语言学概论 课后参考答案 XMUCharpter79.docx
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语言学概论课后参考答案XMUCharpter79
KeytoLinguisticsofXiamenUniversity
Charpter7
7.1.1
1.Regionaldialectisthekindofdialectthatisspokenandusedbythepeopleinageographicalregion.Everylocalgroupofpeoplespokethelanguagealittledifferentlyfromothergroups.Forinstance,thesedifferencesmaybefoundinpronunciation,spelling,andtheuseofwordsandgrammaticalstructures.Withthepassageoftime,aregionaldialectmaybecomethestandarddialectofanation.Thisislargelyduetoanumberofsocio-economicandpoliticalreasons.
2.SociolinguisticstudieshaverevealedthatwomenspeakersofEnglishspeakmoreorlessdifferentlythantheirmalecounterparts.Femalespeechlackstheassertivetoneofmalespeech.Womentendtousemorerisingintonations.Theymayseekpermissionbydoingthis.Womenusemoretagquestionsandreverseaccentsthanmen.Theymakeaheavieruseoftheinconclusiveintensifierssoandsuch.Womenaremorecarefultofollowprescriptiverulesofgrammar.Moreover,women'sspeechshowsamorerefinedperceptionincertainareas.Womenaresaidtohaveacolorvocabularythatcontainsitemssuchasazureandturquoise.
3.Yes.Youngpeoplearelikelytoborrowsomewordsoriginallyusedinthetechnicalfield,liketheyoungmayhaveusedthewordcool,formerlyawordfromtheInternet.Youngpeoplearelikelytoinventnewuseofvocabularyandslangwords.Agedspeakersmaybemoreconsciousoftheirsocialclassbyusinglanguagetofashionthemselvesasdifferentfromyoungpeople.Mostoftheagedspeakersmaykeepmanyoftheirolddialectswiththem,andsomemaysticktotheprescriptiveuseoflanguageinordertopreservethetradition,orsimplytogainrespect.Manyoldspeakersresisttheinnovationexpressionsandlanguagechange.
7.1.2
1.Dialectisavarietyoflanguagewhichdiffersgrammatically,phonologicallyandlexicallyfromothervarieties,andwhichisassociatedwithaparticulargeographicalareaand/orwithaparticularsocialclassorstatusgroup.Alanguageistypicallycomposedofanumberofdialects.Registerisdefinedaccordingtotheuseoflanguage.Itisatechnicaltermusedtodescribealanguagevarietythatisassociatedwithaparticulartopic,theinterpersonalrelationshipbetweenthespeakerandthehearer,andthespeechchannel.Registerscanidentifyspeakersasbeingmembersofaparticulargroup,andareforthatreasonoftenlabeledjargon.
2.Yes,thereshouldbesomedifferences.WhenscientistsaretalkingaboutITamongthemselves,technicaltermsmaybeused.Yet,whentheytalktolittlechildren,theymaytrytousevocabularyeasyforthechildrentounderstand.Theymayavoidtechnicalterms.
7.1.3
1.a)Heisnice. b)Theyaremine. c)I'mgoingtodoit.
d)Johnwillbehappy. e)Johnishappy. f)Hewillbelate.
g)Heislate. h)Areyoutired?
i)Areyoutired?
2.InBlackEnglish,oneprominentsyntacticfeatureisthefrequentabsenceofvariousformsoftheverb"be".AnothersyntacticfeatureofBlackEnglishisthesystematicuseoftheexpression"itis"whereStandardEnglishuses"thereis".
7.2.1
1.Sapir-WhorfhypothesisisahypothesisassociatedwiththeAmericanscholarsEdwardSapirandBenjaminLeeWhorf.Thehypothesisassumesthatpeople'shabitualthoughtpatternsandwaysofperceivingtheworldareconditionedtoacertainextentbythecategoriesanddistinctionsthatareavailabletothemintheirnativelanguage.Speakersofdifferentlanguagesmaythereforehaveratherdifferentworld-views,dependingonhowdifferentthelanguagesarefromoneanothersemanticallyandgrammatically.
2.Whenlanguageisusedincontextsofcommunication,itisboundupwithcultureinmultipleandcomplexways.Membersofacommunityorsocialgroupdonotonlyexpressexperience;theyalsocreateexperiencethroughlanguage.Throughallitsverbalandnon-verbalaspects,languageembodiesandsymbolizesculturalreality.Thetheoryoflinguisticrelativityclaimsthatlinguisticstructuretendstoinfluencewhattheyroutinelydothink.Itisrecognizedthatlanguage,ascode,reflectsculturalpreoccupationsandconstrainsthewaypeoplethink.Cultureissemanticallyencodedinthelanguageitself,andatthesameexpressedthroughtheactualuseofthelanguage.
3.TomostChinesespeakers,theassociativemeaningof'dog'isnegativeineffect.TomostEnglishspeakers,theassociativemeaningof'dog'ispositiveineffect.
7.2.2
1.Thisistheresultofever-increasingpolitical,economic,academicandculturalcontactsandexchangesamongspeakersofdifferentlanguages.
2.TheChinesekinshipsystemisnotexactlythesameastheEnglishkinshipsystem.Atthewordlevel,mostEnglishkinshiptermsdoesnotmakefurtherdistinctionsintermsofrelativesonmother'sorfather'sside.Forexample,theterm'uncle'canrefertothebrother
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