问题
单项选择题
British "structuralism" linguists believed that elements in a language were ______, that is, lower level systems of word classes led to higher level systems of phrases and sentences.
A．classified
B．rule-governed
C．varied
D．leveled
答案
参考答案：B
解析： 口语教学法/情景教学法的语言理论基础可以说是英国的一种结构主义。英国的语言学家们通过描述语言的基本元素(basic elements)来分析语言，这是他们遵循的传统，他们认为语言的基本元素都遵循一定的规则(rule governed)，也就是说，低一级的词类(如名词、形容词)可导致高一级的短语和句子结构。A、C、D不合题意。