判断题Chapter1 1. “Language operates by rules” is a fundamental view about language. 【答案】 T 2. It is conclusive that Chinese is regarded as the primeval language. 【答案】 F 3. Wherever humans exist, language exists. 【答案】 T 1. When language is used to get information from others, it serves an informative function. 【答案】 F 2. The phatic function refers to language function for establishing or maintaining social contact rather than for exchanging information or ideas. 【答案】 T 3. The most important sociological use of language is the performative function, by which people establish and maintain their status in society. 【答案】 F 1. Phonology is language specific. 【答案】 T 2. Syntax refers to the study of the rules governing the way words are combined to form sentences in a language. 【答案】 T 3. Phonology and grammar are infinite, tightly structured systems, the child does not have to master them before puberty in order to be a native speaker of the language. 【答案】 F 1. The concept competence originally refers to the grammatical knowledge of the ideal language user and has nothing to do with the actual use of language in concrete situation. 【答案】 T 2. The description of a language at some point in time is called diachronic study. 【答案】 F Chapter2 1. Bilabial consonant is produced when the obstruction is partial and the air is forced through a narrow passage. 【答案】 F 2. The sound segments are grouped into consonants and vowels. 【答案】 T Chapter3 1. The word of “impossibility ” contains four morphemes. 【答案】 F 2. Both “use” and “books” contain /s/, which can be regarded as a phoneme and a morpheme as well. 【答案】 F 3. The words “water” and “teac...
