烟台南山学院2015— 2016 学年第一学期《英语语言学练习》二(课程代码: 11120210 专业:英语学习层次:本科年级: 2014级 ) (第二次作业针对第一、 二章
试题总分 100 分
本次练习只有多选题
) 一、单项选择(共40 题,每小题2
5 分,满分100 分) Read each of the following statements carefully
Decide which one of the four choices best completes the statement and put the letter A, B, C or D in the brackets
5%×40=100% )(答题时请按照本答卷上的题号标注,每5 个一行
The study of language at one point of time is a _A______ study
synchronic B
historic C
diachronic D
descriptive 11
As modern linguistics aims to describe and analyze the language people actually use, and not to lay down rules for "correct" linguistic behavior, it is said to be C
prescriptive B
sociolinguistic C
descriptive D
psycholinguistic 12
Language is a system of arbitrary _D________ symbols used for human communication