2010年1月广东自考现代语言学真题00830

全国2010年1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. The language behavior of particular persons on particular occasions is determined by many

 other factors over and above their linguistic ______. (      )

A. system B. structure

C. competence D. performance

2. When we pronounce the long vowels [i:] or [u:], our ______, which is a bony structure at the end of the windpipe, is in a state of tension. (      )

A. larynx B. hard palate

C. glottis D. vocal cords

3. The word “manuscript” is a two-morpheme cluster which contains ______. (      )

A. two roots B. a root and a prefix

C. a root and a suffix D. a root and a free morpheme

4. The grammatical knowledge is represented through Phrase Structure Rules, which state explicitly all and only the possible combinations of the ______ of a language, for example, in English, NP → ( Det ) (Adj) N (PP) (S). (      )

A. phrases B. clauses

C. sentences D. constituents

5. The view that the meaning of a linguistic form is defined as the “situation in which the speaker utters it and the response it calls forth in the hearer” was proposed by ______. (      )

A. Plato B. Ogden and Richards

C. John Firth D. Bloomfield

6. According to John Austin's theory of speech act, a(n) ______ act is the change brought about by the utterance. (      )

A. prelocutionary B. locutionary

C. illocutionary D. perlocutionary