奥鹏教育华中师范大学《词汇学》在线作业

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There are two main approaches to the study of English words namely（）
A:descriptive and prescriptive
B:synchronic and diachronic
C:spoken and written
D:competence and performance
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“child—parent” are （） antonyms.
A:root
B:derivative
C:relative
D:complementary
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“sow” (to plant seeds on the ground) and “sow” (fully grown female pig )are called ________.
A:Homophones
B:homographs
C:perfect homonyms
D:acronyms
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One billion is ________ in British English.
A:1,000,000,000
B:1,000,000,000,000
C:1,000,000
D:1,000,000,000,000,000
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Stylistic meaning may be defined as the feature of ________ of words.
A:formality
B:affectiveness
C:appropriateness
D:part of speech
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The hyponyms of ‘vegetable’ are（）
A:banana, pear, jam
B:pear, apple, banana
C:cucumber, celery, peas
D:tree, pine, elm
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The word “water” is _________ motivated.
A:phonetically
B:semantically
C:morphologically
D:non-
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（） is a word-formation process by which a word is changed from one word-class into another without the change of form.
A:Blending
B:Affixation
C:ack-formation
D:Conversion
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________ are contrary terms.
A:dead / alive
B:parent / child
C:single / married
D:like / dislike
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The morpheme “-s” in “desks” is ________ morpheme.
A:derivational
B:free
C:inflectional
D:root
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The first monolingual English dictionary was compiled in（）
A:1604
B:1066
C:1406
D:1046
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“die” and “pass away” are synonyms. They differ in ________.
A:connotative meaning
B:emotive meaning
C:stylistic meaning
D:all the above
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“Give somebody an inch and he’ll take a mile” is a（）
A:sentence idiom
B:proverb
C:clause idiom
D:both A an奥鹏华中师范大学平时在线作业d B
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Functional words are ________________.
A:adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions
B:adjectives, nouns, articles
C:articles, prepositions, conjunctions
D:verbs, pronouns, prepositions
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The derivational process, in which an item is converted to a new word class，without the addition of an affix, is called ____________.
A:compounding
B:back-formation
C:functional shift
D:derivation
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_________ is a word-formation process by which a word is changed from one word-class into another without the change of form.
A:Blending
B:Affixation
C:Back-formation
D:Conversion
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（） is not a characteristic of basic word stock
A:Colloquialism
B:All national character
C:Stability
D:Polysemy
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The word “water” is （） motivated.
A:phonetically
B:semantically
C:morphologically
D:non-
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According to the idiomaticity of idioms, idioms include ________.
A:true idioms
B:semi-idioms
C:regular combinations
D:all the above
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“The birds sing to welcome the smiling year.” Is an example of（）
A:euphemism
B:synecdoche
C:metonymy
D:metaphor
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The Norman Conquest started a continual flow of French words into English. _________ of them are still in use today.
A:85%
B:56%
C:72%
D:75%
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Narrowing excludes ________.
A:change from material nouns to common nouns
B:change from common nouns to proper nouns
C:words shortened from phrases to retain the meaning of the whole for economy
D:change from specific meanings to general meanings
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He’s nice, but he hasn’t much brain. _________.
A:Simile
B:metaphor
C:Metonymy
D:synecdoche
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Which of the following is not associative meaning?
A:collocative meaning
B:stylistic meaning
C:affective meaning
D:primary meaning
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Non-basic vocabulary includes（）
A:argot and jargon
B:archaisms and neologisms
C:technical terms
D:all the above
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Associated transfer involves words used in their figurative sense.
A:错误
B:正确
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Polysemy is concerned with words of more than one meaning.
A:错误
B:正确
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Complementaries are antonyms characterized by “mutual exclusion” and “gradability”.
A:错误
B:正确
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Linguistic context provides clues for guessing meanings of new words.
A:错误
B:正确
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Idioms are set phrases whose meaning is often difficult or impossible to infer from the constituent words.
A:错误
B:正确
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Inflectional morphemes are added to the end of words to show grammatical concepts.
A:错误
B:正确
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A word which has a synonym naturally has an antonym.
A:错误
B:正确
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Contradictory terms are non-gradable.
A:错误
B:正确
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“teacher” and “student” are converses.
A:错误
B:正确
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The result of the human cognition of the objective world is called concept.
A:错误
B:正确
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Words of old English were full of endings.
A:错误
B:正确
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Affective meaning indicates the attitude of the user, whether positive or negative.
A:错误
B:正确
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In modern times, vocabulary develops mainly by means of changing
meanings of old words.
A:错误
B:正确
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Free morphemes are morphemes which alone can be used as words.
A:错误
B:正确
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The superordinate differs from the subordinate in that the former covers the
concept of the latter.
A:错误
B:正确
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Idioms are phrases and short sentences the meanings of which are not easy to infer from the constituents in most cases.
A:错误
B:正确
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Unlike conceptual meaning, associative meaning is unstable and indeterminate.
A:错误
B:正确
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Context gives a polysemic word a definite meaning.
A:错误
B:正确
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The meaning of a word which is etymologically motivated is closely related to its origin.
A:错误
B:正确
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“All national character” is the most important of all the five characteristics of the basic word stock.
A:错误
B:正确
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Relative synonyms may differ in denotation, connotation and application.
A:错误
B:正确
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In the process of “Radiation” the derived meanings of words are not directly related to the primary meaning.
A:错误
B:正确
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Reference refers to the relationship between the linguistic symbols and the
objective world.
A:错误
B:正确
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Allomorphs are phonological variants which realize morphemes.
A:错误
B:正确
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A form to which an affix of any kind can be added is called a stem.
A:错误
B:正确
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