《英语词汇学 》 复习资料1
Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks.
Directions: Complete the following statements with proper words.
1.The 1 is the smallest functioning unit in the composition of words.
2. 2 are words borrowed early in the past and now are well assimilated into the English language.
3.The problem of interrelation of the various meanings of the same word can be dealt with from two different angles: 3 approach and synchronic approach.
4.“Mal-” in “maltreat” is a 4 prefix, while “inter-” in smog“ interstate” is a 5 prefix.
5.Old English is described as a language of full endings, Middle English perpendicularlanguage of 6 endings, and a language of 7 endings.
6.In modern English, one may find some 8 words who sounds suggest their meaning, for the words were created by imitating the natural sounds or nois.
7.The word meaning is made up of 9 meaning and 10 meaning, and the later has two components: conceptual meaning and 11 meaning.
8.Words that have emotive values may fall into two categories: appreciative or 桌子的英文 12 .
9. 13 is thought to be the opposite process of suffixation.
10. 14 is the formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word plus a part of another word.
11. 15 refers to the jargon of criminals. Its u is confined to the sub-cultural groups, and outsiders can hardly understand it.
12.“Pretty” and “handsome大法小廉” share the same 16 resistors meaning，but differ in 17 meaning.
13.___18___analysis is a process of breaking down the n of a word into its minimal
components which are also known as mantic features..
14.Radiation and 19 are the two coinages which the development of word meaning follows from monomy to polymy.
15. 20 deals with the relationship of inclusion, i.e. the meaning of a more specific word is included in that of another more general word.
Ⅱ. Decide whether the following statements are true or fal. Write T for “true” and F for “fal”.
1.Homonyms are descendants of different sources whereas a polymant is a word of the same source which has acquired different meanings in the cour of development.
2.Words of the basic word stock are mostly root words or monosyllabic words, so they have strong productivity.
3. “Can-opener” ud as slang to mean sophie moon“all-purpo key”.
4.Native words are neutral in style.
5.The Indo-European language family is made up of most languages of Europe, the Far East, and India.
6.Borrowing has played a vital role in the development of English vocabulary, particularly草莓族 in earlier times.
7.The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is morpheme.
8.Stem is a form to which affixes of any kind can be added.
9.Ba is what remains of a word after the removal of all affixes.
10.Words created by compounding occupy the highest percentage of the English vocabulary.
11.mpkg“Fore-” in “forehead” and “fore-” in “foreknowledge” belong to two kinds of prefix.
12.Word-building and word-formation are relative synonyms.
13.The word manuscript which originally denotes “handwriting” only has undergone a process of extension of meaning.
14.Parent—child and husband—wife are two pairs of convers.
15.Policeman, constable, bobby and cop are synonyms differing in intensity.
Ⅲ. Answer the following questions briefly.
1.What are the characteristics of the basic word stock?
2.Why are prefixes and suffixes divided according to different criteria?
3.List the four sources of synonyms.
4.What are the characteristics of conceptual meaning and associative meaning?
Ⅳ. Answer the following questions according to the requirement.
Classify the three pairs of antonyms according to types of antonyms you have learned an
d describe the characteristics of each type of them.
interviewer/interviewee; male/female; old /young
答案怎样记单词
I．Fill in the blanks.
1. morpheme 2. denizens 3. diachronic 4. pejorative 5. locative
6. leveled 7. lost 8. wallfloweronomatopoeic 9. grammatical 10. lexical
11.associative 12. pejorative 13. backformation 14. blending 15. argot 16. conceptual 17. collocative 18. componential 19. concatenation 20. hyponymy
II.Decide whether the following statements are true or fal. Write T for “true” and F for “fal”.
