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1、SupplementaryExercisesforME.Lexilogy1PartIMultiplechoices.1. Thedefinitionofawordincludes.A.aminimalfreeformthatcanfunctionaloneB.aunitofmeaningC.asoundunityD.al1oftheabove2. Awordisofalanguagethathasagivensoundandmeaningandsyntacticfunction.A.aminimalfreeformB.asmallestmeaningfulunitC.anelementwhic
2、hcannotbefurtheranalyzedD.agrammaticallyminimalform3. TheIndo-EuropeanlanguagefaniIyconsistof.A. al1thelanguagesinEuropeandIndiaB. al1thelanguagesinIndiaandsomelanguagesinEurope.C. mostofthelanguagesofEurope,theNearEast,andIndia.D. SomeofthelanguagesofEuropeandallthelanguagesoftheNearEast4. Thesymbo
3、licconnectionofawordtoaparticularthingisalmostalways.A.logicalB.arbitraryC.inherentD.automatic5. TheprehistoricIndo-Europeanparentlanguageisthoughttobe.A.Ahighlyinflectedlanguage.B.Ahighlydevelopedlanguage.C.Averydifficultlanguage.D.Alanguageofleveledendings.6. Morethanonevariant,whichcanrealizesome
4、morphemesaccordingtothepositioninaword,aretermed.A.phonemesB.alIomorphsC.morphsD.phones7. Affixesattachedtotheendofwordstoindicategrammaticalrelationshipsareknownas.B.derivationalmorphemesD. suffixesA.morphemesC.inflectionalmorphemes8. isdefinedas the formation derivational affixes to stem.A. deriva
5、tion, affixationC. derivative, affixationofwordsby adding word-forming orThis process is also known as .B. affixation, derivationD. affixation, derivative9. Sometimes,themeaningofacompoundcanbeinferredfromitsseparateelements,forexample,.A.hotdogB.redmeatC.flowerpotD.fathead10. isuniversaltoallmenali
6、keregardlessofculture,race,languageandsoonwhiIebelongstolanguage,soisrestrictedtolanguageuse.A.meaning,conceptB.concept,meaningC.sense,referenceD.reference,sense11. Whenreaderscomeacrosstheword“home”inreading,theymayberemindedoftheirfamily,friends,warmth,safety,love.Thatisbecauseofthe“homehas.A.coll
7、ocationsB.connotationsC.denotationsD.perorations12. Whichofthefollowingbelongstoasemanticfield?A.steed,charger,palfrey,plug,nagB.pony,mustang,mule,stud,mareC.policeman,constable,bobby,copD.domicile,residence,abode,home13. Whichgroupofthefollowingareperfecthomonyms?A. dear(alovedperson)deer(akindofan
8、imal)B. bow(bendingtheheadasagreeting)bow(thedeviceusedforshooting)C. bank(theedgeoftheriver)bank(anestablishmentformoneybusiness)D. right(correct)-write(putdownonpaperwithapen)14. Thepartofapieceofwritingorspeechwhichsurroundsawordandhelpstoexplainitsmeaningiscalled.A.LinguisticcontextB.Grammatical
9、contextC.Extra-IinguisticcontextD.Para-Iinguisticcontext15. meansthroughal1difficultiesandtroubles.A.throughhighandlowB.throughthickandthinC.fromheadtoftD.fromstarttofinishPart II Trueorfalsequestions.1. Aruleofword-formationisusuallyidenticalwithaSyntactircule.2. Word-formationrulesthemselvesarenot
10、fixedbutundergochangestoacertainextent.3. Affixes1ike“-th”areveryproductiveincurrentEnglish.4. Thechieffunctionofprefixesistochangethewordclassofthestems.5. Theprimaryfunctionofsuffixesistochangethemeaningofthestem.6. Compoundsarewordsformedbycombiningaffixesandstems.7. “-age,-al,-ance,-ation,-enceM
11、in“linkage,dismissal,attendance,protection,existencecanproducelargelyconcretenounsbybeingaddedtoverbstems.8. ThemeaningofacompoundisusualIythecombinationofstems.9. Thefreephrasehastheprimarystressonthefirstelementandthesecondarystress,ifany,onthesecond.10. Inbothcompoundsandfreephrasestheadjectiveel
12、ementcantakeinflectionalsuffixes.11. ConversionisonlyachangeofgrammaticalfunctionofalexicalitemwithnolossofitsdifferentrangeofmeaningoriginalIyconveyed.12. Afullyconvertednounfromanadjectivehasallthefeaturesofnounsexcepttakinganindefinitearticleor,-(e)stoindicatesingularorpluralnumber.13. Generally,
13、conjunctions,modals,finiteverbs,prepositionscanttbeconvertedtonouns.14. AlthoughblendsandbackformedwordshavealreadyachievedpopularityinEnglish,theyarenotadvisabletobeusedfrequentlyinformalwriting.15. Quiteanumberofderivationalaffixeshavemorethanonemeaning.16. SimplewordsinEnglishareusuallynon-motiva
14、ted.17. Lexicalmeaningisdominantincontentwords.18. Componentialanalysishasnodisadvantages.19. Polysemicandhomonymouswordsarestylisticallyusefultoachievinghumororirony,ortoheightendramaticeffect.20. Inmostcases,thenativetermismoreliterarythantheforeignone.Part III Completethefollowingstatementswithpr
15、operwordsorexpressionsaccordingtothecoursebk.1. Morphemesareabstractunits,whicharerealizedinspeechbydiscreteunitsknownasmorph.Themorphemeistothemorphwhataphoneneistoaphone.Somemorphemesarerealizedbymorethanonemorph.SuchalternativemorphsareknownasalIomorphs.2. Awordisaminimalfreeformofalanguagethatha
16、sagivensoundandmeaningandsyntacticfunction.3. Functionalwordsdonothavenotionsoftheirown.Therefore,theyarealsocalled_en)ptywords.4. Accordingtosemantics,awordisaunitofmeaning.5. Boundmorphemesincludeboundrtsandaffixes.6. Themostproductivemeansofwordformationareaffixation,compoundingandconversion.7. Only
