MOOC 英语语言学概论(北方民族大学)1451213180 最新慕课完整章节测试答案
Chapter One Invitations to Linguistics
1.1 Introduction to linguistics_习题
1、单选题：
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
选项：
A: Language consists of the systems of sounds and grammar.
B: Language is instrumental.
C: Language is social and conventional.
D: Language is a system of symbols.
答案: 【 Language consists of the systems of sounds and grammar.】
2、单选题：
The scope of linguistic study may be generally divided into ______________.
选项：
A: descriptive linguistics and prescriptive linguistics
B: sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics
C: phonetics and phonology
D: interlinguistic study and extralinguistic study
答案: 【 interlinguistic study and extralinguistic study】
3、单选题：
Saussure made the distinction between _______________.
选项：
A: langue and parole
B: competence and performance
C: theoretical linguistics and applied linguistics
D: comparative linguistics and historical linguistics
答案: 【 langue and parole】
4、单选题：
Chomsky made the distinction between _______________.
选项：
A: langue and parole
B: competence and performance
C: diachronic linguistics and synchronic linguistics
D: comparative linguistics and historical linguistics
答案: 【 competence and performance】
5、单选题：
As modern linguistics aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, and not to lay down rules for “correct” linguistic behavior, it is said to be ___________.
选项：
A: prescriptive
B: sociolinguistic
C: descriptive
D: sycholinguistic
答案: 【 descriptive】
6、判断题：
Language consists of the systems of sounds and grammar.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
7、判断题：
The actual production and comprehension of the speech by speakers of a language is called performance.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】
8、判断题：
The fact that children can speak before they can read or write shows that language is arbitrary.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 错误】
9、判断题：
According to Chomsky, a language user’s underlying knowledge about the system of rules is called his linguistic competence.
选项：
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确】
10、填空题：
linguistics is the study of a language through the course of its history.
答案: 【 Diachronic】
11、填空题：
A description takes a fixed instant (usually, but not necessarily, the present) as its point of observation.
答案: 【 synchronic】
12、填空题：
is the study of psychological aspects of language; it usually studies the psychological states and mental activity associated with the use of language. Most problems in are more concrete, involving the study of language acquisition especially in children and linguistic performance such as producing and comprehending utterances or sentences among adults.
答案: 【 Psycholinguistics】
1.2 Design features of language_习题
1、单选题：
Which of the following is NOT a frequently discussed design feature of language?
选项：
A: Arbitrariness.
B: Convention
C: Duality
D: Displacement
答案: 【 Convention】
2、单选题：
“I can refer to Confucius even though he died 2000 years ago.” This shows that language has the design feature of __________.
选项：
A: arbitrariness
B: creativity
C: duality
D: displacement
答案: 【 displacement】
3、单选题：
The design feature of __________ refers to the property of having two levels of structures, such that units of the primary level are composed of elements of the secondary level.
选项：
A: arbitrariness
B: creativity
C: duality
D: displacement
答案: 【 duality】
4、单选题：
One of the properties of language is that a language user can understand and produce sentences he/she has never heard before. This property of language is called ________.
选项：
A: duality
B: productivity
C: displacement
D: arbitrariness
答案: 【 productivity 】
5、单选题：
In broad terms, linguists agree to define language as a system of ____vocal symbols used for human communication.
选项：
A: conventional
B: motivated
C: arbitrary
D: dual
答案: 【 arbitrary】
6、填空题：
By is meant the property of having two level