A. predication analysis                                   B. stylistic analysis                     

C. componential analysis                                 D. proposition analysis

6. Of the three speech acts,   linguists are most interested in the (       ) because this kind of speech act is identical with the speaker ’ s intention.

A. locutionary act                             B. illocutionary act                    

C. perlocutionary act                         D. constative act

7. The discovery of Indo-European language family began with the work of the British scholar (       ).

A. Sir William Jones                        B. John Firth                    

C. M. A. K.   Halliday                    D. F. D. Saussure

8. A bilingual speaker often uses two languages alternatively during a conversation with another bilingual speaker,   a speech situation known as (       ).

A. discourse role-switching             B. activity role-switching            

C. social role-switching                D. code-switching

9. A focal point of SLA research has been the nature and development of L2 learners ’ (       ).

A. second language                 B. first language                    

C. foreign language                D. interlanguage