《英语词汇学》课堂练习
I. Multiple Choice (1’×30)
1. Semantic change means an old form which takes on a new ______ to meet the new need.
A．正字怎么写form B出纳的工作内容和职责．meaning C．look D．pronunciation
2．The plural morpheme “-s” is realized by /s/ after the following sounds EXCEPT ______.
A．/t/ B．/g/ C．/p/ D．/k/
3．There are ______ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.
A．one B．two C．three D．four
4．The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT ______.
A．works B．prewar C．postwar D．bloody
5．The word “motel” is created by ______.
A．compounding B．clipping C．blending D．suffixation
6五边形数．“BBC” is formed in the way of ______.
鱼腥草怎么做A．红领巾心向党手抄报内容acronymy B．clipping C．initialism D．prefixation
7．The types of meanings include the following EXCEPT ______.
A．grammatical meaning B春的诗歌．conceptual meaning红糖馒头怎么做
C．associative meaning D．literal meaning
8回族礼拜．By ______ motivation, we mean that the meaning of a word is related to its origin.
A．onomatopoeic B．morphological
C．mantic D．etymological
9. The mode of ______ is well reflected in the word “picture”, which originally
denoted mere “painting”, but now has come to include “drawings” and even
“photographs”
A．extension B．elevation C．narrowing D．degradation
10. The ntence “I lost Betty’s picture.” is ambiguous due to ______.
A．grammatical context B．polymy
C．antonymy D．hyponymy
11. In the ntence “I like to e a movie”, there are ________ functional
words.
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
12．The word “recollection” compris ______ morphemes.
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
13. “Dis-” in the word “disloyal” is a _____ prefix.
A. negative B. reversative C. pejorative D. locative
14. So far as stylistic meaning is concerned, “residence” is ________.
A. neutral B. informal C. colloquial D. formal
15. Words which are ud to show the attitude of approval are ________.
A. appreciative B. pejorative C. connotative D. collocative
16. “Till the cows come home” is an idiom _____ in nature.
A. verbal B. nominal C. adjectival D. adverbial
17. Synonyms can be classified into two major groups, that is________.
A. absolute and relative B. absolute and complete
C. relative and near D. complete and identical
18. A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single _____ morpheme.
A. formal B. concrete C. free D. bound
19. The u of one name for that of another associated with it is rhetorically called _____.
A. synecdoche B. metonymy C. substitution D. metaphor
20. Sources of homonyms include_____.
A. changes in sound and spelling B. borrowing
C. shortening D. all of the above
21. Structurally a _____ is the smallest meaningful unit of a language.
A. morpheme B. stem C. word D. compound
22. Word formation excludes _____.
A. affixation and compounding B. conversion and shortening
C. clipping, acronymy and blending D. repetition and alliteration
23. The differences between compounds and free phras show in _____ aspects.
A. phonetic B. mantic C. grammatical D. all the above
24. “Mouth” in “the mouth of river” is _____.
A. onomatopoetically motivated B. morphologically motivated
C. mantically motivated D. etymologically motivated
25. In compounds, the word stress usually occurs on _____ whereas in noun phra _____ is generally stresd if there is only one stress.
A. the first element/the cond element
B. the cond element/the first element
C. the first element/the first element
D. the cond element/the cond element
II. True or Fal.
26. Unlike conceptual meaning, associative meaning is unstable and indeterminate.
27. Initialisms are words that are pronounced as normal words; acronyms are tho which are pronounced letter by letter.
28. Different contexts give a word different meanings.
