2010年10月福建自考现代语言学真题00830

全国2010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. The purpose of Chomsky’s definition is to focus attention on the purely ______ properties of language, and these properties can be studied from a mathematically precise point of view.

（      ）

A. lexical B. grammatical

C. semantic D. structural

2. We refer to the limited range of sounds as the phonic medium of language and individual sounds within that range as ______.（      ）

A. vowels B. consonants

C. sounds D. speech sounds

3. A(n) ______ refers to the existing form to which a derivational affix can be added. （      ）

A. root B. stem

C. affix D. morpheme

4. All sentences in all languages can be represented by constituent structure trees, and all have syntactic rules that determine the linear order of words and their ______ structure. （      ）

 A. linear B. hierarchical

 C. constituent D. syntactic

5. In semantic analysis of a sentence, a(n) ______ is a logical participant in a predication, largely identical with the nominal element in a sentence. （      ）

A. argument B. subject

C. object D. predicate

6. Speaker A: Can you answer the telephone?

  Speaker B: I’m in the bath.

  Speaker B is violating the maxim of ______.（      ）

A. quantity B. quality