Words of the basic word stock are mostly root words or__________________words．

The relationship between the sound and the meaning of a word is__________________.

denizens

translation-loans

aliens

What are the major differences between basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary？

What are the differences between content words and functional words?

Explain jargon with examples.

The relationship between sound and meaning is________or conventional.

A word is a ______ free form of a language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function.