The basic word stock is the foundation of the vocabulary accumulated over centuries and forms the common______ of the language.

The influence of other______ and languages can be felt in many different fields.New words like Mao jackefs,black belt,tahini find their way into English language.

A(n)______ may consist of a single root morpheme as in iron or of two root morphemes as in a compound like handcuff.

The most productive means of word-formation are______， compounding and conversion.

Being constant and relatively stable,conceptual meaning forms the ______ for communication as the same word has the same conceptual meaning to all the speakers of the same language.

Homophones are words identical only in______but different in spelling and meaning as in son and sun.

Associated ______can be seen in the examples like purse for money,dish for food.

In many cases,when a new word (thought to be)appears for the first time,the author generally manages to give ______which might help the readers to grasp the concept or understand the idea.

Being phrases or sentences,idioms eaeh consist of more than one word,but each is a semantic ______。

Monolingual dictionaries are written in one language.That is,the headword or entrics are defined and illustrated in the ______ language.