue movements, [aʊ] is a（ ）diphthong.
A:rising
B:falling
C:centering
D:opening
答案:rising
4.Among the following pairs of words, （ ）constitutes a minimal pair.
A:said, paid
B:foot, loot
C:set, seat
D:sum, sue
答案:set, seat
5.In the sentence “I can’t hear you”, on which word shall the tonic nucleus fall
according to the default rule of sentence accent? （ ）
A:you
B:hear
C:can’t
D:I
答案:hear
第三章单元测试
1.The word radar is a/an（ ）.
A:acronym
B:clipping
C:blend
D:initialism
答案:acronym
2.The word blog is formed by（ ）.
A:derivation
B:blending
C:compounding
D:clipping
答案:blending
3.The morpheme “er” in “greater” is a/an（ ）.
A:free morpheme
B:inflectional morpheme
C:derivative suffix
D:bound root
答案:inflectional morpheme
4.Edit is coined by means of（ ）.
A:compounding
B:backformation
C:derivation
D:clipping
答案:backformation
5.“ceed” in “succeed” is a/an（ ）.
A:bound root
B:free morpheme
C:free root
D:inflectional morpheme
答案:bound root
第四章单元测试
1.Phrase structure rules have（ ）properties.
A:functional
B:recursive
C:grammatical
D:social
答案:recursive
2.The theory of case condition accounts for the fact that（ ）.
A:noun phrases can be used to modify another noun phrase
B:noun phrase can be moved to any place if necessary.
C:noun phrases appear only in subject and object positions.
D:noun phrase can be used in adverbial positions
答案:noun phrases appear only in subject and object positions.
3.The sentence structure is（ ）.
A:both linear and hierarchical
B:Only hierarchical
C:only linear
D:complex
答案:both linear and hierarchical
4.So far as word order is concerned, English and Chinese belong to（ ）type.
A:OVS
B:SOV
C:SVO
D:VSO
答案:SVO
5.In sentence “Have you any knives? I need a sharp one.” Cohesion is realized
by（ ）cohesive device.
A:Collocation
B:Conjunction
C:Reference
D:substitution
答案:substitution
第五章单元测试
1.（ ）deals with the relationship between the linguistic element and the
non-linguistic world experience.
A:Concept
B:Reference
C:Semantics
D:Sense
答案:Reference
2.Which of the following is NOT included in G. Leech’s seven types of meaning? （
）
A:Conceptual meaning
B:Denotative meaning
C:Reflected meaning
D:Connotative meaning
答案:Denotative meaning
3.There are generally three kinds of sense relations recognized, sameness
relation, oppositeness relation and inclusiveness relation. They are represented
by（ ）respectively.
A:antonymy, synonymy and hyponymy
B:antonymy, synonymy and homonymy
C:synonymy, hyponymy, and antonymy
D:synonymy, antonymy, and hyponymy
答案:synonymy, antonymy, and hyponymy
4.The sense relationship between “John plays the piano” and “ John plays a
musical instrument” is （ ）.
A:entailment
B:synonymy
C:presupposition
D:antonymy
答案:entailment
5.Conceptual meaning is not（ ）.
A:logic
B:affective
C:denotative
D:cognitive
答案:affective
第六章单元测试
1.The study of the relationship between language and mind is called（ ）.
A:morphology
B:semantics
C:sociolinguistics
D:psycholinguistics
答案:psycholinguistics
2.From a psycholinguistic point of view, we store a great deal of information
about the properties of words in our（ ）, and retrieve this information when we
understand language.
A:dictionary
B:mental lexicon
C:knowledge
D:mind
答案:mental lexicon
3.“巾帼” is a metonymy of （ ）.
A:PRODUCTION FOR PRODUCT
B:PROPERTY FOR PERSON
C:HEADWEAR FOR PERSON
D:MATERIAL FOR PRODUCT
答案:HEADWEAR FOR PERSON
4.Sandwich is coined on the basis of metonymy（ ）.
A:PLACE FOR PRODUCT MADE THERE
B:INSTRUMENT FOR PRODUCT
C:AGENT FOR ACTION
D:INVENTOR FOR INVENTION
答案:INVENTOR FOR INVENTION
5.Cognitive linguistics is based on human（ ）of the world and the way they
perceive and conceptualize the world.
A:understanding
B:experiences
C:cognition
D:interpretation
答案:understanding
第七章单元测试
1.In general, women’s language tends to be more（ ）.
A:indirect
B:straightforward
C:blunt
D:impolite
答案:indirect
2.In the SPEAKING model, “ P” refers to（ ）.
A:people
B:participants
C:personal
D:Personality
答案:participants
3.Hymes refers to “a group of people who share not only the same rules of
speaking, but at least one linguistic variety as well” as（ ）.
A:a society
B:a context
C:a group identity
D:a speech community
答案:a speech community
4.（ ）refers to the linguistic variety characteristic of a particular social
class, or ethnic group, or those based on age, gender and occupation.
A:Social dialect
B:geographical dialect
C:standard dialect
D:regional dialect
答案:Social dialect
5.From a sociolect point of view, the word relative is probably used by（ ）.
A:middle class
B:all classes
C:upper class
D:lower class
答案:upper class
第八章单元测试
1.What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is whether in the
study of meaning（ ）is considered.
A:practical usage
B:speech act
C:reference
D:context
答案:context
2.（ ）is the act performed by or resulting from saying something; it is the
consequence of, or the change brought about by the utterance.
A:A locutionary act
B:A perlocutionary act
C:An illocutionary act
D:A performative act
答案:A perlocutionary act
3.One of the contributions Searle has made is his classification of （ ）acts.
A:locutionary
B:perlocutionary
C:speech
D:illocutionary
答案:illocutionary
4.The maxim of quantity requires: （ ）.
A:Do not say what you believe to be false.
B:make your contribution as informative as required.
C:Do not make contribution more informative than is required.
D:Do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence.
答案:make your contribution as informative as required.
###Do not make contribution more informative than is required.
5. Politeness Principle can be stated in such a way: Other things being equal,
（）the expression of （）beliefs and （）the expression of（）beliefs. （ ）
A:maximize, benefit, minimize, cost
B:minimize, impolite, maximize, polite
C:maximize, impolite, minimize, polite
D:minimize, benefit, maximize, cost
答案:minimize, impolite, maximize, polite