《语言学教程》测试题答案
第一章：语言学导论参考答案
I.
1~5 B A C C C 6~10 B A C A C
II.11~15 F F T F F 16~20 F F F F F
III.
21. verbal 22. productivity / creativity 23. metalingual function 24. yo-he-ho
25. scientific 26. descriptive 27. speech 28. diachronic linguistic
29. langue 30. competence
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31. Design feature: It refers to the defining properties of human language that tell the difference
between human language and any system of animal communication.
32. Displacement: It means that human languages enable their users to symbolize objects, events and
concepts, which are not present (in time and space) at the moment of communication.
33. Competence: It is an essential part of performance. It is the speaker’s kn owledge of his or her
language; that is, of its sound structure, its words, and its grammatical rules. Competence is, in a way, an encyclopedia of language. Moreover, the knowledge involved in competence is generally unconscious.
A transformational-generative grammar is a model of competence.
34. Synchronic linguistics: It refers to the study of a language at a given point in time. The time
studied may be either the present or a particular point in the past; synchronic analyses can also be made of dead languages, such as Latin. Synchronic linguistics is contrasted with diachronic linguistics, the study of a language over a period of time.
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35. Duality makes our language productive. A large number of different units can be formed out of a
small number of elements – for instance, tens of thousands of words out of a small set of sounds,
around 48 in the case of the English language. And out of the huge number of words, there can be astronomical number of possible sentences and phrases, which in turn can combine to form
unlimited number of texts. Most animal communication systems do not have this design feature of human language.
If language has no such design feature, then it will be like animal communicational system which will be highly limited. It cannot produce a very large number of sound combinations, e.g. words,
which are distinct in meaning.
36. It is difficult to define language, as it is such a general term that covers too many things. Thus,
definitions for it all have their own special emphasis, and are not totally free from limitations.
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37. It should be guided by the four principles of science: exhaustiveness, consistency, economy and
objectivity and follow the scientific procedure: form hypothesis – collect data – check against the
observable facts – come to a conclusion.
第二章：语音参考答案
I
1~5 A C D A A 6~10 D B A B B
II.11~15 T T T F F 16~20 T T T F F
III.
21. voiced, voiceless, voiced 22. friction 23. tongue 24. height
25. obstruction 26. minimal pairs 27. diphthongs 28. Co-articulation
29. Phonemes 30. air stream
IV.
31. Sound assimilation: Speech sounds seldom occur in isolation. In connected speech, under the influence
of their neighbors, are replaced by other sounds. Sometimes two neighboring sounds influence each other and are replaced by a third sound which is different from both original sounds. This process is
called sound assimilation.
32. Suprasegmental feature: The phonetic features that occur above the level of the segments are called
suprasegmental features; these are the phonological properties of such units as the syllable, the word, and the sentence. The main suprasegmental ones includes stress, intonation, and tone.
33. Complementary distribution: The different allophones of the same phoneme never occur in the same
phonetic context. When two or more allophones of one phoneme never occur in the same linguistic environment they are said to be in complementary distribution.
34. Distinctive features: It refers to the features that can distinguish one phoneme from another. If we can
group the phonemes into two categories: one with this feature and the other without, this feature is called a distinctive feature.
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35. Acoustic phonetics deals with the transmission of speech sounds through the air. When a speech sound
is produced it causes minor air disturbances (sound waves). V arious instruments are used to measure the characteristics of these sound waves.
36. When the vocal cords are spread apart, the air from the lungs passes between them unimpeded. Sounds
produced in this way are described as voiceless; consonants [p, s, t] are produced in this way. But when the vocal cords are drawn together, the air from the lungs repeatedly pushes them apart as it passes through, creating a vibration effect. Sounds produced in this way are described as voiced. [b, z, d] are voiced consonants.
VI. 37.Omit.
第三章：词汇参考答案
I
1~5 A A C B B 6~10 B C A D B
II. 11~15 F T F T T 16~20 F T F F F
III.
21. initialism, acronym 22. v ocabulary 23. solid, hyphenated, open 24. morpheme
25. close, open 26. back-formation 27. conversion 28. morpheme
29. derivative, compound 30. affix, bound root
IV.
31. Blending: It is a process of word-formation in which a new word is formed by combining the
meanings and sounds of two words, one of which is not in its full form or both of which are not in their full forms, like newscast (news + broadcast), brunch (breakfast + lunch)
32. Allomorph: It is any of the variant forms of a morpheme as conditioned by position or adjoining
sounds.
33. Close-class word: It is a word whose membership is fixed or limited. Pronouns, prepositions,
conjunctions, articles, etc. are all closed-class words.
34. Morphological rule: It is the rule that governs which affix can be added to what type of base to form
a new word, e.g. –ly can be added to a noun to form an adjective.
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37. (1) c (2) a (3) e (4) d (5) b
第四章：句法参考答案
I
1~5 D C D D D 6~10 A D D B A
II.11~15 T T T T F 16~20 F T F T T
III.
21. simple 22. sentence 23. subject 24. predicate
25. complex 26. embedded 27. open 28. Adjacency
29. Parameters 30. Case
IV.
31. Syntax: Syntax refers to the rules governing the way words are combined to form sentences in a
language, or simply, the study of the formation of sentences.
32. IC analysis: Immediate constituent analysis, IC analysis for short, refers to the analysis of a sentence in
terms of its immediate constituents – word groups (phrases), which are in turn analyzed into the
immediate constituents of their own, and the process goes on until the ultimate sake of convenience. 33. Hierarchical structure: It is the sentence structure that groups words into structural constituents and
shows the syntactic category of each structural constituent, such as NP, VP and PP.
34. Trace theory: After the movement of an element in a sentence there will be a trace left in the original
position. This is the notion trace in T-G grammar. It’s suggested that if we have the notion trace, all the necessary information for semantic interpretation may come from the surface structure. E.g. The
passive Dams are built by beavers. differs from the active Beavers built dams. in implying that all dams are built by beavers. If we add a trace element represented by the letter t after built in the passive as Dams are built t by beavers, then the deep structure information that the word dams was originally the object of built is also captured by the surface structure. Trace theory proves to be not only theoretically significant but also empirically valid.
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35.An endocentric construction is one whose distribution is functionally equivalent, or approaching
equivalence, to one of its constituents, which serves as the center, or head, of the whole. A typical
example is the three small children with children as its head. The exocentric construction, opposite to the first type, is defined negatively as a construction whose distribution is not functionally equivalent to any of its constituents. Prepositional phrasal like on the shelf are typical examples of this type.
36.(1) more | beautiful flowers(2) more beautiful | flowers
第五章：意义参考答案
I
1~5 A B D D B 6~10 C A C D A
II. 11~15 F F T F T 16~20 T F T T T
III.
21. Semantics 22. direct 23. Reference 24. synonyms 25.homophones
26. Relational27. Componential 28. selectional29. argument 30. naming
IV.
31. Entailment: It is basically a semantic relation (or logical implication), and it can be clarified with
the following sentences:
a. T om divorced Jane.
b. Jane was T om’s wife.
In terms of truth value, the following relationships exist between these two sentences: when A is true,
B must be also true; when B is false, A must also be false. When B is true, A may be true or false.
Therefore we can say A entails B.
32. Proposition: It is the result of the abstraction of sentences, which are descriptions of states of affairs and
which some writers see as a basic element of sentence meaning. For example, the two sentences
“Caesar invaded Gaul” and “Gaul was invaded by Caesar” hold the same proposition.
33. Compositional analysis: It defines the meaning of a lexical element in terms of semantic components, or
semantic features. For example, the meaning of the word boy may be analyzed into three components: HUMAN, YOUNG and MALE. Similarly girl may be analyzed into HUMAN, YOUNG and
FEMALE.
34. Reference: It is what a linguistic form refers to in the real world; it is a matter of the relationship
between the form and the reality.
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35. Hyponymy, metonymy or part-whole relationship
36. (Omit.)
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37. (1) The (a) words and (b) words are male.
The (a) words are human, while the (b) words are non-human.
(2) The (a) words and (b) words are inanimate.
The (a) words are instrumental, while the (b) words are edible.
(3) The (a) words and (b) words are worldly or conceptual.
The (a) words are material, while the (b) words are spiritual.
第七章：语言、文化和社会参考答案
I
1~5 B C A A C 6~10 D A C A D
II. 11~15 F T F F F 16~20 T F T F F
III.
21. community 22. variety23. dialectal 24.planning25.sociolects
26. Stylistic27. official 28. superposed29. vernacular 30. inflectional
IV.
31. Lingua franca: A lingua franca is a variety of language that serves as a common speech for social
contact among groups of people who speaks different native languages or dialects.
32. Regional dialect: Regional dialect, also social or class dialect, is a speech variety spoken by the
members of a particular group or stratum of a speech community.
33. Register: Register, also situational dialect, refers to the language variety appropriate for use in particular
speech situations on which degrees of formality depends.
34. Sociolinguistics: Defined in its broadest way, sociolinguistics, a subdiscipline of linguistics, is the study
of language in relation to society. It is concerned with language variation, language use, the impact of extra-linguistic factors on language use, etc.
V. 35. American English is not superior to African English. As different branches of English, African English and American English are equal. Similar as they are, they are influenced by their respective cultural context and thus form respective systems of pronunciation, words and even grammar.
36. In China, Chinese has a more strict and complex relationship system. So in Chinese there are a lot more
kinship words than in English.
VI.37. (Omit.)
第八章：语言的使用参考答案
I
1~5 D B C B A 6~10 C B C A D
II. 11~15 F T T F F 16~20 F F F T T
III.
21. context 22. utterance 23. abstract 24. Constatives 25. Performatives
26. locutionary 27. illocutionary 28. commissive 29. expressive 30. quantity
IV.
31. Conversational implicature: In our daily life, speakers and listeners involved in conversation are
generally cooperating with each other. In other words, when people are talking with each other, they must try to converse smoothly and successfully. In accepting speak ers’ presuppositions, listeners
have to assume that a speaker is not trying to mislead them. This sense of cooperation is simply one in which people having a conversation are not normally assumed to be trying to confuse, trick, or withhold relevant information from one another. However, in real communication, the intention of the speaker is often not the literal meaning of what he or she says. The real intention implied in the words is called conversational implicature.
32. Performative: In speech act theory an utterance which performs an act, such as W atch out (= a warning).
33. Locutionary act: A locutionary act is the saying of something which is meaningful and can be
understood.
34. Horn’s Q-principle: (1) Make your contribution sufficient (cf. quantity); (2) Say as much as you can
(given R).
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35. Pragmatics is the study of the use of language in communication, particularly the relationships
between sentences and the contexts and situations in which they are used. Pragmatics includes the study of
(1) How the interpretation and use of utterances depends on knowledge of the real world;
(2) How speakers use and understand speech acts;
(3) How the structure of sentences is influenced by the relationship between the speaker and the
hearer.
Pragmatics is sometimes contrasted with semantics, which deals with meaning without reference to the users and communicative functions of sentences.
36.Y es, B is cooperative. On the face of it, B’s statement is not an answer to A’s question. B doesn’t say
“when.” However, A will immediately interpret the statement as meaning “I don’t know” or “I am not sure.” Just assume that B is being “relevant” and “informative.” Given that B’s answer contains relevant information, A can work out that “an accident further up the road” conventionally involves “traffic jam,” and “traffic jam” preludes “bus coming.” Thus, B’s answer is not simply a statement of “when the bus comes”; it contains an implicature concerning “when the bus comes.”
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37.It occurs before and / or after a word, a phrase or even a longer utterance or a text. The context often
helps in understanding the particular meaning of the word, phrase, etc.
The context may also be the broader social situation in which a linguistic item is used.
(1) a. A mild criticism of someone who should have cleaned the room.
b. In a language class where a student made a mistake, for he intended to say “tidy.”
c. The room was wanted for a meeting.
(2) a. A mild way to express disagreement with someone w ho has complimented on a lady’s
appearance.
b. A regret that the customer had not taken the dress.
c. That she wore a red shirt was not in agreement with the custom on the occasion.
第十二章：现代语言学理论与流派参考答案
I
1~5 B A C A A 6~10 A B D C C
II. 11~15 F F T T F 16~20 F T T T F
III.
21. synchronic 22. phonetics23. J. R. Firth 24. systemic25. sociologically
26. distribution27. Bloomfieldian 28. Descriptivism29. innateness 30. hypothesis-maker
IV.
31. FSP: It stands for Functional Sentence Perspective. It is a theory of linguistic analysis which refers to an
analysis of utterances (or texts) in terms of the information they contain.
32. Cohesion: The Cohesion shows whether a certain tagmeme is dominating other tagmemes or is
dominated by others.
33. LAD: LAD, that is Language Acquisition Device, is posited by Chomsky in the 1960s as a device
effectively present in the minds of children by which a grammar of their native language is constructed.
34. Case Grammar: It is an approach that stresses the relationship of elements in a sentence. It is a type of
generative grammar developed by C. J. Fillmore in the late 1960s.
V. VI. Omit.