英語語言學(xué)考研試題 精品考研試題二

1、北京師范大學(xué)2004考研語言學(xué)試卷1. Define the following terms:20 points1 langue2 parole3 allophone4 semantic field5 cohesion2.Try to identify the possible paradigmatic relation between any items in the following poem by Lu Xun 10points豈有豪情似舊時?花開花落兩由之。何期淚灑江南雨,又為斯民哭健兒!3.Give some lexical items to illustrate social d

2、ialects. Try to explain their connotations.20 points4. What can this rule mean in English grammar? 10 pointsd _ -id / t _5. Define the following sounds in terms of articulatory features10 points這些音標(biāo)我打不出來和往年的差不多全掌握了就行6.Try to tell some of the similarities and differences between English and Chinese n

3、ominal constructions. Supply some examples.10 points7.We can use the pattern “it is ”to emphasize any part of a sentence except the predicate. What can we do if we must emphasize it ? Please give examples to highlight your emphasis of any part of this sentence :15points8. Try to discuss as many as p

4、ossible the design features of human language.15 points9. Observe the following sentences:老王找到老張,才找到他的兒子。老王找到老張,才找到他自己的兒子。老王找到老張,才找到自己的兒子。老王找到老張,才找到兒子。Which sentence is clear in its meaning? Which one is unclear? Try to explain why. Point out some features of the Chinese language.10points10.Discuss

5、the following 2 sentences, and tell why we can assign different values to the year of fifteen:10 pointsShe is already fifteen, and yet she is crying over such a small thing.She has done it very well; she is only fifteen, you know.11.What can linguistics do for language learning and teaching? (10 points12.Determiner Phrase (DP is the name newly given to the NP in generative grammar.A DP can be a form like1a book;2the book;3books;4o book.This name may be better than the old name of NP in that it reminds us of sth when we (Chinese speakers lear