1、To put it in a simple way, linguistics studies ________, meaning of linguistic units, and the use and interpretation of a sentence in different contexts.
A、properties of speech sounds
B、combination of speech sounds into a meaningful unit
C、word formation
D、sentence structure
2、To have a scientific language study, we must pursue brevity in analyzing the data and in stating our findings, which can be summarized as the standard of ________.
A、exhaustiveness
B、consistency
C、economy
D、objectivity
3、Parole refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community.
A、对
B、错
4、The reason for Frenchmen to use cheval and for English to use horse to refer to the same animal is inexplicable.
A、对
B、错
5、Of speech and writing, modern linguistics regards writing as the primary medium of communication.
A、对
B、错
6、According to Chomsky, competence is the actual realization of the performance in linguistic communication.
A、对
B、错
7、Which of the following disciplines are related to applied linguistics?
A、education
B、psycholinguistics
C、physics
D、geology
8、Unlike animal communication systems, human language is ________.
A、stimulus free
B、stimulus bound
C、under immediate stimulus control
D、stimulated by some occurrence of communal interest
9、________ has been widely accepted as the forefather of modern linguistics.
A、Chomsky
B、de Saussure
C、Bloomfield
D、John Lyons
10、By saying language is arbitrary, we mean that there is no logical connection between meaning and ________.
A、word
B、morpheme
C、sound
D、phoneme
