语言学试题与答案(3)

胡壮麟

III. There are four choices following each statement. Mark the choice that can best complete the statement.

21. The naming theory is advanced by ________.

A. Plato B . Bloomfield

C. Geoffrey Leech D. Firth

22. “We shall know a word by the company it keeps.” This statement represents _______.

A. the conceptualist view

C. the naming theory B. contexutalism D. behaviorism

23. Which of the following is not true?

A. Sense is concerned with the inherent meaning of the linguistic form.

B. Sense is the collection of all the features of the linguistic form.

C. Sense is abstract and de-contextualized.

D. Sense is the aspect of meaning dictionary compilers are not interested in.

24. “Can I borrow your bike?” _______ “You have a bike.”

A. is synonymous with

C. entails B. is inconsistent with D. presupposes

25. ___________ is a way in which the meaning of a word can be dissected into meaning components, called semantic features.

A. Predication analysis

C. Phonemic analysis B. Componential analysis D. Grammatical analysis

26. “alive” and “dead” are ______________.

A. gradable antonyms B. relational opposites