北京交通大学
2014 年硕士研究生入学考试试题
科目代码:621 科目名称:语言学基础知识
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This exam paper consists of two major parts. You are required to answer the question in Part I in
English and the questions in Part Ⅱ in Chinese.
Part Ⅰ: Linguistics 120 points
There are four sections in this part. You are required to answer the questions in English and write
your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.
Ⅰ. Multiple Choice Question 15 points, 1 for each
Directions: For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and
write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. Among the following, the ________ isn’t the organ located in the oral cavity.
A. soft palate B. teeth ridge C. uvula D. glottis
2. Inflectional morphemes manifest the following meanings EXCEPT ________.
A. tone B. tense C. number D. case
3. The word “selfish” contains two ________.
A. phonemes B. morphs C. morphemes D. allomorphs
4. “Tube“ and “subway” are a pair of ________.
A. dialectal synonyms B. stylistic synonyms
C. collocational synonyms D. semantically different synonyms
5. Below are the individual differences that affect the second language acquistion, EXCEPT ________.
A. language aptitude B. motivation
C. learning strategy D. native language influence
6. Which one of the following methods is not proposed to be used to study language process?
A. Lexical decision B. The priming experiment
C. Eye movement experiment D. Autopsy
7. The word camcorder is formed by _________.
A. coinage B. blending C. borrowing D. back-formation
8. Of the following sound combinations, only ________ is permissible according to the sequential rules
in English.
A. mibl B. bmil C. ilmb D. ilbm
9. Predication analysis is a way to analyze ___________ meaning.
A. phoneme B.word C. phrase D. sentence