语言学选择题_(5)

语言学选择题。

5. The embedded clause in a complex sentence is normally called ________ clause.

A. a subordinate

B. a main

C. a matrix

D. a major

6. Transformational grammar is a type of grammar first proposed by ________ in

the mid-1950s.

A. Saussure

B. Bloomfield

C. Chomsky

D. Halliday

7. The rules that group words and phrases to form grammatical sentences are called

________ rules.

A. lexical

B. structural

C. coordinate

D. combinational

8. ________ can generate an infinite number of sentences.

A. Phrase structure rules

B. Movement rules

C. Syntactic rules

D. None of the above

Chapter 5 Semantics

1. Semantics can be defined as the study of ________.

A. words

B. meaning

C. communication

D. context

2. Sense relates to the complex system of relationships that hold between the

linguistic elements themselves (mostly words); it is concerned with _________ relations.

A. extra-linguistic

B. intra-linguistic

C. non-linguistic

D. multi-linguistic

3. Reference deals with the relationship between the linguistic elements (words,

sentences, etc) and the ________ of experience.

A. extra-linguistic

B. intra-linguistic