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[名词解释]language universals
[填空题]
Language Change
The phenomenon of language change probably attracts more public notice and more
(1) (disapprove) than any other linguistic issue. There is a widely held belief that change must mean
(2) (deteriorate) and decay. Older people observe the casual speech of the young and conclude that standards have fallen appreciably. It is understandable that many people dislike change, but it is
(3) (wise) to condemn all linguistic
(4) (modify). It is often felt that contemporary language illustrates the problem at its worst, but this belief is shared by every generation.
There are indeed cases where linguistic change can lead to problems of unintelligibility and
(5) (ambiguous), and if change is too rapid there can be major communication problems. But as a rule, the parts of language which ale undergoing change at any given time are
(6) (relative) small in comparison
[判断题]
Formal language and informal language are different in a couple of ways.
[单项选择]The language produced by second language learners is technically called（ ）
A. interlanguage.
B. foreign language.
C. first language.
D. second language.
[单项选择] Language
When most of us think about language, we think first about words. Thus, the hardest part of learning a foreign language may seem to be memorizing 【51】 vocabulary; when we observe a child first acquiring speech, we talk of his progress 【52】 a matter of learning new words. We are also 【53】 to feel that the adult speaker with the largest vocabulary has the best 【54】 of English. To think 【55】 a language as just a stock of words is 【56】 , quite wrong. Words alone do not 【57】 a language; a grammar is 【58】 to combine them in some intelligible way. Moreover, words are relatively easy to learn, and indeed all of us go 【59】 learning them all our 【60】 . They are also the 【61】 stable part of language. Words come into 【62】 , change their pronunciations and meanings, and disappear completely all with comparative ease. Yet it is true that the 【63】 is focus of language. It is in words 【64】 sounds and meanings interlock to allow us to 【65】 with one anothe
A. times
B. lives
C. occasions
D. livings
