1.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutlanguageisNOTtrue?

A.LanguageisasystemB.Languageissymbolic

C.AnimalsalsohavelanguageD.Languageisarbitrary

2.WhichofthefollowingfeaturesisNOToneofthedesignfeaturesoflanguage?

A.SymbolicB.DualC.ProductiveD.Arbitrary

3.Whatisthemostimportantfunctionoflanguage?

A.InterpersonalB.PhaticC.InformativeD.Metalingual

4.WhoputforwardthedistinctionbetweenLangueandParole?

A.SaussureB.ChomskyC.HallidayD.Anonymous

5.AccordingtoChomsky,whichistheidealuser'sinternalizedknowledgeofhislanguage?

A.competenceB.paroleC.performanceD.langue

6.Thefunctionofthesentence"Aniceday,isn'tit?"is.

A.informativeB.phaticC.directiveD.performative

7.Articulatoryphoneticsmainlystudies.

A.thephysicalpropertiesofthesoundsproducedinspeech

B.theperceptionofsounds

C.thecombinationofsounds

D.theproductionofsounds

8.Thedistinctionbetweenvowelsandconsonantsliesin.

A.theplaceofarticulationB.theobstructionofairstream

C.thepositionofthetongueD.theshapeofthelips

9.Whichisthebranchoflinguisticswhichstudiesthecharacteristicsofspeechsoundsandprovidesmethodsfortheirdescription,classificationandtranscription?

A.PhoneticsB.PhonologyC.SemanticsD.Pragmatics

10.Whichstudiesthesoundsystemsinacertainlanguage?

A.PhoneticsB.PhonologyC.SemanticsD.Pragmatics

11.Minimalpairsareusedto.

A.findthedistinctivefeaturesofalanguage

B.findthephonemesofalanguage

C.comparetwowords

D.findtheallophonesoflanguage

12.Usually,suprasegmentalfeaturesinclude,lengthandpitch.

A.phonemeB.speechsoundsC.syllablesD.stress

13.Whichisanindispensablepartofasyllable?

A.CodaB.OnsetC.StemD.Peak

14.Whichisthesmallestunitoflanguageintermsofrelationshipbetweenexpressionandcontent?

A.WordB.MorphemeC.AllomorphD.Root