英语语言学期末试卷

《英语语言学》期末试卷 A 卷课程归属部门：外国语学院 试卷适用范围：英语本科题号一二三四五总分得分1.Language change is a gradual and constant process, therefore often indiscernible to speakers of the same generation.2.In general, linguistic change in grammar is more noticeable than that in the sound system and the vocabulary of a language。3.“Fridge” is a word formed by abbreviation.4.The way children acquire the language is one of the causes for language change。5.Language use varies from one speech community to another, from one regional group to another, from one social group to another， and even from one individual to another.6.The linguistic markers that characterize individual social groups may serve as social markers of group membership.7.A lingua franca can only be used within a particular country for communication among groups of people with different linguistic backgrounds.8.The major difference between a pidgin and a creole is that the former usually has its native speakers while the latter doesn’t.9.L1 development and L2 development seem to involve the same processes.10. All normal children have equal ability to acquire their first language.11. Children follow a similar acquisition schedule of predictable stages along the route of language development across cultures, though there is an idiosyncratic variation in the amount of time that takes individuals to master different aspects of the grammar。12. Human beings are genetically predetermined to acquire language； this genetic predisposition is a sufficient condition for language development.13. Children who grow up in culture where caretaker speech is absent acquire their native language more slowly than children who are exposed to caretaker speech。14. Corr...