英语词汇学
历年真题
Match the words in Column A with the words in Column B according to 1) types of transfer; 2) rhetorical features of idioms; 3) types of vocabulary by notion; and 4) the function of affixes. A31.She burst into passionate sobbing.32.He drops off to sleep, the lamb.33.and34.the man’s coat35.here and there36.moon37.rough and ready38.ex-prisoner39.fair and square40.Helen looks a fright in that old black dress.BA.juxtapositionB.notional wordC.transfer of sensationsD.abstract to concreteE.derivational affixF.alliterationG.functional wordH.inflectional affixI.associated transferJ.rhyme
As far as growth of present-day English vocabulary is concerned, what are the three main sources of new words?
What are the semantic features of compounds? Give an example to illustrate your point.
Decide whether the following statement is true or false, based on your understanding of the characteristics of antonyms. State your reason with one example.Contrary terms are non-gradable and allow intermediate members in between.
How do you account for the context function as indication of referents?
Analyze the following dialogue and comment on the rhetoric use of homonym in italicized font.—“You’re not eating your fish,” a waitress said to a customer. “Anything wrong with it?”—“Long time no sea.” the customer replied.
Analyze the three causes of meaning change within the scope of the linguistic factors, based on the given words below.(1)gold, bulb;(2)deer, beast, animals;(3)fortuitous, fruition.
When we talk about a word in visual terms, a word can be defined as a ________ group of letters printed or written horizontally across a piece of paper.
Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels: ________, semantic change and borrowing.
We might say that free morphemes are free ________.
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