词汇学 习题.doc

西安外国语大学王满良老师词汇学考试习题 Questions and tasks: 1. What is lexicology? 2. What is the nature and scope of English lexicology? 3. What subjects is English lexicology correlated with? A nd to what extent? 4. Why should a student of English study English lexicology? C hapter one Q uestions and tasks I. Answer the following questions. 1. What isa word? A word isa minimal free form ofa language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function. 1)a minimal free form ofa language; 2)a sound unity; 3)a unit of meaning; 4)a form that can function independently ina sentence. 2. What are the causes of differences between sound and form? T he internal reason for this is that the English alphabet was adopted from the Romans, one letter may represent two or more different sounds, A nother reason is that the pronunciation has changed more rapidly than spelling over the years, and in some cases have drawn far apart. A third reason is that some of the differences were created by the early scribes( 抄写员) 3. How do you define “ vocabulary ”? T he vocabulary ofa language refers to all the words in the language. 4. List 3 criteria for classifying words. By use of frequency, words may fall into the basic word stock and nonbasic vocabulary. By notion, words can be categorized into content words and functional words. By origin, they can be classified into native words and borrowed words. 5. What are the characteristics of basic word stock? 1) All national character 2) Stability 3) Productivity 4) Polysemy 5) Collocability 6. List 7 kinds of nonbasic word stock. ) Terminology ( 术语) Jargon( 行话) Slang( 俗语)) Argot( 黑话) Dialectal words( 方言 Archaisms( 陈词) Neologisms( 新词) 7. Explain neologisms with examples. overworking class, noun A segment of society in which the chief characteristic is the desire or need to work long hours. 8. What features do native words have in contrast to borrowed words? Neutral in style 2) Frequent in use II. Multiple choice 1. Which of the following is NOT true? A w