词汇学问题

1英语词汇学问题库（一）C1AGeneralSurveytoEnglishVocabulary1.Whatislexicology?2.WhatisthenatureandscopeofEnglishLexicology?3.WhatsubjectsisEnglishLexicologycorrelatedwith?Andtowhatextent?4.WhyshouldastudentofEnglishstudyEnglishLexicology?5.Whatisaword?6.Whatarethereasonsofmoreandmoreinconsistancesbetweensoundandform..7.Whatisvocabulary?8.WhatarethethreestagesofdevelopmentoftheEnglishvocabulary?9.Illustratetherelationshipbetweensoundandmeaningwithexamples.10.WhatarethethreemaincriteriafortheclassificationofEnglishwords?11.Whatisacommonword（通用词,literaryword（文学词）colloquialword（口语词）,slangword（俚语词）jargon（行话）,argot（黑话）,neologism（新词语）?Giveexamples.12.Whatishybrid（混种词）?13.HowdoyouaccountfortheroleofnativewordsinEnglishinrelationtoloan-words?14.Whatarethefundamentalfeaturesofthebasicwordstock?Whatistheimportanceofbasicwordstock?15.Whatarethemajorcausesoftherapidgrowthofpresent-dayEnglishvocabulary?16.Whatarefunctionwordsandcontentwords?Whatarethedifferencesbetweenthem?17.WhatarethecharacteristicfeaturesoftheEnglishvocabulary?18.Whatarenativewords?Whatareloanwords?19.WhatismeantbythecomplexityoftheEnglishvocabulary?20.WhatismeantbytheIndo-EuropeanfamilyofLanguages?Howmanygroupsoflanguagesareincludedinthisfamilyoflanguages?WhichgroupdoestheEnglishlanguagebelongto?21.WhyshouldstudentsofEnglishlexicologystudyIndo-EuropeanLanguageFamily?22.HowoldistheEnglishlanguage?HowmanyperiodsisthehistoryofEnglsihdividedinto?StatebrieflythespecialfeaturesofeachperiodinthehistoryoftheEnglishlanguage(fromtheangleofthevocabulary).23.WhatistheimportanceofthenativeelementintheEnglishvocabulary?WhatisthefoundationoftheEnglishvocabylary?Whatarethefundamentalfeatuesofthebasicword-stock?Whatcategorieswordsbelongtothebasicword-stock?24.WhatistheimportanceoftheforeignelementinthedevelopmentoftheEnglishvocabulary?Whatforeignlanguagesshouldwepayspecialattentionto?25.Enunmerate（列举）themajormodesofmodernvocabularydevelopment.C2Morphology1.WhatistheinternalstructureofanEnglishword?2.Whatisamorpheme?Whatisanallomorph?3.Whatisthedifferencebetweenamorphemeandasyllable?Illustrateyourpointswithexamples.4.Whatisafreemorphemeandwhatisboundmorpheme?Whatarethedifferencesbetweenthem?5.Whatisroot?Whatarethedifferencesbetweenafreerootandaboundroot?6.Whatisanaffix?Whatarethedifferencesbetweenaninflectionalaffixandaderivationalaffix?7.Whatisaprefix?Whatisasuffix?Whatisadjectivesuffix?8.Whatisthedifferencebetweenasuffixandanending?9.Howarewordsclassifiedonthemorphemiclevel?10.Whataredifferencesbetweenaroot,abaseandastem?Illustateyourpointswithexamples.11.Howmanytypesofword-formationsarethereintheEnglishlanguage?12.Whatiscompounding(composition)?Whatisderivation(affixation)?Whatarethedifferencebetweenthetwo?13.Whatisprefixationandwhatissuffixation?Whatisthedifferencebetweenprefixationandsuffixantion?214.Whatisconersion?Whatisthedifferencebetweensuffixaionandconversion?15.Whatisshortenting?Whatisclipping?Whatisacronymy?Whatisinitialism?Whatisthedifferencebetweenacronymyandintitialism?Giveexamples.16.Whatiscilpping?Whatisblending?Whatarethedifferencesbetweentheblendingandclipping?17.Illustrateback-formationthedifferencebetweenback-formantionandaffixaton?18.Illustrateneoclassicalformation,onomatopoeia,gradation,morphologicalstress,reduplication(phrasecompounding),two-partverbs(phraseverbs),wordsfrompropernames.19.Analyzethemorphologicalstructuresofthefollowingwordsandpointoutthetypesofthemorphemes.Recollection,nationalist,unearthly.20.Whatisthedifferencebetweenmorphemeandasyllable?Illutrateyourpointswithexamples.22.GivealistofEnglishverb-formingaffixeswithexample.C3WordMeaningandthesemanticRelationsBetweenWords1.Whatiswordmeaning?Whatarethemaintypesofwordmeaning?2.Whatisthedifferenceandrelationshipbetweenwordmeaningandconcept?3.Whatislexicalmeaningandgrammaticalmeaning?Whatarethedifferencesbetweenthem?4.Whatarethedifferencesbetweendenotativemeaningandconnotativemeaning?5.Whatisaffectivemeaning?Whatisstylisticmeaning?6.Whatisreference?7.Whataretheconventionalityandmotivationofwordmeaning?Giveexamples.8.Whatistheuseofthestudyofthemotivationofwords?HowmanytypesofmotivationarethereinEnglish?Giveoneexampleforeachtype.9.Explainwithexamplesthetwoterms:semanticfraturesandcomponentialanalysis.10.Whatiscomponentialanalysisandwhatareitsadvantagesanddisadvantages?11.Whatarethecausesofsemanticchange?Illustrateyourpoint.12.Explainandgiveexamplestobelowterms:monosemouswordsandpolysemouswords,primary/centralmenaingandderivedmeaning,literalmeaningfigurativemeaning,contextualmeaning.13.Whatarethemajortendenciesthatleadtochangeofmeaning?Whatisrestriction,extension,degeneration,elevation?14.WhatmakesShakespeareparticularlydifficulttoread,oldformofspelling,oldwaysofpronuciationorchangeofwordmeaning?Howdoyouaccountforthesemanticchangeinlivinglanguages?15.Whatispolysemy?16.Whatisthefundamentaldifferencebetweentheprocessesofradiationandconcatenation?Illustrateyourpoint.17.Whatishomonymy?Howdoyouclassifyhomonymy?Howarethesourcesofhomonymys?Whatistheuseofhomonymys?18.Whatisthedifferencebetweensuperordinate