2003年10月广东自考现代语言学真题00830

全国2003年10月高等教育自学考试

现代语言学试题

课程代码：00830

I. Directions : 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%×10=20%)

1. Linguistics is the scientific study of __________.

A. a particular language   B. the English language

C. human languages in general  D. the system of a particular language

2. The consonant [f] in English can be correctly described as having the following phonetic features: __________.

A. voiceless, bilabial, stop   B. voiceless, labiodental, fricative

C. voiced, bilabial, stop    D. voiced, labiodental, fricative

3. There are different types of affixes or morphemes. The affix “ed” in the word “learned” is known as a(n) __________.

A. derivational morpheme   B. free morpheme

C. inflectional morpheme   D. free form

4. In the phrase structure rule “S→NP VP”, the arrow can be read as __________.

A. is equal to      B. consists of

C. has       D. generates

5. “I bought some roses” __________ “I bought some flowers”.

A. entails      B. presupposes

C. is inconsistent with    D. is synonymous with

6. Y’s utterance in the following conversation exchange violates the maxim of __________.

X: Who was that you were with last night?

Y: Did you know that you were wearing odd socks?

A. quality      B. quantity

C. relation      D. manner

7. Changes in a language are changes in the grammar of the speakers of the language. This means that phonemes, __________, words and grammatical rules may be borrowed, added, lost or altered.

A. phrases      B. sentences

C. morphemes      D. utterances

8. In a speech community people have something in common __________ -- a language or a particular variety of language and rules for using it.

A. socially      B. linguistically

C. culturally      D. pragmatically