中学英语教师招聘考试中学英语专业知识：英语语言学基础单项选择题每日一练(2017.02.01)

单项选择题
Saussure took a(n) （）view of language, while Chomsky looks at language from a （）point of view.
A.sociological…psychological
B.psychological…sociological
C.applied…pragmatic
D.semantic…linguistic
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Modern linguistics regards the written language as （）
A.primary
B.correct
C.secondary
D.stable
单项选择题
A historical study of language is a （）study of language.
A.synchronic
B.diachronic
C.prescriptive
D.comparative
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In modern linguistics, speech is regarded as more basic than writing, because （）
A.in linguistic evolution, speech is prior to writing
B.speech plays a greater role than writing in terms of the amount of information conveyed
C.speech is always the way in which every native speaker acquires his mother tongue
D.All of the above
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Language can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situations of the speaker. This feature is called （）
A.displacement
B.duality
C.flexibility
D.cultural transmission