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C. Linguistics
D. Semantics
10. In general, children’s holophrastic sentences begin
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A. in the late part of the first year or the early part of the second year
B. in the second half of the second year
C. between two and three years old
D. between four and five years old
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. Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given. (1%×10=10%)
11. Language can be defined as a system of arbitrary v
symbols used for human communication.
12. To satisfy the needs of the phoneticians in the study of speech sounds, a set of symbols called d
are added to broad transcription to show the more subtle differences between similar sounds.
13. The meaning of a compound is often i
,not always being the sum total of the meanings of its components.
14. The clause into which another clause is embedded is called a m
clause.
15. Componential analysis is based on the belief that the meaning of a word can be dissected into meaning components, called s
features.
16. C
is regarded as constituted by all kinds of knowledge assumed to be shared by the speaker and the hearer.
17. The major phonological change in the history of English known as the Great Vowel Shift involves seven long, or t
, vowels of Middle English.
18. Certain words in all societies are considered t
-- they are forbidden or to be avoided.
19. It’s known that specialized linguistic and perceptual skills are each localized in a particular hemisphere of the brain. The localization of cognitive and perceptual functions in a particular hemisphere of the brain is called l
.
20. C
speech refers to the simple, modified speech used by parents, baby-sitters, etc. when they talk to young children who are acquiring their native language.
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. Directions: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false in the brackets in front of each statement. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and give the correct version.(2%×10=20%)
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