[填空题]Phonology is language specific but phonetics is not.

[名词解释]Phonetics and phonology

[简答题]Distinguish between phonetics and phonology.

[名词解释]Phonology

[简答题]What is phonology And what is a phoneme

[填空题]The main branches of linguistics are phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.（）

[单项选择]Phonetics is the study of ______.
A. all the sounds that occur in the world’s languages
B. speech sounds used by human languages to represent
C. the differences between sounds used In human languages and sounds in nature
D. how phonological differences can lead to misunderstanding

[单项选择]

Ⅰ Phonetics
Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.（）

A. supply
B. simply
C. try
D. style

[名词解释]language universals

[判断题]Formal language and informal language are different in many ways.

[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