Which of the following does NOT belong to the characteristics of the basic word stock?（ ）

（ ）meaning indicates the speaker’s attitude towards the person or thing in questions.

There is a​（ ）in the idiom “by hook and by crook” as far as rhetorical features of idioms are concerned.

Which of the following is NOT true about the description of the relationship between sound and meaning?（ ）

The meanings of many words often relate directly to their origins. In other words the history of the word explains the meaning of the word. This is called（ ）.

Words identical both in sound and spelling, but different in meaning are（ ）.

The word “sandwich” now denotes a popular fast food. It originates from John Montague, Fourth Earl of Sandwich in 18th century. This example shows one of the sources of English vocabulary is（ ） .

Words like “red, orange, yellow, green, black, etc.” make up the （ ）of “colors”.

Lexicology is a branch of linguistics, inquiring into the origins and（ ）of words.

The word silly used to mean “happy”, but now means “foolish”. This example shows（ ） of meaning.