出自:信阳师范学院-英语词汇学

How would you explain the difference between back formation and suffixation? Give examples to illustrate your point.
extra-linguistic context
prefixation
semantic change
When we talk about a word in visual terms, a word can be defined as a ________ group of letters printed or written horizontally across a piece of paper.
Modern English vocabulary develops through three channels: ________, semantic change and borrowing.
We might say that free morphemes are free ________.
The formation of words by adding word-forming affixes to stems is called ________.
Semantic ________ refers to the mental associations suggested by the conceptual meaning of a word
How do you distinguish inflectional affixes and derivational affixes?
What.s the fundamental difference between radiation and concatenation? Illustrate your points.
] conceptual meaning
specialization
dictionary
Perfect homonyms and polysemants are fully ________ with regard to spelling and pronunciation.
Vocabulary is the most ________ element of a language as it is undergoing constant changes both in form and content.
Ambiguity often arises due to ________ and homonymy.
Idioms consist of set ________ and short sentences.
Monolingual dictionaries are written in ________ language.
What is dismembering?
What is collocative meaning? Give one example to illustrate your point.
pejoration
idioms nominal in nature
Germanic
The general estimate of the present-day English vocabulary is over one _________ words.
At the end of 6th century, Latin-speaking missionaries under St. Augustine came to spread Christianity in Britain. It brought many new ideas and customs and also many _________ terms such as abbot, candle, altar, etc.
The forms that are attached to words or word elements to modify meaning or function are _________.
The process of changing the word "possible" into "impossible" is called _________.
The synonymous pair "die — pass away" has the same _________ but different stylistic values.
How many types of motivation are there in English? Give ONE example for each type.
What are the major sources of English synonyms? Illustrate your points.
allomorph
specialized dictionary
Semantically, all _________ are related in one way or another.
Fortuitous formerly denoted .happening by chance., .accidental. and later took on the meaning .fortunate. probably by _________ because the two words look similar.
The sentence "He is a hard businessman" is ambiguous due to _________.
The characteristic of idioms —_________ unity can be reflected by the understanding of such idiom as "rain cats and dogs".
Definition, extra column and usage _________ are the unique features of Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary (1987).
What are the clues generally provided in verbal context?
What are the major differences between conceptual meaning and associative meaning?
transfer
old English
"Flesh and blood" is an idiom ______ in nature.
The change of idiom "velvet paws" from the original form is ______.
American dictionaries generally use ______ to mark the pronunciation.
Usage notes of the dictionary explain ______.
The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is ______.
The .pen. is mightier than the .sword.. Explain what .pen. and .sword. mean respectively using the theory of motivation.
Explain the difference between partial conversion and full conversion with examples.
.Pick out the idioms in the following extract and explain its origin and the effect of using this form."Well, it.s the old story of the stitch in time," he said.
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