英语词汇学
历年真题
By ______ motivation, we mean that the meaning of a particular word is related to its origin.
In English there are ______ types of motivation that concerns the relationship between the sign and meaning.
What is a common feature peculiar to all natural languages?
Red, scarlet, mauve, violet, lavender, pansy, black, purple, etc, make up the ______ field of ‘colours’.
What is applicable to contradictory terms of some antonyms may NOT be applicable to their ______ terms?
When a common word is turned into a proper noun, the meaning is ______ accordingly.
Which of the following words was used during the American Civil War to refer to those northerners who were secretly aiding the South?
People change word-meaning owing to various ______ motives: love, respect, courtesy, suspicion, pessimism, sarcasm, irony, contempt, hatred, etc.
In a narrow sense, context refers to the words, clauses, sentences in which a word appears and is known as ______ context.
Which of the following is one of the main functions of verbal context?
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