1、[单选题] Suprasegmental phonology refers to the study of phonological properties of units larger than the segment-phoneme, such as syllable, word and sentence.摘要：1、[单选题] Suprasegmental phonology refers to the study of phonological properties of units larger than the segment-phoneme, such as syllable, word and s...
A、 True
B、 False
2、[单选题] Most languages have sets of lexical items similar in meaning but ranked differently according to their degree of formality.A、True
B、False
3、[单选题] A lingua franca can only be used within a particular country for communication among groups of people with different linguistic backgrounds.A、True
B、False
4、[单选题] Acoustic phonetics is concerned with the perception of speech sounds.A、 True
B、 False
5、[单选题] The function of the sentence“Water boils at 100 degrees Centigrade.”is__________.A、Interrogative
B、directive
C、informative
D、performative
6、[单选题] “Alive” and “dead” are ______________.A、 gradable antonyms
B、 relationalantonyms
C、 complementary antonyms
D、 None of the above
7、[单选题] Dialectal synonyms can often be found in different regional dialects such as British English and American English but cannot be found within the variety itself, for example, within British English or American English.A、True
B、False
8、[单选题] In Chinese when someone breaks a bowl or a plate the host or the people present are likely to say“碎碎（岁岁）平安”as a means of controlling the forces which they believes feel might affect their lives. Which functions does it perform?A、Interpersonal
B、Emotive
C、Performative
D、Recreational
9、[单选题] _______ are the major source of regional variation of language.A、 Geographical barriers
B、 Loyalty to and confidence in one’s native speech
C、 Physical discomfort and psychological resistance to change
D、 Social barriers
10、[单选题] The most important contribution of the Prague School to linguistics isthatitsees language in terms of__________.A、function
B、meaning
C、signs
D、system
11、[单选题] The naming theory is advanced by ________.A、 Plato
B、 Bloomfield
C、 Geoffrey Leech
D、 Firth
12、[单选题] Which of the following property of language enables language users to overcome the barriers caused by time and place, due to this feature of language, speakers of a language are free to talk about anything in any situation?A、Transferability
B、Duality
C、Displacement
D、Arbitrariness
13、[单选题] __________answers such questions as how we as infants acquire our first language.A、 Psycholinguistics
B、 Anthropological linguistics
C、 Sociolinguistics
D、 Applied linguistics
14、[单选题] Following Saussure’s distinction between langue and parole, Trubetzkoy argued that phonetics belonged to langue whereas phonology belonged to parole.A、True
B、False
15、[单选题] According to Firth, a system is a set of mutually exclusive options that come into play at some point in a linguistic structure.A、 True
B、 False
16、[单选题] A pidgin usually reflects the influence of the higher, or dominant, language in its lexicon and that of the lower language in their phonology and occasionally syntax.A、True
B、False
17、[单选题] London School is also known as systemic linguistics and functional linguistics.A、 True
B、 False
18、[单选题] It is believed that phrase structure rules, with the insertion of the lexicon, generate sentences at the level of D-structure.A、True
B、False
19、[单选题] When a dog is barking, you assume it is barking for something or at someone that exists here and now. It couldn’t be sorrowful for some lost love .This indicates the design feature of__________.A、 cultural transmission
B、 productivity
C、 displacement
D、 duality
20、[单选题] Nouns, verbs and adjectives can be classified as__________.A、 lexical words
B、 grammatical words
C、 function words
D、 form words
