现代语言学试题

课程代码： 00830

I. Directions: Read each of the following statements carefully. Decide which one of the four choices best completes the statement and put the letter A, B, C, or D in the brackets.   (2% × 10=20%)

1. Design features refer to the defining properties of human language that distinguish it from any

 _______________system of communication.  

A. artificial                                                      B. non-linguistic

C. animal                                                        D. abstract

2. If you put a finger in each ear and say “z-z-z-z-z”, you can feel the vibrations of the _______________.

A. glottis                                                         B. windpipe

C. larynx                                                         D. vocal cords

3. In the word suitable, “-able” is a _______________morpheme.

A. derivational                                                 B. inflectional

C. root                                                            D. stem

4. _______________is a subfield of linguistics that studies the sentence structure of language,