语言学3词汇练习

1、wexercises to lexiconwi.complete the words with suitable negative prefixes:w1. removable 2. regularw3. logical 4. normal w5. proportionate 6. syllable w7. sensible 8. elastic w9. workable 10. thinkable wii. list all the function words and give the percentage of function words in it:w she was a small

2、 woman, old and wrinkled. when she started washing for us, she was already past seventy. most jewish women of her age were sickly, weak, broken in body. but this washwoman, small and thin as she was, possessed a strength that came from generations of peasant ancestors. mother would count out to her

3、a bag of laundry that had accumulated over several weeks. she would lift the heavy bag, load it on her narrow shoulders, and carry it the long way home. 85/40=47% be pastwiii. find the sources of the following blends:w 1. flare 2. transistor w 3. telethon 4. aerobicisew 5. bit 6. guestimatew 7. thre

4、epeat 8. modem wiv. find the original term from the back-formed words:w 1. diagnose: _ 2. tuit: _w 3. amusing: _ 4. greed: _w 5. escalate: _ 6. homesick: _w 7. peddle: _ 8. frivol: _ wvchoose the best choice:w 1. the pair of words “lend” and “borrow” are _.w a. gradable opposites b. relational oppos

5、itesw c. synonyms d. co-hyponymsw 2. the semantic components of the word “woman” can be expressed as _.w a. +animate, +human, +male, -adult wb. +animate, +human, -male, -adultwc. +animate, +human, +male, +adultwd. +animate, +human, -male, +adultw3. what is the meaning relationship between the two wo

6、rds “desk and furniture”?w a. polysemy b. homonymy w c. hyponymy d. antonymyw 4. the words “dog” and “read” are called _because they can occur unattached. w a. derivational morphemes b. bound morphemesw c. inflectional morphemes d. free morphemesw w9. some morphemes have more than one invariable for

7、m , such as “dogdogs”, “catcats” “mousemice” ,which are called_.w a. bound morpheme b. allomorphw c. free morpheme d. minimal morpheme w10. in english n. v. a. and adv. make up the largest part of the vocabulary. they are also called _.w a. closed class words b. conventional words w c. open class wo

8、rds d. compoundsw11. _ can be used independently without being combined with other morphemes. w a. free morphemes w b. bound morphemes w c. affixes d. rootsw12. the word “bookish” contains two _. w a. phonemes b. morphs w c. morphemes d. allomorphsw13. _ morpheme are those that cannot be used indepe

9、ndently but have to wbe combined with other morphemes, either free or bound, to form a word.w a. free b. bound c. root d. affix w14. _ modify the meaning of the stem, but usually do not change the part wof speech of the original word. w a. prefixes b. suffices c. roots d. affixesw15. the words “make

10、, bus” are called _.w a. derived morphemes b. inflected morph.w c. bound morph d. free morphemew16. which is variable word?w a. from b. until c. work d. and w17. which processes of lexical change does the chinese word “国务院” experienced?wa. blending b. abbreviation c. borrowing d. back-formation w18. which word is created through the process of acronym?wa. ad b. edit c. aids d. bobow19. the word “math” is formed through _.w a. back formation b. clipping w c. blending d. derivation w 20.