4. Lexical meaning and _______ meaning make up the word meaning. 5. Words can be grouped into______ words and function words by notion. 6. Narrowing of meaning is the opposite of _________ meaning.
7. LDCE is a _________ dictionary.
8. The major changes in word meaning include: extension, narrowing, degradation, ________, transference, and euphemism.
9. Just as important as the general relationship of oppositeness between words is the relationship
of _______, which is called hyponymy.
10. The number of inflectional affixes is ___________ and stable, which makes English one of the
easiest language to learn.
IV Examine which pairs have correct relations and fill in the brackets with T (for true) or F( for false). (每小题1分,共10分)
( ) 1. apolitical—negative prefix
( ) 2. pseudo-friend—pejorative prefix ( ) 3. anti-nuclear—locative prefix ( ) 4. forearm—prefix of attitude ( ) 5. bilingual—number prefix ( ) 6. mountaineer-- deverbal noun ( ) 7. applicant-- denominal noun
( ) 8. popularity--de-adjective noun
( ) 9. Chinese—noun and adjective suffixes ( ) 10. pear-shaped--adjective suffix
V Study the following words and their meanings: (a) being the original and (b) the modern meaning . Give the process that each word has undergone in terms of extension, narrowing, elevation and degradation. (每小题2分,共10分) 1) girl : ( )
a. young person of both sex b. female young person 2) barn: ( )
a. a place for storing only barley b. a storeroom 3) governor ( ) a. pilot 4) criticize ( ) a. appraise 5) wife ( )
b. head of a state b. find fault with
a. woman b. married woman
VI Identify the sense relations of the following pairs of words with the terms in the box. The terms can be repeatedly used. (每小题1分,共15分) relative synonyms absolute synonyms homophones complementaries contraries hyponymy homographs converses 1. son/ sun
___________
2. bow [b?u]n. / bow[bau] n. ____________ 3.maid/ girl ___________
4.word-building/ word-formation__________
5.scarlet-fever/ scarlatina____________
6.time/ epoch____________ 7.dear/ deer____________ 8.boy/ girl____________
9.single/ married____________ 10.rich/ poor____________ 11.love/hate____________ 12.big/ small____________
13.employer/ employee____________ 14.give/ receive____________ 15. flower/tulip____________
VII Answer the following question (本题10分)
How do you differentiate perfect homonyms from polysemants?
执笔人:戚晖 审核人:孙延弢