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Chapter 3200215. Affixes added to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as ( )A. bound roots B. free morphemes C. inflectional morphemes D. derivational affixes C20. Almost ,all affixes are _morphemes because few can be used as independent words. BoundV. Define the following terms. (10%) 45. allomorph Some morphemes, however,are realized by more than one morph according to their position in a word. Such alternative morphs are known as allomorphs.48. How do you distinguish inflectional affixes and derivational affixes? Suggested answers: Inflectional affixes are affixes (1) attached to the end of words; (2) to indicate grammatical relationships, while derivational affixes are affixes; (3) added to other morphemes; (4) to create new words. 50. Analyse the morphological structures of the following words and point out the types of the morphemes. unbearable, international, ex-prisoner. suggested answers:Each of the three words consists of three morphemes unbearable(un+bear+able), international (inter+nation+al), ex-prisoner(er+prison+er). 2)Of the nine morphemes, only bear, nation and prison are free morphemes as they can exist by themselves. 3)All the rest un-,-able,inter-,-al, ex-and-er are bound as none of them can stand alone as words.2004.19. Morphemes which are identical with root words are considered to be _. Free200513. Structurally a（ ）is the smallest meaningful unit of a language.A. morpheme B. stemC. word D. compoundA14. Unlike affixes,（ ） are often free morphemes.A. suffixes B. prefixesC. inflectional morphemes D. rootsD46. What is the difference between prefixation and suffixation? Explain with two examples.Prefixation does not change the word-class of the the stem. It only modifies its meaning, e.g. treatmaltreat.Suffixation changes the word-class instead of its meaning. e.g. play-player.20117. The smallest functioning unit in the composition of words is _.( )A. morpheme B. affixesC. root D. stemA9. The plural morpheme “-s“ is pronounced as/s/in the following words EXCEPT _.( )A. packs B. bags C. cheats D. shipsB42. derivational affixAffixes added to other morphemes to create new words.20097The plural morpheme “-s” is realized by /s/after the following sounds EXCEPT _.（ ）A/t/ B/g/C/p/ D/k/B8There are _ free morphemic words in the following: bird, man, red, collection.（ ）Aone BtwoCthree DfourC9The following words have derivational affixes EXCEPT _.（ ）Aworks BprewarCpostwar DbloodyADefine the following terms.51morphemeThe smallest functional unit in the composition of words.20085. The root of the word “antecedent” is _. （ ）A. ante- B. -ced-C. -dent D. -entB16. Affixes attached to the end of words to indicate grammatical relationships are known as _ morphemes. inflectional17. The chief function of _ is not to change the word class of the stem, but to change its meaning.prefix46. What is suffixation? Give an example to illustrate your point46. Suffixation is the formation of new words by adding suffixes to sterms. Suffixes generally change the word class. For example, “play” is a verb, but “player” becomes a noun when the suffix er is added to the stem “employ”.(chapter 1)2013 年全国自考英语词汇学试题1. which of the following is NOT true?A. A word is the smallest free form of a LanguageB. A word is a sound unityC. A word has a given meaningD.A word can be used freely in a sentence2. By notion, words can be grouped into content words and functional words, which of the following words belongs to functional words?A. five B. Sun. C . Run D. And3. Which of the following words is neologism?A. Dip( p15) B. Thou, C. Internet D. Bottom line31. In terms of the origin of words,words may fall into native words and words.2012 年 7 月全国自考英语词汇学试题 1. Words can be classified into the basic word stock and non basic vocabulary by _. 【】 A. use frequency B. notion C. origin D. grammar 2. In formal use, “pot” means “cooking utensil”. Whereas, when it means “marijuana”, it is a _. 【】 p14 chapter 1A. jargon B. terminology C. slang D. argot 3. Translation-loans are words and expressions formed from the existing material in the English language but modelled on the patterns taken from another language. For example, the English expression “long time no see” is from _. 【】 chapter 1A. Latin B. Chinese C. Greek D. French 31. Content words are changing all the time whereas functional words are _. 全国 2011 年 4 月自学考试英语词汇学试题课程代码:00832I. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that best completes the statement and put the letter in the bracket. (30%)1. The development of English vocabulary can be divided into the following particular historical period EXCEPT _. ( )A. Old English B. Middle EnglishC. New English D. Modern English2. The definition of a word comprises the following points _ . ( )(1) a minimal free form of a language(2) a sound unity(3) a unit of meaning(4) a form that can function alone in a sentenceA. (1) and (2) B. (1) (2) and (3)C. (2) (3) and (4) D. (1) (2) (3) and (4)3. Words of the basic word stock can each be used alone, and at the same time can form new words with other roots and affixes, e.g. foot is the father of football, footage and footprint. This demonstrates that one of the characteristics of the words of the basic stock is _ . ( )A. productivity B. polysemyC. stability D. collocabilityChapter two:2000 年4.The most important way of vocabulary development in present-day English is _.（ ） A. borrowing B. semantic change C. creation of new words D. all the above 7. Old English vocabulary was