曲阜师范大学 英语《英语词汇学 》复习资料及参考答案.docx

1、曲阜师范大学 英语英语词汇学 复习资料及参考答案英语词汇学 复习资料1. Fill in the blanks. Directions: Complete the following statements with proper words. 1.The 1 is the smallest functioning unit in the composition of words. 2. 2 are words borrowed early in the past and now are well assimilated into the English language. 3.The prob

2、lem of interrelation of the various meanings of the same word can be dealt with from two different angles: 3 approach and synchronic approach. 4.“Mal-” in “maltreat” is a 4 prefix, while “inter-” in “ interstate” is a 5 prefix.5.Old English is described as a language of full endings, Middle English

3、language of 6 endings, and a language of 7 endings. 6.In modern English, one may find some 8 words whose sounds suggest their meaning, for these words were created by imitating the natural sounds or noises. 7.The word meaning is made up of 9 meaning and 10 meaning, and the later has two components:

4、conceptual meaning and 11 meaning. 8.Words that have emotive values may fall into two categories: appreciative or 12 .9. 13 is thought to be the opposite process of suffixation.10. 14 is the formation of new words by combining parts of two words or a word plus a part of another word.11. 15 refers to

5、 the jargon of criminals. Its use is confined to the sub-cultural groups, and outsiders can hardly understand it.12.“Pretty” and “handsome” share the same 16 meaning，but differ in 17 meaning.13._18_analysis is a process of breaking down the sense of a word into its minimal components which are also

6、known as semantic features.14.Radiation and 19 are the two coinages which the development of word meaning follows from monosemy to polysemy.15. 20 deals with the relationship of inclusion, i.e. the meaning of a more specific word is included in that of another more general word. Decide whether the f

7、ollowing statements are true or false. Write T for “true” and F for “false”.1.Homonyms are descendants of different sources whereas a polysemant is a word of the same source which has acquired different meanings in the course of development. 2.Words of the basic word stock are mostly root words or m

8、onosyllabic words, so they have strong productivity.3. “Can-opener” used as slang to mean “all-purpose key”.4.Native words are neutral in style.5.The Indo-European language family is made up of most languages of Europe, the Far East, and India.6.Borrowing has played a vital role in the development o

9、f English vocabulary, particularly in earlier times.7.The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is morpheme.8.Stem is a form to which affixes of any kind can be added.9.Base is what remains of a word after the removal of all affixes.10.Words created by compounding occupy the highest

10、percentage of the English vocabulary.11.“Fore-” in “forehead” and “fore-” in “foreknowledge” belong to two kinds of prefix.12.Word-building and word-formation are relative synonyms.13.The word manuscript which originally denotes “handwriting” only has undergone a process of extension of meaning.14.P

11、arentchild and husbandwife are two pairs of converses.15.Policeman, constable, bobby and cop are synonyms differing in intensity. Answer the following questions briefly. 1.What are the characteristics of the basic word stock?2.Why are prefixes and suffixes divided according to different criteria?3.L

12、ist the four sources of synonyms. 4.What are the characteristics of conceptual meaning and associative meaning? . Answer the following questions according to the requirement. Classify the three pairs of antonyms according to types of antonyms you have learned and describe the characteristics of each

13、 type of them. interviewer/interviewee; male/female; old /young答案IFill in the blanks.1. morpheme 2. denizens 3. diachronic 4. pejorative 5. locative 6. leveled 7. lost 8. onomatopoeic 9. grammatical 10. lexical 11.associative 12. pejorative 13. backformation 14. blending 15. argot 16. conceptual 17.

14、 collocative 18. componential 19. concatenation 20. hyponymyII.Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for “true” and F for “false”. 1-5 TTTFT 6-10 TFFFT 11-15 TFFTFIII.Answer the following questions briefly. 1.What are the characteristics of the basic word stock?1)All nat

15、ional character 2) stability 3) productivity 4) polysemy 5) collocability2.Why are prefixes and suffixes divided according to different criteria?1)Prefixes primarily effect a semantic modification of the base, i.e. prefixes do not generally change the word-class of the base but only modify its meani

16、ng. 2)Suffixes have only a small semantic role and their primary function is to change the grammatical function of the base, i.e. the change of the word class with a slight modification of meaning. 3)So prefixes are categorized on a semantic basis while suffixes are divided on a grammatical basis.3.1)Borrowing; (2) dialects