有一个特殊变化:fridge ( refrigerator 截短之后在i, g 中间加一个d ) , 还有拼写发生变化,比如说:coke ( coca cola) 问题:什么是acronymy?
Acronymy is the process of forming new words by joining the initial letters of neames of social and political organizations or special noun phrases and technical terms Acronymy 包含两类: 1) initialisms (不发音) e.g. BBC, VOA, TB
2) acronyms (形成新的发音) e.g. CORE, TEFL `
Words from proper names 有四大类: 1. Names of people
e.g. bobby : Names of people 2. Names of places e.g. champagne, rugby 3. Names of books e.g. utopia 4. Tradenames e.g. cabal
问题:以下的词采用哪种构词法?
e.g. diagnosis ---?diagnose : (先有诊断的名词,后有了诊断的动词, 这种构词被称作) backformation
bloomers (它的构词法满足哪一种词法): 属于Words from proper names 中的Names of people VJ-day :(这种构词法是由哪一种构成的)属于Initialisms 中的Acronyms
Pop: (采用哪一种构词法构成的) : clipping Sitcom : blending FORTRAN : head + head
Bath (名词) ----- bathe ( 动词)
Bath 和 bathe 存在一种什么关系? ( Conversion ) 重点句:Conversion is also known as functional shift. 问题:Noun + v-ing, 这类词构成的词是什么词 ? 答案:compounding
问题:Record-breaking , 它是属于复合法中的哪一种? 答案:Adjectives compounds
问题:请说出Adjectives compounds 中多产性强的有几类? 答案: 有三类 1) n + v-ing 2) n + a 3) n + v-ed
问题:up-bringing 是属于哪一类构词法构成的词? 答案:noun compounds (adv + v-ing ) 问题:复合词与自由短语的最大的区别是什么? 答案:区别也就是复合词的特点: 1) Phonetic features 2) Semantic features 3) Grammatical features
问题:red meat, green horn,它们是复合词的哪一个特点构成的词? 答案 :Semantic features (也就是从构词上推不出它的涵义) 问题:Compounding又被称作什么法?
答案:composition
问题:由compounding 或composition 构成的词被称作什么? 答案:compounds
问题:复合词分为几类?分别举例加以说明? 答案:分为三类:solid, hyphenated, open solid : blackmail , blackmarket hyphenated: brother-in-law, open : green horn , green hand
问题:当形容词转为动词时分为几类:Adjectives to verbs 答案:有三类:
1) Both transitive and intransitive 2) Only transitive 3) Only intransitive
问题:由人的行为所造成的结果进行转类之后,转成了什么词性? 答案:verb to noun e.g. catch
问题:形容词可不可以转类,转成名词分为几个类别? 答案:分为两类:
1) full conversion e.g. black , white
2) partial conversion e.g. the rich , the poor
问题:名词再变成名词分为几类?分别举例说明? 答案:1) Concrete 2) abstract e.g.
host : (可加-ess 变成具体名词) friend : (加-ship 可变成抽象名词)
问题:(只作了解) A word is unity of sound and meaning ( true or false ) 答案:true ( 可从word 的四个特点看出)
问题:Most loaned words are borrowed from foreign languages without any change in sound and spelling. (true or false). 答案: true 外来词分为四类: 1) Denizens
e.g. cup from cuppa , port form portus 2) Aliens
e.g. garage , decor 3) Translation -loans e.g. long time no see 4) Semantic- loans. e.g. dream
判断对错题:
1.Conversion means transfer of a word from one class to anther . (true or false ) 答案:true
2. The relationship between a word symbol and its meaning is mostly arbitrary and conventional. (true or false ). 答案:true
3.a word used in different contexts may contrast with different
antonyms .(true or false) 答案:true
4. an allomorph is any of the variant forms of morphemes. (true or false ) 答题: false
重点句:A word which has more than one meaning can have more than one antonym.
E.g. fast (fast 在不同的语境中对应着不同的概念) 选择题:
Chinese is our native language, but we can not say the Chinese is our ? . a)mother tongue b) first language c) mother language d) official language 答案:C)mother language ( 不存在的一种说法)
问题:以下的哪一个词 is not an expression used by American? A) tube B) bar C) Mailbox D) Congress
答案:tube ( 只有英国人把地铁叫tube , 美国人把它叫作subway, underground ) 问题:‘smog’它是‘smoke , fog’ 合在一起形成的词,它是采用了下面哪一 种构词法?
A) clipping B ) compounding C) blending D) backformation 答案: C ) blending
问题:以下的词哪些属于:A)simple word B) compound word C) derived word D) shortened form. e.g. goldmine (compound word ) bike ( shortened form )
process (derived word : cess 是一个不可分割的bound root,pro 它