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[单项选择]Transformational generative linguists believe that every normal human being was born with an LAD. Here LAD is the short form of ______.
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Linguists have understood for decades that language and thought are closely related. Humans construct reality using thought and express these thoughts through the use of language. Edward Sapir and his student Benjamin Whorf are credited with developing the most relevant explanation outlining the relationship between thought and language, the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. The hypothesis consists of two parts, linguistic relativity and linguistic determinism. Supporters of linguistic relativity assume that culture is shaped by language. Terwilliger defines linguistic determinism as the process by which "the functions of one’s mind are determined by the nature of the language which one speaks." In simpler terms, the thoughts that we construct are based upon the language that we speak and the words that we use. In its strongest sense, linguistic determinism can be interpreted as meaning that language determines thought. In its weakest sense, language partially influences th
A. It has no empirical evidence in its favor.
B. It is formulated on the basis of only one case study.
C. Its applicability has been greatly exaggerated.
D. No convincing examples can be found to support its claim.
[单项选择]The author says that professional linguists recognize that______.
A. there is no hierarchy of languages
B. the hierarchy of languages is difficult to understand
C. all languages came from grunts and groans
D. Western languages are superior to Eastern languages
[单项选择]Chomsky holds the position that linguists should study the ______ of the native speaker.
A. linguistic performance
B. linguistic competence
C. communicative performance
D. communicative competence
[单项选择]British "structuralism" linguists believed that elements in a language were ______, that is, lower level systems of word classes led to higher level systems of phrases and sentences.
A. classified
B. rule-governed
C. varied
D. leveled
[单项选择]linguists give priority to the spoken language not the written language because ______.
A. vocal sounds are derived from writing systems
B. speech precedes writing everywhere in the world
C. we have recording devices to study speech
D. spoken language precedes written language only in Indo - European languages
[单项选择]Palmer and some other linguists of his time believed that ______ played one of the most important roles in foreign language learning.
A. grammar
B. phonetics
C. vocabulary
D. rhetoric
[单项选择]It has been proposed by many linguists that human language______,our biologically programmed abilith to use language, is still not well defined and understood.
A. potentiality
B. perception
C. faculty
D. acquisition
[单项选择]The traditional linguists gave priority to （） and took words as the starting point.
A. spoken form
B. written form
C. reading comprehension ability
[单项选择]According to some linguists, the reason why South Koreans can't pronounce "Rice" correctly is that ______.
A. South Koreans do not care much about English pronunciation
B. their physical disability keeps them from doing so
C. Korean language does not include the phonetic sounds "L" and "R"
D. they are deaf to the different pronunciation of some letters
[单项选择]Distinguished architecture requires the expenditure of large sums of money, even if it is by no means certain ______ the expenditure of large sums of money distinguished architecture.
A. that ... produce
B. of... will produce
C. that ... produces
D. as to ... producing
[单项选择]Modern Linguists give priority to ______ rahter than ______.
A. prescriptiveness; descriptiveness
B. the spoken language; the written language
C. grammar; context
D. structure; form
