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1、《英语词汇学教程》(2004年版)练习答案Chapter17.Choosethestandardmeaningfromthelistontherighttomatcheachoftheslangwordsontheleft.a.tart:loosewomanb.bloke:fellowc.gat:pistold.swell:greate.chicken:cowardf.blue:fightg.smoky:policeh.full:drunki.dame:womanj.beaver:girl8.Givethemodernequivalentsforthefollowingarcha
2、icwords.haply=perhapsalbeit=althoughmethinks=itseemstomeeke=alsosooth=truthmorn=morningtroth=pledgeere=beforequoth=saidhallowed=holybillow=wave/theseabade=bid12.Categorizethefollowingborrowedwordsintodenizens,aliens,translationloans,andsemanticloans.Denizens:kettle,die,wall,skirt,husbandAlien
3、s:confrere,propatria,Wunderkind,mikado,parvenuTranslationloans:chopstick,typhoon,blackhumour,longtimenoseeSemanticloans:dreamChapter21.WhyshouldstudentsofEnglishlexicologystudytheIndo-EuropeanLanguageFamily?TheIndo-EuropeanLanguageFamilyisoneofthemostimportantlanguagefamiliesintheworld.Itisma
4、deupofmostofthelanguagesofEurope,theNearEastandIndia.EnglishbelongstothisfamilyandtheothermembersoftheIndo-EuropeanhavemoreorlessinfluenceonEnglishvocabulary.KnowledgeoftheIndo-EuropeanLanguageFamilywillhelpusunderstandEnglishwordsbetterandusethemmoreappropriately.2.Makeatreediagramtoshowthef
5、amilyrelationsofthemodernlanguagesgiven14below.Indo-EuropeanLanguageFamilyBalto-SlavicIndo-IranianCelticItalianHellenicGermanicRoumanianHindiBretonSpanishGreekEnglishLithuanianPersianScottishFrenchSwedishPrussianIrishItalianGermanPolishPortugueseNorweigianSlavenianIcelandicRussianDanishBulgar
6、ianDutch6.HereisatextchosenfromtheDeclarationofIndependence.“Wheninthecourseofhumanevents,itbecomesnecessaryforonepeopletodissolvethepoliticalbondswhichhaveconnectedthemwithanother,andtoassumeamongthepowersoftheearthseparateandequalstationtowhichthelawsofnatureandofnature’sGodentitlethem,adec
7、entrespecttotheopinionsofmankindrequiresthattheyshoulddeclarethecauseswhichimpelthemtotheseparation.”PickoutallthewordsofGreekorLatinoriginfromthetextandseeofwhatoriginarethewordsleft.Whatinsightdoesthisexercisegiveyouwithreferencetotheborrow