专业英语八级英语语言学知识-1
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一、单项选择题(总题数:40,分数:100.00)
1.Which of the following is NOT the correct relationship between language and culture?
A. Language expresses cultural reality.
学生查询个人成绩B. Language embodies cultural identity.
C. Language symbolizes cultural reality.
D. Language determines cultural reality.


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解析文化是语言的内容,语言是文化的载体,语言能够表达文化、体现文化,也是文化的象征和标志。语言不能决定文化。
2.In a broad sentence, culture includes ______.
A. patterns of belief B. customs, objects and institutions
C. techniques and language D. all the above


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解析:文化,从广义上来说,是指一个民族的整体生活方式,包括信仰、习俗、物质、体制、技能、语言、价值观等。
3.According to linguists, there are two types of culture: the more concrete and observable______ and the more abstract and hidden
A. material culture, spiritual culture B. national culture, local culture
C. spiritual culture, material culture D. local culture, national culture


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解析:广义上的文化包含内容甚广,主要可以划分为物质文化和精神文化两种类型,物质文化具体可见,而精神文化则抽象隐含。
4.______ refers to the identical part of culture between two societies owing to some similarities in the natural environment and psychology of human beings.
A. Cultural overlap B. Cultural imperialism
C. Cultural diffusion D. Cultural expansion


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解析:文化与文化之间存在的相同之处,被称为文化重叠(cultural overlap)。
5.Through communication, some elements of one culture may enter another culture and become part of that culture. This phenomenon is called ______.
A. cultural overlap B. cultural imperialism
C. cultural diffusion D. cultural expansion


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解析:一种文化中特有的要素经过交流和传播,进入到另外一种文化并成为这种文化的一部分的现象被称为文化扩散(cultural diffusion)。
6.The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is about ______.
A. language and culture B. language and society
C. language acquisition D. language and thought


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解析:著名的SWH(萨皮尔.沃尔夫假说)是关于语言与思维之间的关系的假说,其基本观点是:语言从某种程度上决定思维,不同的语言能以不同方式表达其使用者独特的世界观。
7.The strong version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis holds that language patterns ______ people's thinking and behavior.
A. influence B. determine C. distort D. have no influence on


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解析:SWH(萨皮尔-沃尔夫假说)有两种诠释:一个是strong version,认为语言决定思维,另一个是weak version,认为语言只是在某种程度上影响思维。
8.The practice of observing holidays of foreign origins and accepting concepts from other cultures is an example of ______.
A. cultural overlap B. cultural diffusion
C. cultural transmission D. cultural relativity


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解析:过洋节日或者接受外来的一些观念和文化都属于文化扩散现象。
9."Rose" can mean "a beautiful young lady". This is an example of ______.
A. denotative meaning B. connotative meaning
C. iconic meaning D. grammatical meaning


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解析:语言标志都有三层意义,即指示/(内涵)意义(denotative meaning)、暗含/(外延)意义
(connotative meaning)和图像意义(iconic meaning)。“Rose”意为“a beautiful young lady”是图像意义。
10.______ is communication between people from different cultures (their cultural perceptions and symbol systems are distinct enough to alter the communication event).
A. Linguistic communication B. Lingua franca
C. Cultural transmission D. Cross-cultural communication


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解析:跨文化交流(cross-cultural communication)是来自不同文化的人之间的交流。由于不同的文化背景和价值体系,跨文化交流活动的成功与否不但取决于语言知识,更取决于双方在文化上的了解、接受和认同。2018研究生成绩查询
11.In general, language acquisition refers to children's development of their ______.
A. first language B. second language
C. foreign language D. dialectal language


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解析:一般来说,语言习得指的是儿童的第一语言发展,即儿童在其长大成人所在的社区的本族语的发展。
12.______ holds that language learning is simply a matter of imitation and habit formation.
A. The behaviorist view B. The innatist view
C. The naming theory D. The contextualism


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解析:行为主义论(the behaviorist view)认为,语言学习是一个简单的接受语言刺激、模仿语言、形成语言习惯的过程。
13.______ holds that children are born with an innate mechanism that allows them to acquire language.
A. The behaviorist view B. The innatist view
C. The naming theory D. The contextualism


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解析:先天主义论(the innatist view)认为儿童生来大脑就具有学习语言的机制,受到一定的语言刺激后就可以激活该机制习得语言。人类拥有学习和使用语言的先决条件,就如鸟类一样,从生物学的意义上来讲已经“预置”(prewired),可以学会同类的歌唱。
14.The development of linguistic skills involves the acquisition of______ rules rather than the mere memorization of words and sentences.
A. cultural B. grammatical C. behavior D. pragmatic


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解析:语言习得基本上是指对语言中语法系统(grammatical system)的习得,把儿童语言简单地说成是语言中单个单词的记忆是错误的。儿童是在处理听到的语言时,建构语法并且依照语法来理解言语;在生成言语时,他们遵循内化的语法规则。缺乏对语言生成规则的理解,语言使用者不可能生成和理解无限多的句子。
15.______, except those with mental or physical impairments, are better or worse first language acquirers.
A. Some men B. Almost all men C. No men D. Few men


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