2002年1月广东自考现代语言学真题00830

广东省2002年1月高等教育自学考试

现代语言学试题

课程代码：00830

一、单项选择题(在每小题的四个备选答案中，选出一个正确答案，并将正确答案的序号填在题干的括号内。每小题2分，共20分)

1.The pair of words “lend”and “borrow”are ___.(      )

  A.gradable opposites             B.relational opposites

  C.co-hyponyms                    D.synonyms

2.The discovery of Indo-European language family began with the work of the British scholar     .(      )

  A.Jacob Grimm      B.Rasmus Rask

  C.Franz Bopp       D.Sir William Jones

3.A linguist regards the changes in language and language use as __.(      )

  A.unusual          B.something to be feared

  C.abnormal         D.natural

4.__produce fast and fluent speech with good intonation and pronunciation but the content of their speech ranges from mildly inappropriate to complete nonsense,often as unintelligible.(      )

  A.Broca's aphasic      B.The linguistic deprivation

  C.The damage on the angular gyrus      D.Wernicke's aphasic

5.Some Southern learners of English in China tend to say “night” as “light”.This shows:    .(      )

  A.They cannot pronounce/n/      

  B.Interlangue interference because there is notthe sound /n/in their mother tongue

  C.The teachers do not have a good teaching method

  D.They do not like to pronounce nasal sounds

6.A word with several meanings is called __word.(      )

  A.a polysemous    B.a synonymous    C.an abnormal    D.a multiple

7.The function of the sentence “A nice day, isn't it?”is __.(      )

  A.informative     B.phatic    C.directive     D.performative

8.The most recognizable differences between American English and British English are in __ and vocabulary.(      )

  A.usage          B.grammar      C.pronunciation      D.structure

9.__deals with the way in which a language varies through geographical space.(      )

  A.Linguistic geography      B.Lexicology

  C.Lexicography              D.Sociolinguistics

10.The semantic components of the word “gentleman” can be expressed as __.(      )

   A.+animate,+male,+human,-adult

   B.+animate,+male,+human,+adult

   C.+animate,-male,+human,-adult

   D.+animate,-male,+human,+adult

二、填空题(每空1分，共10分)

11.A sentence is a structurally independent unit that usually comprises a number of w________ to form a complete statement,q________or command.

12.In sociolinguistic studies,speakers are treated as members of s__g________.