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(2018.09.18)

单项选择题
Language is said to be arbitrary because there is no logical connection between （）and meanings.
A.sense
B.sounds
C.objects
D.ideas
单项选择题
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
单项选择题
The details of any language system is passed on from one generation to the next through （）, rather than by instinct.
A.learning
B.teaching
C.books
D.both A and B
单项选择题
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
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