语言学选择题。

Exercises for the test of linguistics

There are four choices following each statement. Mark the choice that best complete the statement.

Chapter 1 Introduction

1. The study of language as a whole is often called ________ linguistics.

A. particular

B. general

C. ordinary

D. generative

2. Traditional grammar regards the ________ form of language as primary, not the

spoken form.

A. oral

B. written

C. writing

D. vocal

3. The description of a language at some point in time is a ________ study.

A. synchronic

B. diachronic

C. historical

D. comparative

4. According to F. de Saussure, ________ refers to the abstract linguistic system

shared by all the members of a speech community.

A. parole

B. performance

C. langue

D. Language

5. Language is arbitrary in that there is no logical connection between meanings and

________.

A. words

B. sounds

C. objects

D. ideas

6. Which of the following isn t the design features of human language?

A. arbitrariness

B. performance

C. duality

D. displacement

7. The core of linguistics excludes ________.

A. semantics

B. morphology

C. phonetics