15. Taboo is an expression that substitutes one which may be seen as offensive or disturbing to the addressee. A. 错误 B. 正确 ...

11. American English, British English, Australian English, Indian English, etc. are all social dialects. A. 错误 B. 正确 ...

7. Language contains two subsystems: sounds and meanings. A. 错误 B. 正确 ...

17. Words like pass and fail, male and female, etc. are ________ antonyms. A. gradable B. complementary C. reversal D. relative ...

8. If segments appear in the same position but the mutual substitution does not result in change of meaning, they are said to be in free variation. A. 错误 B. 正确 ...

18. refers to a statement in which you unnecessarily say the same thing twice using different words, for example, “He sat alone by himself”. A. Tautology B. Rhetorical device C. Truth condition D. Prototype ...

6. When linguists write grammars or exicographers compile dictionaries they must use __________. A. natural language B. artificial language C. metalanguage D. mother language ...

19. Backformation is a process that creates a new word by dropping a real or supposed suffix. A. 错误 B. 正确 ...

14. In holophrastic stage, children use single words to represent various meanings. A. 错误 B. 正确 ...

20. Children all undergo ________ stages of language development. A. babbling, two-word, holophrastic and the telegraphic speech B. babbling, two-word, telegraphic speech and the holophrastic C. babbling, holophrastic, two-word, and the...