【语言学平时思考练习1.Wouldyousaythatlanguageisarbitrary?Whatwouldlanguagebelikeifitwasnotarbitrary?2.HowhastheTGgrammardeveloped?3.Inwhatwaysdovowelsdifferfromeachother?4.Whydowesaythat/t/and/d/aredifferen】

　　语言学平时思考练习

　　1.Wouldyousaythatlanguageisarbitrary?Whatwouldlanguagebelikeifitwasnotarbitrary?

　　2.HowhastheTGgrammardeveloped?

　　3.Inwhatwaysdovowelsdifferfromeachother?

　　4.Whydowesaythat/t/and/d/aredifferentphonemes?

　　5.Isittruethatthemeaningofacompoundisalwayspredictablefromthepartsitcontains?Illustratewithexamples.

　　6.WhatistheICanalysis?Canyoudescribethesentence“Thetallmenandwomenleft“intermsoftheanalysis?Whataretheproblemsthere?

　　7.Whatisentailment?Andwhatispresupposition?

　　8.Whatisanillocutionaryact?Illustrate.

　　9.WhatarethemajorfeaturesoftheEnglishlanguageusedbyfemalenativespeakers?