acronymy:(本题10.0分)
答案是:答案: The process of forming new words by joining the initial letters of names of organizations or special noun phrases and technical terms.
Idioms adjectival in nature function as _____. (本题4.0分)
A. adjectives
B. attributes
C. modifiers
D. words
答案是:答案: A
The four major modes of semantic change are _____. (本题4.0分)
A. extension, narrowing, elevation and degradation
B. ext
答案是:答案: A
Homophones are often employed to create puns for desired effects of: ( )(本题4.0分)
A. humour
B. sarcasm
C. ridicule
答案是:答案: D
Degradation can be illustrated by the following example ( )(本题4.0分)
A. lewd → ignorant
B. silly → foolish
C. last → p
答案是:答案: B
The use of one name for that of another associated with it is rhetorically called _____. (本题4.0分)
A. synecdoche
B. me
答案是:答案: B
Which of the following is NOT a component of linguistic context?( )(本题4.0分)
A. Words and phrases.
B. Sentences
C. Tex
答案是:答案: D
The change of word meaning is brought about by the following internal factors EXCEPT _______.( )(本题4.0分)
A. the influx
答案是:答案: B
Borrowing as a source of homonymy in English can be illustrated by _______.( )(本题4.0分)
A. long(not short)
B. ball(a da
答案是:答案: B
The advantage of classifying idioms according to grammatical functions is to _______.( )(本题4.0分)
A. use idioms correctl
答案是:答案: A
Rhetorical features are shown in such respects of phonetic and lexical manipulation as well as _______.( )(本题4.0分)
A. s
答案是:答案: D
Some morphemes have _______ as they are realized by more than one morph according to their position in word.( )(本题4.0分)
答案是:答案: A
Beneralization is a process by which a word that originally had a specialized meaning has now become ________.( )(本题4.0分
答案是:答案: D
The most important way of vocabulary development in present-day English is _______.( )(本题4.0分)
A. borrowing
B. semanti
答案是:答案: D
The word "MINISKIRT" is _______.( )(本题4.0分)
A. morphologically motivated
B. etymologically motivated
C. semantically
答案是:答案: D
Both LDCE and CCELD are _______.( )(本题4.0分)
A. general dictionaries
B. monolingual dictionaries
C. both A and B
D. n
答案是:答案: C
In Old English there was _______ agreement between sound form.( )(本题4.0分)
A. more
B. little
C. less
D. gradual
答案是:答案: A
Which of the following words is a functional word?( )(本题4.0分)
A. Often
B. Never
C. Although
D. Desk
答案是:答案: C
If two main constituents of an idiom share the same initial sound, it is called _______.( )(本题4.0分)
A. repetition
B. a
答案是:答案: B
Compounds are different from free phrases in all the following ways EXCEPT _______.( )(本题4.0分)
A. semantics
B. grammar
答案是:答案: D
Old English vocabulary was essentially _______ with a number of borrowings from Latin and Scandinavian.( )(本题4.0分)
A. I
答案是:答案: B
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