英语词汇学复习题5
英语词汇学复习题 (五)
I. Some of the following statements are true, and the others false. Mark your answer by writing T or F on your answer sheet. (10%)
1. The great majority of the basic word stock of the English language are native words, that is, words of Anglo-Saxon origin.
2. Suffixation is different from conversion in that it does not change the word-class of the base.
3. Words of a semantic field are synonymous.
4. Clipping involves the deletion of one or more syllables from a word, which is also available in its full form.
5. Content words have lexical meaning but no grammatical meaning.
6. A particular characteristic of componential analysis is that it attempts to treat co
I. Some of the following statements are true, and the others false. Mark your answer by writing T or F on your answer sheet. (10%)
1. The great majority of the basic word stock of the English language are native words, that is, words of Anglo-Saxon origin.
2. Suffixation is different from conversion in that it does not change the word-class of the base.
3. Words of a semantic field are synonymous.
4. Clipping involves the deletion of one or more syllables from a word, which is also available in its full form.
5. Content words have lexical meaning but no grammatical meaning.
6. A particular characteristic of componential analysis is that it attempts to treat co
mponents in terms of binary opposites.
7. A root is the basic unchangeable part of a word.
8. Many English words cannot be analyzed in terms of semantic features.
9. All words have antonyms.
10. The impact of context on meaning differs from one word to another and from one instance or passage to another.
II. The following are multiple-choice questions. Mark your answer by writing A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet. (20%)
11. The English language from ______ to the present is called Modern English.
(A) 450 (B) 1100
(C) 1500 (D) 1800
12. The sentence “John was fired for petty thieving.” Is stylistically ________.
(A) literal (B) colloquial
7. A root is the basic unchangeable part of a word.
8. Many English words cannot be analyzed in terms of semantic features.
9. All words have antonyms.
10. The impact of context on meaning differs from one word to another and from one instance or passage to another.
II. The following are multiple-choice questions. Mark your answer by writing A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet. (20%)
11. The English language from ______ to the present is called Modern English.
(A) 450 (B) 1100
(C) 1500 (D) 1800
12. The sentence “John was fired for petty thieving.” Is stylistically ________.
(A) literal (B) colloquial
(C) archaic (D) neutral
13. Of the following words, _____ is an acronym.
(A) OPEC (B) CIA
(C) stylistic (D) affective
14. The definition of a word given in the dictionary is called its _____ meaning.
(A) connotative (B) denotative
(C) stylistic (D) affective
15. In terms of oppositeness of meaning, ________ is a pair of conversives.
(A) “deep” and “shallow”
(B) “present” and “absent”
(C) “love” and “hate”
(D) “above” and “below”
archaic13. Of the following words, _____ is an acronym.
(A) OPEC (B) CIA
(C) stylistic (D) affective
14. The definition of a word given in the dictionary is called its _____ meaning.
(A) connotative (B) denotative
(C) stylistic (D) affective
15. In terms of oppositeness of meaning, ________ is a pair of conversives.
(A) “deep” and “shallow”
(B) “present” and “absent”
(C) “love” and “hate”
(D) “above” and “below”
16. In the group of words “ride, run, walk, go, fly”, “go” is a ________.
(A) superordinate term (B) hyponym
(C) subordinate term (D) hyponymy
17. The word “success” used to mean “result, outcome”, now it means “a favorable outcome or result”. This is an example of __________ of meaning.
(A) elevation (B) degeneration
(C) extension (D) restriction
18. The language the early immigrants brought them to America was different from present English; the greatest difference lies in ________.
(A) spelling (B) pronunciation
(C) grammar (D) vocabulary
19. _________ serves as a typical example of euphemism.
(A) superordinate term (B) hyponym
(C) subordinate term (D) hyponymy
17. The word “success” used to mean “result, outcome”, now it means “a favorable outcome or result”. This is an example of __________ of meaning.
(A) elevation (B) degeneration
(C) extension (D) restriction
18. The language the early immigrants brought them to America was different from present English; the greatest difference lies in ________.
(A) spelling (B) pronunciation
(C) grammar (D) vocabulary
19. _________ serves as a typical example of euphemism.
(A) “Pious” meaning “hypocritically virtuous”
(B) “A mental hospital” referring to “a madhouse”
(C) “A landscape architect” meaning “a gardener”
(D) “Slow learners” referring to “underachievers”
20. Oxford English Dictionary is a ___________ dictionary.
(A) pocket (B) medium-size
(C) descriptive (D) prescriptive
III. Decide whether each of the following words is a A) simple word, B) compound word, C) derived word or D) shortened form. Mark your answer on the answer sheet. (10%)
21. acidhead 26. fashion
22. formal 27. recycle
23. preplant 28. honesty
(B) “A mental hospital” referring to “a madhouse”
(C) “A landscape architect” meaning “a gardener”
(D) “Slow learners” referring to “underachievers”
20. Oxford English Dictionary is a ___________ dictionary.
(A) pocket (B) medium-size
(C) descriptive (D) prescriptive
III. Decide whether each of the following words is a A) simple word, B) compound word, C) derived word or D) shortened form. Mark your answer on the answer sheet. (10%)
21. acidhead 26. fashion
22. formal 27. recycle
23. preplant 28. honesty
24. lab 29. phone
25. ready 30. ashtray
IV. Explain the following terms with appropriate examples. Do it on the answer sheet. (10%)
31. back-formation
32. polysemy
V. Give a short answer to the following questions. Do it on the answer sheet. (30%)
33. What is the difference between a morpheme and a syllable? Illustrate your points with examples.
34. Explain conventionality and motivation. Give examples.
VI. Give a longer answer (150-200 words) to the following question. Do it on the answer sheet. (20%)
25. ready 30. ashtray
IV. Explain the following terms with appropriate examples. Do it on the answer sheet. (10%)
31. back-formation
32. polysemy
V. Give a short answer to the following questions. Do it on the answer sheet. (30%)
33. What is the difference between a morpheme and a syllable? Illustrate your points with examples.
34. Explain conventionality and motivation. Give examples.
VI. Give a longer answer (150-200 words) to the following question. Do it on the answer sheet. (20%)
35. Context is very important for the understanding of word meaning. How is context classified?
英语词汇学参考答案 (五)
I. Some of the following statements are true, and the others false. Mark your answer by writing T or F on your answer sheet. (10%)
1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. T 8. T 9. F 10. T
II. The following are multiple-choice questions. Mark your answer by writing A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet. (20%)
11. C 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. D
16. A 17. D 18. D 19.B 20. C
III. Decide whether each of the following words is a A) simple word, B) compound word, C) derived word or D) shortened form. Mark your answer on the answer sheet. (10%)
21. B 26. A
22. C 27. C
23. C 28. C
24. D 29. D
25. A 30. B
IV. Explain the following terms with appropriate examples. Do it on the answer sheet. (10%)
31. Back-formation is a term used to refer to a type of word-formation by which a shorter word is coined by the deletion of a supposed affix from a longer form already
present in the language. For example, the verb “resurrect” was formed from the noun “resurrection” by removing the supposed derivative suffix “-ion”.
32. Polysemy is a common feature peculiar to all natural languages. There are words that have two or three senses, and the most commonly used ones can have as many as over a hundred. However, when a word is first coined, it is always monosemic. But in the course of development, the same symbol must be used to express more meanings, the result is polysemy. For example, the word “fair” has various meanings; (of results) average, quite good”; (of attitude, behaviour) just and honest; impartial”; (of the weather) clear and sunny”; ( of amount) satisfactory, abundant”, etc.
V. Give a short answer to the following questions. Do it on the answer sheet. (30%)
33. What is the difference between a morpheme and a syllable? Illustrate your points with examples.
A morpheme is the smallest meaningful linguistic unit of a language, not divisible or analyzable into smaller forms.
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