1） nickname n. → to nickname 2） bottle-feeding n. → to bottle-feed Use the above examples to discuss in what way compound verbs are generally formed?

Illustrate the differences between synonyms by analyzing the following groups of synonyms. 1） rich and wealthy 2） ask, beg and request 3） allow and let

It is generally agreed that the written form of a natural language is the written record of the _______form.

After the Romans, the Germanic tribes called Angles, Saxons, and Jutes came and dominated the British Isles. Now people generally refer to Anglo-Saxon as_______English.

Morphemes which are independent of other morphemes are_________ morphemes.

Comic means “of comedy”, while comical means “funny”. This example shows that both –ic and -ical can be affixed to the same stem, but differ in_______.

The sense of an expression is its place in a system of_________ relationship with other expressions in the language.

Words like bear which means both “a large heavy animal” and ‘"to put up with” are called_______

The process by which the word wife used to mean “woman” but now means “a married woman” is_________ of word-meaning.

Linguistic context includes_________ context, where the meanings of a word may be influenced by the structure in which it occurs.