ChapterI第1页共11页Introduction戴炜栋新编英语语言学判断正误题集T1.Linguisticsisgenerallydefinedasthescientificstudyoflanguage.F2.Linguisticsstudiesparticularlanguage,notlanguagesingeneral.F3.Ascientificstudyoflanguageisbasedonwhatthelinguistthinks.T4.Inthestudyoflinguistics,hypothesesformedshouldbebasedonlanguagefactsandcheckedagainsttheobservedfacts.T5.Generallinguisticsisgenerallythestudyoflanguageasawhole.T6.Generallinguistics,whichrelatesitselfto(incontrastto)theresearchofotherareas,studiesthebasicconcepts,theories,descriptions,modelsandmethodsapplicableinanylinguisticstudy.T7.Phoneticsisdifferentfromphonologyinthatthelatterstudiesthecombinationsofthesoundstoconveymeaningincommunication.F8.Morphologystudieshowwordscanbeformedtoproducemeaningfulsentences.T9.Thestudyofthewaysinwhichmorphemescanbecombinedtoformwordsiscalledmorphology.F10.Syntax(rulesthatgovernthecombinationofwordstoformgrammaticallypermissiblesentencesinL)isdifferentfrommorphologyinthattheformernotonlystudiesthemorphemes,butalsothecombinationofmorphemesintowordsandwordsintosentences.T11.Thestudyofmeaninginlanguageisknownassemantics.F12.Bothsemantics(Lisusedtoconveymeaning-thestudyofmeaning)andpragmatics(thestudyofmeaningisconductedinthecontextoflanguageuse)studymeanings.T13.Pragmaticsisdifferentfromsemanticsinthatpragmaticsstudiesmeaningnotinisolation,butincontext.T14.Socialchangescanoftenbringaboutlanguagechanges.T15.Sociolinguisticsisthestudyoflanguageinrelationtosociety.F16.Modernlinguisticsismostlyprescriptive,butsometimesdescriptive.T17.Modernlinguisticsisdifferentfromtraditionalgrammar.F18.Adiachronic历时（itchangesthroughtime）studyoflanguageisthedescriptionoflanguageatsomepointintime.第2页共11页Synchronic共时F19Modernlinguisticsregardsthewrittenlanguageasprimary,notthespokenlanguage.F20.Thedistinctionbetweencompetence语言能力andperformance语言运用wasproposedbyF.deSaussure.N.ChomskyChapter2：Phonology1.VoicingisaphonologicalfeaturethatdistinguishesmeaninginbothChineseandEnglish.（T）2.Iftwophoneticallysimilarsoundsoccurinthesameenvironmentsandtheydistinguishmeaning,theyaresaidtobeincomplementarydistribution.（F）3.Aphoneisaphoneticunitthatdistinguishesmeaning.（F）4.EnglishisatonelanguagewhileChineseisnot.（F）5.Inlinguisticevolution,speechispriortowriting.（T）6.Ineverydaycommunication,speechplaysagreaterrolethanwritingintermsoftheamountofinformationconveyed.（T）7.Articulatoryphoneticstriestodescribethephysicalpropertiesofthestreamofsoundswhichaspeakerissueswiththehelpofamachinecalledspectrograph.（F）8.Thearticulatoryapparatusofahumanbeingarecontainedinthreeimportantareas:thethroat,themouthandthechest.（F）9.Vibrationofthevocalcordsresultsinaqualityofspeechsoundscalledvoicing.（T）10.Englishconsonantscanbeclassifiedintermsofplaceofarticulationandthepartofthetonguethatisraisedthehighest.（F）11.Accordingtothemannerofarticulation,someofthetypesintowhichtheconsonantscanbeclassifiedarestops,fricatives,bilabialandalveolar.（F）12.Vowelsoundscanbedifferentiatedbyanumberoffactors:thepositionoftongueinthemouth,theopennessofthemouth,theshapeofthelips,andthelengthofthevowels.（T）13.Accordingtotheshapeofthelips,vowelscanbeclassifiedintoclosevowels,semi-closevowels,semi-openvowelsandopenvowels.（F）14.Anysoundproducedbyahumanbeingisaphoneme.（F）第3页共11页15.Phonesarethesoundsthatcandistinguishmeaning....
