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1、新编简明英语语言学教程第二版 练习题 参考答案 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.How do you interpret the following definition of linguistics:Linguistics is the scientific study of language.答：Linguistics is based on the systematic investigation of linguistic data,conducted with reference to some general theory of language structur
2、e.In order to discover the nature and rules of the underlying language system,the linguists has to collect and observe language facts first,which are found to display some similarities,and generalizations are made about them;then he formulates some hypotheses about the language structure.The hypothe
3、ses thus formed have to be checked repeatedly against the observed facts to fully prove their validity.In linguistics,as in any other discipline,data and theory stand in a dialectical complementation,that is,a theory without the support of data can hardly claim validity,and data without being explai
4、ned by some theory remain a muddled mass of things.2.What are the major branches of linguistics?What does each of them study?答：The major branches of linguistics are:(1)phonetics:it studies the sounds used in linguistic communication;(2)phonology:it studies how sounds are put together and used to con
5、vey meaning in communication;(3)morphology:it studies the way in which linguistic symbols representing sounds are arranged and combined to form words;(4)syntax:it studies the rules which govern how words are combined to form grammatically permissible sentences in languages;(5)semantics:it studies me
6、aning conveyed by language;(6)pragmatics:it studies the meaning in the context of language use.3.In what basic ways does modern linguistics differ from traditional grammar?答：The general approach thus traditionally formed to the study of language over the years is roughly referred to as“traditional g
7、rammar.”Modern linguistics differs from traditional grammar in several basic ways.Firstly,linguistics is descriptive while traditional grammar is prescriptive.Second,modem linguistics regards the spoken language as primary,not the written.Traditional grammarians,on the other hand,tended to emphasize
8、,maybe over-emphasize,the importance of the written word,partly because of its permanence.Then,modem linguistics differs from traditional grammar also in that it does not force languages into a Latin-based framework.4.Is modern linguistics mainly synchronic or diachronic?Why?答：In modem linguistics,a
9、 synchronic approach seems to enjoy priority over a diachronic one.Because people believed that unless the various states of a language in different historical periods are successfully studied,it would be difficult to describe the changes that have taken place in its historical development.5.For wha
10、t reasons does modern linguistics give priority to speech rather than to writing?答：Speech and writing are the two major media of linguistic communication.Modem linguistics regards the spoken language as the natural or the primary medium of human language for some obvious reasons.From the point of vi
11、ew of linguistic evolution,speech is prior to writing.The writing system of any language is always“invented”by its users to record speech when the need arises.Even in todays world there are still many languages that can only be spoken but not written.Then in everyday communication,speech plays a gre
12、ater role than writing in terms of the amount of information conveyed.And also,speech is always the way in which every native speaker acquires his mother tongue,and writing is learned and taught later when he goes to school.For modern linguists,spoken language reveals many true features of human spe
13、ech while written language is only the“revised”record of speech.Thus their data for investigation and analysis are mostly drawn from everyday speech,which they regard as authentic.6.How is Saussures distinction between langue and parole similar to Chomskys distinction between competence and performa
14、nce?答：Saussures distinction and Chomskys are very similar,they differ at least in that Saussure took a sociological view of language and his notion of langue is a matter of social conventions,and Chomsky looks at language from a psychological point of view and to him competence is a property of the
15、mind of each individual.7.What characteristics of language do you think should be included in a good,comprehensive definition of language?答：First of all,language is a system,i.e.,elements of language are combined according to rules.Second,language is arbitrary in the sense that there is no intrinsic
16、 connection between a linguistic symbol and what the symbol stands for.Third,language is vocal because the primary medium for all languages is sound.Fourth,language is human-specific,i.e.,it is very different from the communication systems other forms of life possess.8.What are the main features of
17、human language that have been specified by C.Hockett to show that it is essentially different from animal communication system?答：The main features of human language are termed design features.They include:1)Arbitrariness Language is arbitrary.This means that there is no logical connection between me
18、anings and sounds.A good example is the fact that different sounds are used to refer to the same object in different languages.2)Productivity Language is productive or creative in that it makes possible the construction and interpretation of new signals by its users.This is why they can produce and
19、understand an infinitely large number of sentences,including sentences they have never heard before.3)Duality Language consists of two sets of structures,or two levels.At the lower or the basic level there is a structure of sounds,which are meaningless by themselves.But the sounds of language can be
20、 grouped and regrouped into a large number of units of meaning,which are found at the higher level of the system.4)Displacement Language can be used to refer to things which are present or not present,real or imagined matters in the past,present,or future,or in far-away places.In other words,languag
21、e can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situations of the speaker.This is what“displacement”means.5)Cultural transmission While human capacity for language has a genetic basis,i.e.,we were all born with the 词的修饰语划底线的为并列的范畴斜体的为深层结构普通字体的为表层结构答答略答略答答答答答答答答答答答答略雷达答答答无情逼索全部债务合法但极不合理
22、的要求源自莎士比亚戏剧威尼斯商人第幕第场只工作不玩耍聪明孩子也源源自希腊神话能胜任值得雇用源自古语珍爱的人源自古语答答答答略答略答略答答答略答略答答略答答略答答答略ability to acquire language,the details of any language system are not genetically transmitted,but instead have to be taught and learned.9.What are the major functions of language?Think of your own examples for illustr
23、ation.答：Three main functions are often recognized of language:the descriptive function,the expressive function,and the social function.The descriptive function is the function to convey factual information,which can be asserted or denied,and in some cases even verified.For example:“China is a large
24、country with a long history.”The expressive function supplies information about the users feelings,preferences,prejudices,and values.For example:“I will never go window-shopping with her.”The social function serves to establish and maintain social relations between people.For example:“We are your fi
25、rm supporters.”Chapter 2 Speech Sounds 1.What are the two major media of linguistic communication?Of the two,which one is primary and why?答：Speech and writing are the two major media of linguistic communication.Of the two media of language,speech is more primary than writing,for reasons,please refer
26、 to the answer to the fifth problem in the last chapter.2.What is voicing and how is it caused?答：Voicing is a quality of speech sounds and a feature of all vowels and some consonants in English.It is caused by the vibration of the vocal cords.3.Explain with examples how broad transcription and narro
27、w transcription differ?答：The transcription with letter-symbols only is called broad transcription.This is the transcription normally used in dictionaries and teaching textbooks for general purposes.The latter,i.e.the transcription with letter-symbols together with the diacritics is called narrow tra
28、nscription.This is the transcription needed and used by the phoneticians in their study of speech sounds.With the help of the diacritics they can faithfully represent as much of the fine details as it is necessary for their purpose.In broad transcription,the symbol l is used for the sounds l in the
29、four words leaf li:f,feel fi:l,build bild,and health hel.As a matter of fact,the sound l in all these four sound combinations differs slightly.The l in li:f,occurring before a vowel,is called a dear l,and no diacritic is needed to indicate it;the 1 in fi:l and bild,occurring at the end of a word or
30、before another consonant,is pronounced differently from the clear 1 as in“leaf”.It is called dark?and in narrow transcription the diacritic?is used to indicate it.Then in the sound combination hel,the sound l is followed by the English dental sound,its pronunciation is somewhat affected by the denta
31、l sound that follows it.It is thus called a dental l,and in narrow transcription the diacritic 、is used to indicate it.It is transcribed as hel.Another example is the consonant p.We all know that p is pronounced differently in the two words pit and spit.In the word pit,the sound p is pronounced with
32、 a strong puff of air,but in spit the puff of air is withheld to some extent.In the case of pit,the p sound is said to be aspirated and in the case of spit,the p sound is unaspirated.This difference is not shown in broad transcription,but in narrow transcription,a small raised“h”is used to show aspi
33、ration,thus pit is transcribed as ph?t and spit is transcribed as sp?t.词的修饰语划底线的为并列的范畴斜体的为深层结构普通字体的为表层结构答答略答略答答答答答答答答答答答答略雷达答答答无情逼索全部债务合法但极不合理的要求源自莎士比亚戏剧威尼斯商人第幕第场只工作不玩耍聪明孩子也源源自希腊神话能胜任值得雇用源自古语珍爱的人源自古语答答答答略答略答略答答答略答略答答略答答略答答答略4.How are the English consonants classified?答：English consonants can be clas
34、sified in two ways:one is in terms of manner of articulation and the other is in terms of place of articulation.In terms of manner of articulation the English consonants can be classified into the following types:stops,fricatives,affricates,liquids,nasals and glides.In terms of place of articulation
35、,it can be classified into following types:bilabial,labiodental,dental,alveolar,palatal,velar and glottal.5.What criteria are used to classify the English vowels?答：Vowels may be distinguished as front,central,and back according to which part of the tongue is held highest.To further distinguish membe
36、rs of each group,we need to apply another criterion,i.e.the openness of the mouth.Accordingly,we classify the vowels into four groups:close vowels,semi-close vowels,semi-open vowels,and open vowels.A third criterion that is often used in the classification of vowels is the shape of the lips.In Engli
37、sh,all the front vowels and the central vowels are unfounded vowels,i.e.,without rounding the lips,and all the back vowels,with the exception of a:,are rounded.It should be noted that some front vowels can be pronounced with rounded lips.6.A.Give the phonetic symbol for each of the following sound d
38、escriptions:1)voiced palatal affricate 2)voiceless labiodental fricative 3)voiced alveolar stop 4)front,close,short 5)back,semi-open,long 6)voiceless bilabial stop B.Give the phonetic features of each of the following sounds:1)t 2)l 3)?4)w 5)?6)?答：A.(1)?(2)f (3)d (4)?(5)?:(6)p B.(1)voiceless alveola
39、r stop (2)voiced alveolar liquid (3)voiceless palatal affricate (4)voiced bilabial glide (5)back,close,short (6)front,open 7.How do phonetics and phonology differ in their focus of study?Who do you think will be more interested in the difference between,say,l and?,ph and p,a phonetician or a phonolo
40、gist?Why?答：(1)Both phonology and phonetics are concerned with the same aspect of language the speech sounds.But while both are related to the study of sounds,they differ in their approach and focus.Phonetics is of a general nature;it is interested in all the speech sounds used in all human languages
41、:how they are produced,how they differ from each other,what phonetic features they possess,how they can be classified,etc.Phonology,on the other hand,aims to discover how speech sounds in a language form patterns and how these sounds are used to convey meaning in linguistic communication.(2)A phonol
42、ogist will be more interested in it.Because one of the tasks of the phonologists is to find out rule that governs the distribution of l and?,ph and p.8.What is a phone?How is it different from a phoneme?How are allophones related to a phoneme?答：A phone is a phonetic unit or segment.The speech sounds
43、 we hear and produce during linguistic communication are all phones.A phoneme is not any particular sound,but rather it is 词的修饰语划底线的为并列的范畴斜体的为深层结构普通字体的为表层结构答答略答略答答答答答答答答答答答答略雷达答答答无情逼索全部债务合法但极不合理的要求源自莎士比亚戏剧威尼斯商人第幕第场只工作不玩耍聪明孩子也源源自希腊神话能胜任值得雇用源自古语珍爱的人源自古语答答答答略答略答略答答答略答略答答略答答略答答答略represented or realized
44、by a certain phone in a certain phonetic context.The different phones which can represent a phoneme in different phonetic environments are called the allophones of that phoneme.For example,the phoneme/l/in English can be realized as dark?,clear l,etc.which are allophones of the phoneme/l/.9.Explain
45、with examples the sequential rule,the assimilation rule,and the deletion rule.答：Rules that govern the combination of sounds in a particular language are called sequential rules.There are many such sequential rules in English.For example,if a word begins with a l or a r,then the next sound must be a
46、vowel.That is why lbik lkbi are impossible combinations in English.They have violated the restrictions on the sequencing of phonemes.The assimilation rule assimilates one sound to another by“copying”a feature of a sequential phoneme,thus making the two phones similar.Assimilation of neighbouring sou
47、nds is,for the most part,caused by articulatory or physiological processes.When we speak,we tend to increase the ease of articulation.This“sloppy”tendency may become regularized as rules of language.We all know that nasalization is not a phonological feature in English,i.e.,it does not distinguish m
48、eaning.But this does not mean that vowels in English are never nasalized in actual pronunciation;in fact they are nasalized in certain phonetic contexts.For example,the i:sound is nasalized in words like bean,green,team,and scream.This is because in all these sound combinations the i:sound is follow
49、ed by a nasal n or m.The assimilation rule also accounts for the varying pronunciation of the alveolar nasal n in some sound combinations.The rule is that within a word,the nasal n assumes the same place of articulation as the consonant that follows it.We know that in English the prefix in-can be ad
50、ded to ma adjective to make the meaning of the word negative,e.g.discreet indiscreet,correct incorrect.But the n sound in the prefix in-is not always pronounced as an alveolar nasal.It is so in the word indiscreet because the consonant that follows it,i.e.d,is an alveolar stop,but the n sound in the