MOOC 语言学导论（二）(北京语言大学)1464497170 最新慕课完整章节测试答案
Chapter 6 Language, Culture and Society
Test for Chapter 6
1、单选题：
_______ is concerned with the social significance of language variation and language use in different speech communities.
选项：
A: Psycholinguistics
B: Sociolinguistics
C: Historical linguistics
D: General linguistics
答案: 【 Sociolinguistics 】
2、单选题：
The most distinguishable linguistic feature of a regional dialect is its _____.
选项：
A: use of words
B: use of structures
C: accent
D: morphemes
答案: 【 accent 】
3、单选题：
____ is speech variation according to the particular area where a speaker comes from.
选项：
A: Regional variation
B: Language variation
C: Social variation
D: Register variation
答案: 【 Regional variation】
4、单选题：
_______ are the major source of regional variation of language.
选项：
A: Geographical barriers
B: Loyalty to and confidence in one’s native speech
C: Physical discomfort and psychological resistance to change
D: Social barriers
答案: 【 Geographical barriers 】
5、单选题：
_________ means that certain authorities, such as the government choose, a particular speech variety, standardize it and spread the use of it across regional boundaries.
选项：
A: Language interference
B: Language changes
C: Language planning
D: Language transfer
答案: 【 Language planning 】
6、单选题：
_________ in a person’s speech or writing usually ranges on a continuum from casual or colloquial to formal or polite according to the type of communicative situation.
选项：
A: Regional variation
B: Changes in emotions
C: Variation in connotations
D: Stylistic variation
答案: 【 Stylistic variation 】
7、单选题：
A ____ is a variety of language that serves as a medium of com-munication among groups of people for diverse linguistic back-grounds .
选项：
A: lingua franca
B: register
C: Creole
D: national language
答案: 【 lingua franca 】
8、单选题：
Although _______ are simplified languages with reduced grammatical features, they are rule-governed, like any human language.
选项：
A: vernacular languages
B: creoles
C: pidgins
D: sociolects
答案: 【 pidgins】
9、单选题：
In normal situations, ____ speakers tend to use more prestigious forms than their ____ counterparts with the same social back-ground.
选项：
A: female; male
B: male; female
C: old; young
D: young; old
答案: 【 female; male 】
10、单选题：
A linguistic ____ refers to a word or expression that is prohibited by the "polite" society from general use.
选项：
A: slang
B: euphemism
C: jargon
D: taboo
答案: 【 taboo】
11、单选题：
are language varieties related to the use in particular speech situation.
选项：
A: Education varieties
B: Age varieties
C: Gender varieties
D: Register varieties
答案: 【 Register varieties】
12、单选题：
refers to a marginal language of few lexical items and straightforward grammatical rules, used as a medium of communication.
选项：
A: Lingua franca
B: Creole
C: Pidgin
D: Standard language
答案: 【 Pidgin】
13、判断题：
Sociolinguistics is the sub-discipline of linguistics that studies social contexts.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
14、判断题：
Language as a means of social communication is a homogeneous system with a homogeneous group of speakers.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
15、判断题：
Language use varies from one speech community to another, from one regional group to another, from one social group to another, and even from one individual to another.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】
16、判断题：
The goal of sociolinguistics is to explore the nature of language variation and language use among a variety of speech communities and in different social situations.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】
17、判断题：
The linguistic markers that characterize individual social groups may serve as social markers of group membership.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】
18、判断题：
From the sociolinguistic perspective, the term “speech variety ” can not be used to refer to standard language, vernacular language, dialect or pidgin.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
19、判断题：
Functional speech varieties are known as regional dialects.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
20、判断题：
The most distinguishable linguistic feature of a regional dialect is its grammar and uses of vocabulary.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
21、判断题：
Geographical barriers are the only source of regional variation of language.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
22、判断题：
A person’s social backgrounds do not exert a shaping influence on his choice of linguistic features.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
23、判断题：
Two speakers of the same language or dialect use their lan