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(2016.02.10)

单项选择题
Ⅲ. There are four choices following each statement. Mark the choice that can best complete the statement: If a linguistic study describes and analyzes the language people actually use, it is said to be （）
A.prescriptive
B.analytic
C.descriptive
D.linguistic
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A historical study of language is a （）study of language.
A.synchronic
B.diachronic
C.prescriptive
D.comparative
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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
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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