全国2009年10月高等教育自学考试现代语言学试题
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. Saussure used ______ to refer to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community. ( )
A. performance B. parole
C. langue D. competence
2. In English, a phoneme may be represented by two or more allophones. The choice of the allophone is ______. ( )
A. random B. rule-governed
C. haphazard D. unpredictable
3. In word-formation, a ______ is the smallest meaningful unit of language. ( )
A. phoneme B. word
C. compound D. morpheme
4. A ______ category usually refers to a word or phrase that performs a particular grammatical function, such as the subject or predicate in a sentence. ( )
A. lexical B. phrasal
C. syntactic D. phonetic
5. In the following pairs of words, ______ are a pair of relational opposites. ( )
A. “buy” and “sell” B. “male” and “female”
C. “hot” and “cold” D. “alive” and “dead”
