2词汇lexicology test 2

Test of Lexicology 2

I. 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. 1. Which words belong to the functional words? ( A )

A. prepositions, auxiliaries, conjunctions B. articles, adjectives, pronouns C. adverbs, conjunctions, nouns D. prepositions, auxiliaries, verbs

2. _____ are bound morphemes because they cannot be used as separate words.

（ C ） A. Roots B. Stems C. Affixes

D. Compounds

3. A morpheme that can stand alone as a word is thought to be( C ).

A．affixational B．derivational C．free D．bound

4. A monomorphemic word is a word that consists of a single ( C ) morpheme.

A. formal B. concrete C. free D. bound 5. Which of the following is NOT true? ( C )

A. A word is a sound unity B. A word has a given meaning

C. A word is the smallest form of a language D. A word can be used freely in a sentence

6. The following words have derivational affixes Except________. ( D )

A. subsea B. prewar C. postwar D. desks 7. Which of the following is not a compound? ( D )

A. swimming pool B. king-hearted C. greenhouse D. International 8. The suffix “-tion” is a ____ suffix. ( D )

A. adjective B. verb C. adverb D. noun

9. From the sentences “Hand in your papers.” and “She papered the room green.”, we can see such a means of word formation as________. ( C )

A. affixation B. compounding C. conversion D. acronymy 10. “mis-“ in “misunderstand” is a ____________ prefix. ( B ) A．negative B. pejorative C. reversative D. locative

11. Which of the following is not a major word-formation process? ( D ) A. Compounding B. Derivation C. Conversion D. Coinage 12. “Anti-” in “antihero” means______. ( B ) A. “against”

B. “unconventional”

C. “of or belonging to the hypothetical world of antimatter” D. “not”

13. “-able” in “fashionable” is a(an) _____ suffix. ( B )

A. denominal B. deadjectival C. deverbal D. noun-forming

II. Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions.

1. According to the functions of affixes, we can put them into two groups: inflectional and ___ derivational _______affixes. 2. Bound morphemes include two types: bound root and _____ affixes______. 3. Words may fall into ___content_____words and functional words by notion. 4. Generally, prefixes only modify the ___lexical_____of the stem.

5. Sometimes a word may undergo ____multiple______ conversion, which enables it to function as a member of several word-classes.

6. Affixation can be subdivided into _____prefixation________ and ___suffixation_________.

III. Term explanation

1. Compounding: is a word-formation process consisting of joining two or more bases to form a new unit, a compound word.

2. Derivation: is generally defined as a word-formation process by which new words are created by adding a prefix, or suffix, or both, to the base.

3. Conversion: is a word-formation process whereby a word of a certain word-class is shifted into a word of another word-class without the addition of an affix.

4. Word-formation rules :the rules of word-formation define the scope and methods whereby speakers of a language may create new words.

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