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Key to chapter 1
1 .What is a word? word is a minimal free form were difficult for people to recognize, such as
sum, cum, wuman, munk
and so on. Later,
the letter
u with vertical lines
was replaced
with o, resulting in
the current spelling
forms like
some, come, woman,
monk. The changed spelling forms are more distinguishable to readers.
6. What are the characteristics of basic word stock
Words of
the basic
word stock
form the
common core of
the English
language. They are
the words
essential to
native
speakers ’ daily c
ommunication. Such words are characterized by
all national character, stability, polysemy,
productivity and collocability.
7. choose the standard meaning form from the list on the right to match each of the slang words on the left
A tart loose woman b. bloke fellow pistol d. swell great e. chicken coward
F .blue fight g. smoky police h full drunk i. dame woman j. beaver girl
8. given the modern equivalents for the following archaic words
haply = perhaps albeit= although methinks = it seems to me eke= also bade= bid
smooth= truth morn= morning troth= pledge ere= before quoth = said hallowed= holy billow= wave/ the
sea
9. Explain neologisms with examples
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Neologisms refer to newly-coined words or old words with new meanings. For example,

euro( 欧元 ), e-book( 电子书

),
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SARS( 非典 ), netizen ( 网民 ), are newly-coined words. Words like mouse( 鼠标), web( 网络 ), space shuttle ( 航天飞机 ) etc.
are old words which have acquired new meanings.
10. What is the fundamental difference between content and functional words
By notion, words fall into content words and functional words. Content words include nouns, verbs, adjectives,
adverbs and numerals, which