28.(     )A pidgin is ordinarily a simplified version of one of the languages, usually European, such as English, modified in the direction of the other and characterized by an absence of any complex grammar, and its vocabulary is also very limited.

29.(     )The nerve cells that form the surface of the brain are called the cortex, which serves as the intellectual decision-maker, receives messages from the sensory organs, and initiates all voluntary actions.

30.(     )Children learn language by simply imitating the speech of the people around them.

Ⅳ .Directions: Explain the following terms, using one or two examples for illustration if necessary.(3% × 10=30%)

31.arbitrariness

32.assimilation rule

33.embedded clause

34.syntactic category

35.sense

36.Grimm ’ s   Law

37.code-switching

38.psycholinguistics

39.dichotic listening

40.error analysis

Ⅴ .Answer the following questions.(10% × 2=20%)

41.Do you think that the meaning of a compound is the sum total of the meanings of its components? Support your argument with examples.

42.Which maxim does B ’ s utterance in the following conversation violate? Does the violation give rise to conversational implicature? If it does, what is the implicature?

[A is talking with B about a film they have seen.]

A: The film was good. Don ’ t you think so?

B: The music was nice.