英语课件Chapter4 Exercises

Chapter 41. The sentence structure is ________. A. only linear B. only hierarchicalC. complex

Chapter4 1.Thesentencestructureis________. A.onlylinearB.onlyhierarchical C.complexD.bothlinearandhierarchical 2.Thesyntacticrulesofanylanguageare____innumber. A.largeB.smallC.finiteD.infinite 3.The________rulesaretherulesthatgroupwordsandphrasestoformgrammatical sentences. A.lexicalB.morphologicalC.linguisticD. combinational 4.Asentenceisconsidered____whenitdoesnotconformtothegrammati­cal knowledgeinthemindofnativespeakers. A.rightB.wrongC.grammaticalD.ungrammatical 5.A__________intheembeddedclausereferstotheintroductorywordthatintroduces theembeddedclause. A.coordinatorB.particleC.prepositionD. subordinator 6.Phrasestructureruleshave____properties. A.recursiveB.grammaticalC.socialD.functional 7.Phrasestructurerulesallowustobetterunderstand_____________. A.howwordsandphrasesformsentences. B.whatconstitutesthegrammaticalityofstringsofwords C.howpeopleproduceandrecognizepossiblesentences D.alloftheabove. 8.Theheadofthephrase“thecityRome”is__________. A.thecityB.RomeC.cityD.thecity Rome 9.Thephrase“ontheshelf”belongsto__________construction. A.endocentricB.exocentricC.subordinateD. coordinate 10.Thesentence“Theywerewantedtoremainquietandnottoexposethemselves.”isa __________sentence. A.simpleB.coordinateC.compoundD.complex 11.Universallyfoundinthegrammarsofallhumanlanguages,syntacticrulesthat comprisethesystemofinternalizedlinguisticknowledgeofalanguagespeakerare knownaslinguisticcompetence. 12.Thesyntacticrulesofanylanguagearefiniteinnumber,butthereisnolimittothe numberofsentencesnativespeakersofthatlanguageareabletoproduceand comprehend. 13.Inacomplexsentence,thetwoclausesholdunequalstatus,onesubordinatingthe other. 14.Constituentsthatcanbesubstitutedforoneanotherwithoutlossofgrammaticality belongtothesamesyntacticcategory. 15.Minorlexicalcategoriesareopenbecausethesecategoriesarenotfixedandnew