英语词汇学复习题 (二)
I. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Circle T or F as you see fit on your answer sheet. (10%)
1. All the words in a language together constitute what is known as its basic word stock.
2. Greek borrowings in English are mostly words about things in daily life.
3. The English vocabulary is extremely homogeneous.
4. Content words as a class are used more frequently than function words.
5. Inflectional affixes have only grammatical meanings.
6. Root, stem and base refer to the same thing.
7. The prefix “de-“ is polysemic.
8. There is an intrinsic connection between the sound symbol and the sense of all English words.
9. “Impossible” expresses a stronger negation than “not possible”.
10. When an idiom is reworded, its sense is usually destroyed.
II. Choose the correct answer. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. (20%)
11. Middle English began with the _________ conquest of England in 1066.
a. Greek b. Norman
c. Danish d. Roman
12. New words in a language are also referred to as __________.
a. archaisms b. neologisms
c. colloquialisms d. euphemisms
13. The word “stretched” is made up of two __________.
a. vowels b. morphemes
c. syllables d. phonemes
14. The suffix “-ling” as in “hireling” and “weakling” has a _______ shade of meaning.
a. poetic b. euphemistic
c. commendatory d. derogatory
15. Which of the following is an acronym?
a. OPEC b. CIA
c. ISBN d. FBI
16. “Bank” has the meaning of “land along the side of a river” and “a place in which money is kept and paid out”. This is an example of ___________.
a. polysemy b. homonymy
c. hyponymy d. homophony
17. “Sow” (put seeds in soil) and “sow” (a fully grown female pig) are _________.
a. homophones b. homographs
c. hyponyms d. perfect synonyms
18. “Journey” originally meant “a day’s walk”. Now it means “distance traveled”. This is a case of _________.
a. generalization b. specialization
c. pejoration d. amelioration
19. The branch of linguistics treating of word origins is called _______.
a. grammatology b. phraseology
c. lexicology d. etymology
20. The root “-tain” as in maintain, “retain” and “detain” means ___________.
a. to hold b. to give
c. to get d. to put
III. Examines the following words and decide whether each of them is a: (A) simple word, (B) derived word, (C) compound word or, (D) shortened word. (10%)
21. memo 26. radish
22. lady 27. tiger
23. workman 28. childhood
24. worker 29. teapot
25. reddish 30. uglify
IV. Explain the following terms, giving appropriate examples. Write your answer on the answer sheet. (15%)
31. conversion
32. bound morpheme
33. elevation of meaning
V. Give a brief answer to the following questions. Write it on your answer sheet. (20%)
34. What is the difference between polysemy and homonymy?
35. Say something about the motivation of English words.
VI. Expound the following question in about 200 words. Write it in the space provided on your answer sheet. (25%)
Grammatical Meaning and Lexical Meaning
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