词汇学期末复习题及答案.pdf

SupplementaryExercisesforME.Lexicology1

PartIMultiplechoices.

1.Thedefinitionofawordincludes___________.

A.aminimalfreeformthatcanfunctionaloneB.aunitofmeaning

C.asoundunityD.alloftheabove

2.Awordis_______ofalanguagethathasagivensoundandmeaningand

syntacticfunction.

A.aminimalfreeformB.asmallestmeaningfulunit

C.anelementwhichcannotbefurtheranalyzedD.agrammaticallyminimalform

3.TheIndo-Europeanlanguagefamilyconsistof________.

A.allthelanguagesinEuropeandIndia

B.allthelanguagesinIndiaandsomelanguagesinEurope.

C.mostofthelanguagesofEurope,theNearEast,andIndia.

D.SomeofthelanguagesofEuropeandallthelanguagesoftheNearEast

4.Thesymbolicconnectionofawordtoaparticularthingisalmostalways______.

A.logicalB.arbitraryC.inherentD.automatic

5.TheprehistoricIndo-Europeanparentlanguageisthoughttobe______.

A.Ahighlyinflectedlanguage.B.Ahighlydevelopedlanguage.

C.Averydifficultlanguage.D.Alanguageofleveledendings.

6.Morethanonevariant,whichcanrealizesomemorphemesaccordingtothe

positioninaword,aretermed.

A.phonemesB.allomorphsC.morphsD.phones

7.Affixesattachedtotheendofwordstoindicategrammaticalrelationshipsare

knownas.

A.morphemesB.derivationalmorphemes

C.inflectionalmorphemesD.suffixes

8.isdefinedastheformationofwordsbyaddingword-formingor

derivationalaffixestostem.Thisprocessisalsoknownas.

A.derivation,affixation