Part One Please read the following sentences and choose the best answer to each question. (25%) 1. Semantics is the study of ____. A. linguistic competence B. language functions C. meanings D. social behavior 2．Which of the following is not generally believed to be area of linguistics? A. syntax B. semantics C. phonology D. etiology 3．There are morphemes in the word “boyish ”.A．one B．two C．three D．four 4．The semantic components of the word “man” can be expressed as . A．+animate, +human, +male, -adult B．+animate, +human, -male, -adult C．+animate, +human. +male, +adult D．+animate, +human, -male, +adult5．The maxim of ______ requires that a participant's contribution be relevant to the conversation. A. quantity B. quality C. manner D. relation 6．The words such as “editor”, “hawker ” are . A．formed by blending B．acronyms C．coined by back formation D．Clipped words7．The Swiss linguist laid the foundation of linguistics in the 20th century, and thus was described as “Father of Modern Linguistics”.A．L. Bloomfield B．F. D. Saussure C．N. Chomsky D．M. A. K. Halliday 8. is NOT a distinctive feature of human language. A．Arbitrariness B．Productivity C．Cultural transmission D．Displacement 9. TG grammar was advanced by ____. A. Searle B. Whorf C. Halliday D. Noam Chomsky 10．Who put forward the distinction between Langue and Parole? A. Saussure B. Chomsky C. Halliday D. Anonymous 11．The study of static, or so- called “literal”, meaning of language falls into the scope of , a major branch of linguistics. A．Pragmatics B．Semantics C．Syntax D．Morphology 12．first put forward the speech act theory. A．J. Searle B．J. Austin C．N. Chomsky D．M. A.K Halliday 13 ． The study of how sounds ar...
