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( ) is the act performed by or resulting from saying something; it is the consequence of, or the change brought about by the utterance.
A:A locutionary act
B:An illocutionary act
C:A perlocutionary act
D:A performative act
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The branch of linguistics that studies how context influences the way speakers interpret sentences is called ( ).
A:semantics
B:pragmatics
C:sociolinguistics
D:psycholinguistics
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Language is said to be arbitrary because there is no logical connection between ( ) and meanings.
A:sense
B:sounds
C:objects
D:ideas
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The naming theory is advanced by ( ).
A:Plato
B:Bloomfield
C:Geoffrey Leech
D:Firth
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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 ( ).
A:prescriptive
B:sociolinguistic
C:descriptive
D:psycholinguistic
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Grammatical changes may be explained, in part, as analogic changes, which are ( ) or generalization.
A:elaboration
B:simplification
C:external borrowing
D:internal borrowing
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A sentence is a ( ) concept, and the meaning of a sentence is often studied in isolation.
A:pragmatic
B:grammatical
C:mental
D:conceptual
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The details of any language system is passed on from one generation to the next through ( ), rather than by instinct.
A:learning
B:teaching
C:books
D:both A and B
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All the acts that belong to the same category share the same purpose, but they differ ( ).
A:in their illocutionary acts
B:in their intentions expressed
C:in their strength or force
D:in their effect brought about
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When any of the maxims under the cooperative principle is flouted, ( ) might arise.
A:impoliteness
B:contradictions
C:mutual understanding
D:conversational implicatures
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Which of the followings are diphthongs? ( )
A:/e?/
B:/a?/
C:/?/
D:/??/
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We study psycholinguistics because ( )
A:to know about psychological reality of linguistic structures
B:to help the aphasics
C:to produce findings which lead to the modification of theoretical ideas
D:to make it a new tool for s奥鹏华中师范大学平时在线作业tudying psychology
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Which of the followings are velars ? ( )
A:[k]
B:[g]
C:[s]
D:[f]
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Features of the language in fictions are: ( )
A:stress and metrical patterning
B:speech and thought presentation
C:prose style
D:analysis of the text
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Approachers to syntax can be: ( )
A:the traditional approach
B:the structural approach
C:the functional approach
D:the generative approach
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Which of the followings are glides? ( )
A:[b]
B:[w]
C:[e]
D:[j]
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Which of the followings are compound words? ( )
A:bookshelf
B:brainwash
C:head
D:nose
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Which of the followings are not simple vowels? ( )
A:/e?/
B:/a?/
C:/?:/
D:/??/
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Which of the followings are dentals?( )
A:[b]
B:[]
C:[e]
D:[v]
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Which of the followings are not compound words? ( )
A:whale
B:bat
C:sugar
D:greenhouse
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Language acquisition is a hot research topic today, and social, cultural, personal factors are also observed to be affecting.( )
A:对
B:错
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A compound is the combination of two words.( )
A:对
B:错
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Voicing is a phonological feature that distinguishes meaning in both Chinese and English.( )
A:对
B:错
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In the history of any language the writing system always came into being before the spoken form.( )
A:对
B:错
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In modern linguistic studies, the written form of language is given more emphasis than the spoken form for a number of reasons.( )
A:对
B:错
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Phone is a phonological unit.( )
A:对
B:错
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Father of modern linguistics is Swiss F. de Saussure.( )
A:对
B:错
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Synchronic describes language by analyzing its development through different period of time, while diachronic describes phenomenon of language of a certain period.( )
A:对
B:错
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The territory in which the Indo-European languages are mainly spoken today also includes languages that are not Indo-European.( )
A:对
B:错
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The compound word "bookstore" is the place where books are sold. This indicates that the meaning of a compound is the sum total of the meanings of its components.( )
A:对
B:错
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