Homework for English Lexicology

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1、HomeworkforEnglishLexicologyChapter11.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?A.AwordisthesmallestformofalanguageB.Awordisasoundunity.C.Awordhasagivenmeaning.D.Awordcanbeusedfreelyinasentence.2.ThedifferencesbetweensoundandformareduetoA.thefactofmorephonemesthanlettersinEnglish.B.stabilization

2、ofspellingbyprintingC.influenceoftheworkofscribes.D.innovationsmadebylinguists.3.Ofthefivecharacteristicslistedforthebasicwordstock,themostimportantisA.allnationalcharacterB.productivityC.polysemyD.collocability4.Comparethefollowingstatementsbysupplyinganappropriatetermforeachblank.

3、A.borrowedwordswhichstillsoundforeignandlookedforeignare___.B.Thereisno___relationshipbetweensoundand___astheconnectionbetweenthemis___andconventional.C.____areborrowingsthathavebecomenaturalizedorassimilatedinEnglish.D.Archaismsarewordsnolongerin___useor____inuse.E.Contentwordsarec

4、hangingallthetimewhereasfunctionalwordsare___.___wordsenjoya____frequencyinusethancontentwords.F.Awordwhosemeaningwasborrowedfromanotherlanguageiscalled___.Chapter2I.Fillintheblanksaccordingtothetext.Thelanguageusedbetween450and_______iscalled_______,whichhasavocabularyof______.Midd

5、leEnglishreferstothelanguagespokenfrom1150to_______,followedbythe_______period,subdividedasearlymodernEnglish__()andlate(1700-uptonow.)II.Decidewhetherthestatementsaretrueorfalse.1.EnglishismorecloselyrelatedtoGermanthanFrench.2.ScandinavianlanguagesrefertoIcelandic,Norwegian,Danish

6、andSwedish.3.OldEnglishwasahighlyinflectedlanguage.4.InearlyMiddleEnglishperiod,English,Latin,andCelticexistedsidebyside.5.TheintroductionofprintingintoEnglandmarkedthebeginningofmodernEnglishperiod.66.ModernEnglishisconsideredtobeananalyticlanguage.7.Thefourmajorforeigncontributors

7、toEnglishvocabularyinearliertimesareLatin,French,ScandinavianandItalian.8.Inmoderntimes,borrowingbringslessthantenpercentofmodernEnglishvocabulary.9.ThemajorfactorsthatpromotethegrowthofmodernEnglishvocabularyareadvancesinscienceandtechnologyaswellasinfluenceofforeignculturesandlang

8、uages.10.Themostimp