2009年4月全国高等教育自学考试英语词汇学试题(6)

44．The formation of words by adding word-forming affixes to stems is called ________.

45．Semantic ________ refers to the mental associations suggested by the conceptual meaning of a word．

46．Perfect homonyms and polysemants are fully ________ with regard to spelling and pronunciation.

47．Vocabulary is the most ________ element of a language as it is undergoing constant changes both in form and

content.

48．Ambiguity often arises due to ________ and homonymy.

49．Idioms consist of set ________ and short sentences.

50．Monolingual dictionaries are written in ________ language.

Ⅳ．Define the following terms.（10%）

51．morpheme

52．homonym

53．connotation

54．elevation

55．idiom

Ⅴ．Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short. Write your answers in the

space given below.（20%）

56．As far as growth of present-day English vocabulary is concerned, what are the three main sources of new

words?

57．What are the semantic features of compounds? Give an example to illustrate your point.

58．Decide whether the following statement is true or false, based on your understanding of the characteristics of

antonyms. State your reason with one example.

Contrary terms are non-gradable and allow intermediate members in between.

59．How do you account for the context function as indication of referents?

Ⅵ．Analyze and comment on the following. Write your answers in the space given below.（20%）

60．Analyze the following dialogue and comment on the rhetoric use of homonym in italicized font.

—“You’re not eating your fish,” a waitress said to a customer. “Anything wrong with it?”

—“Long time no sea.” the customer replied.

61．Analyze the three causes of meaning change within the scope of the linguistic factors, based on the given

words below.

（1）gold, bulb;

（2）deer, beast, animals;

（3）fortuitous, fruition.

全国2009年4月自考英语词汇学试题 5

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