英语专业语言学历年真题试卷汇编20_真题-无答案

英语专业（语言学）历年真题试卷汇编20

(总分132,考试时间90分钟)

1. 填空题

1. As the lexical words carry the main content of a language while the grammatical ones serve to

link its different parts together, the lexical words are also known as content words and

grammatical ones______. (中山大学2008研)

2. In traditional grammar, ______is the only word class which can function as a substitute for

another item. (中山大学2006研)

3. In terms of the meaning expressed by words, they can be classified into______words and

______words. (南开大学2007研)

4. The______is the minimal distinctive unit in grammar, a unit which cannot be divided without

destroying or drastically altering the meaning, whether lexical or grammatical. (北二外2008研)

5. There are two fields of morphology: the study of______and the study of______. (人大2006研)

6. A______morpheme is one that cannot constitute a word by itself. (北二外2003研)

7. ______ is a branch of linguistics that studies the interrelationship between phonology and

morphology. (南开大学2007研)

8. ______is a **plex form of compounding in which a new word is formed by joining the initial

part of one word and the final part of another word. For example, the English word smog is made

from______and______. (人大2006研)

9. Back-formation refers to an abnormal type of word-formation where a shorter word is derived

by deleting an______affix from a longer form already in the language. (中山大学2006研)

10. ______is a unit of expression that has universal intuitive recognition by native speakers,

whether it is expressed in spoken or written form. It is the minimum free form. (中山大学2005

研)

11. Affix is the collective term for the type of formative that call be used only when added to

another morpheme. Affixes are limited in number in a language, and are generally classified into

three subtypes, namely, prefix, suffix, and______. (北京邮电大学2010研)

12. Words can be classified into variable words and invariable words. As for variable words, they

may have______changes. That is, the same word my have different grammatical forms but part of

the word remains relatively constant (中山大学2011年研)

13. Bound morphemes are classified into two types; ______and______root.

14. A word formed by derivation is called a______, and a word formed by compounding is called

a______.

2. 判断题

1. Some linguists maintain that a word group is an extension of word of a particular class. (清华

2001研)

A. 真 B. 假

2. Words are the most stable of all linguistic units in respect of their internal structure. (大连外国

语学院2008研)

A. 真 B. 假

3. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and many adverbs are content words. (北二外2008研)

A. 真 B. 假

4. Pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions and articles are all open class items. (清华2001研)

A. 真 B. 假

5. The words "loose" and "books" have a common phoneme and a common morpheme as well.

(北二外2007研)

A. 真 B. 假

6. Free morpheme may constitute words by themselves. (大连外国语学院2008研)

A. 真 B. 假

7. Root also falls into two categories: free and bound. (北二外2006研)

A. 真 B. 假

8. A stem is the base form of a word which cannot be further analyzed without total loss of identity.

(对外经贸2006研)

A. 真 B. 假

9. The words "water" and "teacher" have a common phoneme and a common morpheme as well.

(北二外2006研)

A. 真 B. 假

10. The words "boys" and "raise" have a common phoneme and a common morpheme as well. (北

二外2008研)

A. 真 B. 假

11. Analogic change refers to the reduction of the number of exceptional or irregular morphemes.

(对外经贸2005研)

A. 真 B. 假

12. The smallest meaningful unit of language is allomorph.

A. 真 B. 假

3. 单项选择题

1. Words like pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, articles are______items. (北二外2003研)

A. open-class

B. closed-class

C. neither open-class nor closed-class

2. Nouns, verbs and adjectives can be classified as______. (西安交大2008研)

A. lexical words B. grammatical words

C. function words D. form words

3. Bound morphemes do not include______. (西安交大2008研)

A. roots B. prefixes

C. suffixes D. words

4. ______other **pounds may be divided into roots and affixes. (大连外国语学院2008研)

A. Polymorphemic words

B. Bound morphemes

C. Free morphemes

5. ______refers to the way in which a particular verb changes for tense, person, or number.(西安

外国语学院2006研)

A. Affixation B. Inflection

C. Derivation D. Conjugation

6. Which two terms can best describe the following pairs of words: table—tables, day + break—

daybreak. (大连外国语学院2008研)

A. inflection **pound

B. compound and derivation

C. inflection and derivation

7. Compound words consist of______ morphemes. (北二外2003研)

A. bound

B. free

C. both bound and free

8. Which of the following words is formed by the process of blending? (对外经贸2006研)

A. WTO B. Motel

C. Bookshelf D. red-faced

9. Which of the following words are formed by blending? (对外经贸2005研)

A. girlfriend B. television

C. smog D. bunch

10. The word UN is formed in the way of______. (西安交大2008研)

A. acronymy B. clipping

C. initialism D. blending

11. Which of the following is NOT a process of the lexical change? (大连外国语学院2008研)

A. INVENTION.

B. ACRONYM.

C. LEXICON.

12. Language has been changing, but such changes are not so obvious at all linguistic aspects

except that of______. (西安外国语学院2006研)

A. phonology B. lexicon

C. syntax D. semantics

13. "Wife", which used to refer to any woman, stands for "a married woman" in modern English.

This phenomenon is known as______. (西安交大2008研)

A. semantic shift

B. semantic broadening

C. semantic elevation

D. semantic narrowing

14. It is true that words may shift in meaning, i. e. semantic change. The semantic change of the

word tail belongs to______.

A. narrowing of meaning

B. meaning shift