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6. Modern English is considered to be an analytic language.
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7 . The four major foreign contributors to English vocabulary in earlier times are Latin ,French
Chapter One
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二． The differences between sound and form are due to a. the fact of more phonemes than letters in English. b. stabilization of spelling by printing. c. influence of the work of scribes. d. innovations made by linguists.
三． Of the five characteristics listed for the basic word stock, the most important is
a. all national character
b. productivity
c. polysemy
d. collocability
Confrere wall kettle skirt chopstick dream typhoon gift
Pro patria husband die parvenu wunderkind bloom Mikadg time no see
Key to Chapter One 一． a 二. d 三. a
六． 1. perhaps 2. it seems to me 3. truth 4. faith 5. said 6. wave/ the sea
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7. although 8. also 9. morning 10. before 11. holy 12. bid
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二． Fill in the blanks according to the text :
The language used between 450 and ___________ is called _________ , which has a vocabulary of ___________ . Middle English refers to the language spoken from 1150 to ____________ , followed by the ______________ period , subdivided as early modern English ( ______________ ) and late _____________ ( 1700- up to now )
四． Complete the following statement by supplying an appropriate term for each blank: a. Borrowed word which still sound foreign and look foreign are _______ . b. There is no ____________ relationship between sound and __________ as the connection
一． Make a tree diagram to show the family relations of the modern languages given below :
Roumanian English Hindi Norwegian Breton Russian Dutch
Greek German Lithuanian Icelandic Polish Persian Itlian
五． Choose the standard word from the column on the right to match each of the slang words on the left.
a. tart
girl
b. bloke
police
c. gat
great
d. swell
drunk
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3. Old English was a highly inflected language .
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4. In early Middle English period , English , Latin , and Celtic existed side by side . (
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5. The introduction of printing into England marked the beginning of modern English period . (
4. semantic loans : dream , bloom , gift ,
( There is overlapping between these classes , e, g. typhoon can go to aliens , and silk
to denizens )
Chapter Two
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___________ words enjoy a _________ frequency in use than content words . f. A word whose meaning was borrowed from another language is called _________ .
e. chicken
coward
f . blue
loose woman
g. smoky
pistol
h . full
fight
i. dame
fellow
j. beaver
woman
六． Give the modern equivalents for the following archaic words :
四. a . aliens b. intrinsic/logical c. Denizens d. common obsolete e . stable Functional higher f . semantic loan
五． a. loose woman b. fellow c. pistol d. great e . coward f . fight g. police h. drunk i . woman j . girl
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七．
1. aliens:
confrere , pro patria , Wunderkind , mikado , parvenu ,
2. denizens : kettle , die , wall , skirt .
3. translation loans : chopstick , silk , long time no see , black humour, typhoon,