6.According to John Austin’s speech act theory, a(n)________ act is the act of conveying literal meaning by means of syntax, lexicon and phonology.(      )

A.prelocutionary                                           B.locutionary

C.illocutionary                                              D.perlocutionary

7.Grimm’s Law can be expressed in terms of natural classes of speech sounds: voiced aspirates become unaspirated; voiced stops become voiceless; voiceless stops become ________.(      )考試用書

A.affricates                                                  B.fricatives

C.voiced                                                      D.aspirates

8._________is characterized by the innovative, vivid and expressive use of nonstandard vocabulary as well as newly coined words, but it has traditionally carried a negative connotation.(      )

A.Linguistic taboo                                         B.Euphemism

C.Slang                                                       D.Vernacular language

9.Which of the following cases supports the idea that the language faculty of an average human degenerates after the critical period? (      )

A.Gage.                                                       B.Genie.

C.Broca.                                                      D.Wernicke.

10.Apart from the biological predisposition for language acquisition, language ________ is required for successful language acquisition.(      )

A.instruction                                                B.correction來自www.Examw.com

C.imitation                                                   D.input and interaction