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信阳师范学院-英语词汇学
When a word with multiple meanings is used in an inadequate context, this word may create ______. ( ) A.semantic motivation B.degradation C.ambiguity D.extension
Without ______, there is no way to determine the very sense of the word that the speaker intended to convey.( ) A.context B.semantic unity C.structural stability D.stylistic feature
Idioms manifest such rhetorical features as the following except______.( ) A. phonetic manipulation B.lexical manipulation C. literary expressions D.figures of speech
According to its grammatical functions, idioms can be classified into five groups. The idiom ―heart and soul‖ belongs to ______. ( ) A.. idioms nominal in nature B. idioms adjectival in nature C.idioms verbal in nature D.idioms adverbial in nature
The main body for a dictionary is ______ of words. ( ) A.spellings B.pronunciations C.definitions D.grammar
Readers can‘t find pronunciation or meaning in ______. ( ) A. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English with Chinese Translation B.The Encyclopedia Americana C.Chamber‘s Encyclopedic English Dictionary D.Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary
The development of English vocabulary can be divided into the following particular historical period EXCEPT ______. ( ) A.Old English B.Middle English C.New English D.Modern English
The definition of a word comprises the following points ______ . ( )(1) a minimal free form of a language (2) a sound unity (3) a unit of meaning (4) a form that can function alone in a sentence A.(1) and (2) B.(1) (2) and (3) C.) (3) and (4) D.(1) (2) (3) and (4)
Words of the basic word stock can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words with other roots and affixes, e.g. foot is the father of football, footage and footprint. This demonstrates that one of the characteristics of the words of the basic stock is ______ . ( ) A.productivity B.polysemy C.stability D.collocability
The Indo-European language family is made up of most of the languages of Europe, the Near East, and ______ . ( ) A.India B.the Far East C.the Far East D.America
Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( ) A.Old English was a highly inflected language. B. Reviving archaic or obsolete words also contribute to the growth of English vocabulary C.The word cloak is of French origin. D. Modern English is a synthetic language.
The root of the word ―antecedent‖ is ______. ( ) A. ante- B. -ced- C. -dent D. -ent
Shortening a longer word by cutting a part off the original and using what remains is called ______( ) A. blending B.clipping C.acronymy D. back-formation
Associative meaning of words comprises the following except ______. ( ) A. connotative meaning B. lexical meaning C.affective meaning D.collocative meaning
What is a common feature peculiar to all natural languages? ( ) A.Suffixation. B. Polysemy C. Allomorph. D. Variation.