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....