9. John explained the theory is a ___________ process according to Halliday. A. material B. mental C. verbal D. behavioral ...

2. A(n) ____ is the minimal or the smallest distinctive linguistic unit in a language. A. phonetic symbol B. alphabet C. phoneme D. allophone ...

17. English is a typical tone language. A. 错误 B. 正确 ...

12. The focus of traditional linguistics is on diachronic study of language, rather than on synchronic study of language. A. 错误 B. 正确 ...

7. Insertion sequences are a fundamental unit of conversational structure. A. 错误 B. 正确 ...

2. Language contains two subsystems, one of sounds and the other of meanings. A. 错误 B. 正确 ...

12. ____ is defined as the study of the internal structure and the formation of words. A. Morphology B. Syntax C. Lexicon D. Morpheme ...

7. Traditionally, free morphemes were called _________. A. affixes B. prefix C. suffix D. root ...

2. ____________is a process that creates new words by dropping a real or supposed suffix. Edit was originally backformed from editor, and peddle from peddler. A. Information B. backformula C. backformation D. backformative ...

13. You____ to town to see the film yesterday. It will be on TV tonight. A. needn't go B. had better not go C. should not go D. needn't have gone ...