语言学期末考试试卷（C）卷
Part I. Multiple choice 30% (共15小题，每题2分，共30分)
1. _______ put forward the three metafunctions of language, namely ideational function, interpersonal function, and textual function.
A. Chomsky
B. Saussure
C. Halliday
D. Austin
2. The sound [p] is a ________.
A. bilabial
B. labio-dental
C. dental
D. alveolar
3. “-able” belongs to ________ morpheme.
A. bound
B. free
C. prefix
D. root
4. Which of the following are the essential parts of an English sentence? _________
A. predicate verb, object
B. subject, predicate verb
C. subject, object
D. object, adverbial
5. A word with several meanings is called _________ word.
A. synonymous
B. polysemous
C. an abnormal
D. a multiple
6. According to Austin, a speaker, while making an utterance, is in most cases performing _______ acts simultaneously.
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
7. a): Is there some more soup?
b): Can I have some more soup?
a) is more polite than b) because it makes the use of _______.
A. cooperation
B. politeness
C. impersonalization
D. cultural act
8. The illocutionary point of _____ is used to express the psychological state specified in the utterance.
A. commissives
B. representatives
C. expressives
D. declaratives
9. A: This is one of the best articles I’ve ever read.
B: I don’t think so.
In this conversation, B violates the maxim of _______ in Politeness Principle.
A. tact
B. generosity
C. modesty
D. agreement
10. How many affixes does the word “internationalism” have? _________
A. three
B. four
C. five
D. six
11. Which of the following is a free morpheme?
A. –ful
B. play
C. –ceive
D. –ed
12. A _________in English is one unit of organization that contains a subject-predicate structure.
A. clause
B. sentence
C. phrase
D. idiom
13. How many syllables does the word “congratulation” have? _________
A. three
B. four
C. five
D. six
14. Which of the following is the correct phonetic description of the vowel /a:/? ________
A. high, front, tense
B. high, front, lax
C. low, back, tense
D. low, front, lax
15. Which language family does English belong to? _______
A. the Uralic Family
B. the Altaic Family
C. the Indo-European Family
D. the Sino-Tibetan
Part Ⅱ. True or false 10% (共10小题，每题1分，共10分)
1. A perlocutionary act is performed by the hearer.
2. By creativity we mean the creative use of language as often practiced by poets.
3. English is a tone language.
4. Cultures vary as far as politeness issues are concerned.
5. In order for two neighboring sentences to be cohesive, one must use some explicit device to conjoin them.
6. Like English, modern Chinese is a SVO language.
7. Synonyms are those words that can be used interchangeably in all contexts.
8. All words in English have a hierarchical structure.
9. With transformations, we can organize a sentence the way we like.
10. Politeness is a matter of degree.
Part Ⅲ. Term definition 30% (共5小题，每题6分，共30分)
1.Linguistics
2.Arbitrariness
3.Phoneme
4.Reference
5.Syntax
Part IV. Short answer questions 30% (共3小题，每题10分，共30分)
1.What are the three most important semantic relations in English? Pleas give some
corresponding examples.
2. As we all know, there SEVEN major sentence patterns are found in English. So please write them and then give an example respectively.
3. Explain John Austin's new model of speech act theory.
成教学院语言学期末考试试卷（C）卷答卷班级学号姓名成绩
Part I. Multiple choice 30% (共15小题，每题2分，共30分)
1-5 6-10
11-15
Part II. True or False（共10小题；每题1分，共10分）
1-5 6-10
Part III. Term definition 30% (共5小题，每题6分，共30分)
Part IV. Short answer questions 30% (共3小题；每题10分，共30分)。