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ENGLISH LEXICOLOGY
I. Multiple Choice
1. A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single _____ morpheme.
A. formal
B. concrete
C. free
D. bound
2. The u of one name for that of another associated with it is rhetorically called _____.
A. synecdoche
B. metonymy
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C. substitution
D. metaphor
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3. Which of the following is NOT an acronym?
A. TOEFL
B. SARS
C. BASIC
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4. Structurally a _____ is the smallest meaningful unit of a language.
A. morpheme
B. stem
C. word
D. compound
5. Word formation excludes _____.
A. affixation and compounding
B. conversion and shortening
C. clipping, acronymy and blending
D. repetition and alliteration
6. The differences between compounds and free phras show in _____ aspects.
A. phonetic
B. mantic
C. grammatical
D. all the above
7. “Mouth” in “the mouth of river” is
_____.
A. onomatopoetically motivated
B. morphologically motivated
C. mantically motivated
D. etymologically motivated
8. The “de-” in “decompo” is a(n)
_____ prefix.
A. negative
B. pejorative
C. reversative
D. orientation
9. The conversion of two-syllable nouns into verbs involves a change of _____.
A. spelling
B. pronunciation
C. stress
D. function
10. In compounds, the word stress
usually occurs on the _____
element, whereas in noun phra
the _____ element is generally
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A. first/cond
B. cond/first
C. first/first
D. cond/cond
11. Motivation accounts for connection
between the linguistic symbol and
_____.
A. its meaning
B. its sound
C. its form
D. none of the above
12. “Paper” in “a white paper” means
_____.
A. an essay written at the end of the
term
B. a government document
C. newspaper
D. a t of questions ud as an
exam
13. “Law-a biding” is _____.
A. an adjective compound
B. a noun compound
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C. a verb compound
D. none of the above
14. “_____” is not a
morphologically-motivated word.
A. Black market
B. Airmail
C. Reading-lamp
D. Hopeless
15. Associative meaning compris veral types except _____ meaning.
A. connotative
B. stylistic
C. affective
D. lexical
16. Which of the following words is
shipmentNOT formed through clipping?
A. Dorm
B. Motel
C. Gent
D. Zoo
17 . _____ are bound morphemes
becau they cannot be ud as
parate words.
A. Roots
B. Stems
C. Affixes
D. Compounds
II. True or Fal.
18. Unlike conceptual meaning,
associative meaning is unstable and
indeterminate.
19. Initialisms are words that are
pronounced as normal words;
acronyms are tho which are
pronounced letter by letter.
20. The conversion between nouns and verbs may involve a change of stress.
21. The reference of a word to a thing
outside the language is arbitrary
and conventional.
22. Compounds are words formed by
combining affixes and stems.
23. Clipping is a way of making new
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words which involves the
shortening of a longer word by
cutting a part off the original and
using what remains instead.
maincour24. Some idioms deny analysis in terms
of grammar.
25. Open compounds look like free
phras as the elements forming
each word are written parately. 26. Content words belong to a
relatively small and permanent t
of words, in comparison to function words.
III. Write out in full the following
shortened words:
EEC, OPEC, PRC, TEFL, AIDS, memo, fridge
IV. Form negatives of each of the following words by using one of the prefixes
dis-, il-, im-, non-, un-, in- , ir- . smoker capable practical obey curity relevant mature ability officially willingness legal agreement logical loyal convenient
