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Find examples of Americanisms:
Trunk;Cookies;Sidewalk;Soccer;
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question>Word-formation is the process of creating
variant>new words
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question>From the structural point of view morphemes may be classified into
variant>free morphemes, bound morphemes and semi-bound morphemes
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<question>The word “blackbird” is
<variant>neutral compound
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question>The selection of lexical units, arrangement and setting of the entries is one of the main problems in
variant>lexicography
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question>The words: “pacifist, innocence, cordial" have
variant>a bound stem
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<question>The word “statesman” is the example of
<variant>morphological compound
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question>A prefix is
<variant>a derivational morpheme preceding the root
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<question>Which of the following phraseological units is a phraseological collocation
<variant>to bear malice
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<question>What are compound words
variant>words consisting of at least two stems which occur in the language as free forms
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<question>Contracted compounds
To go into frantic U-turns
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Choose the native English word
<variant>summer
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question>Historical Lexicology
<variant>discusses the origin of various words, their change and development
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question>Conversion is a morphological way of forming words:
<variant>When one part of speech is formed from another part of speech
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<question>Compound stems
<variant>Pen-holder
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Examples of partial lexical homonyms
Lie (lay, lain) to find- to found ,found-founded, lai-laiz
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<question>Which of the following phraseological units is not motivated
<variant>hot dog
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Lexicology is the part of linguistics that studies
variant>the vocabulary of a language
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Define the examples of phonetic motivation from the following variants
variant>bang, cuckoo, burr, splash
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question>Morphological motivation implies ..
<variant>a direct connection between the lexical meaning of the component morphemes, their arrangement and meaning
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<question>Taboo is the main cause of such a linguistic phenomenon as a (an)
<variant>euphemism
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<question>The word “lady - killer” is
variant>derivational compound
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Descriptive Lexicology
variant>deals with the vocabulary of a given language of a given stage of development
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question>From the semantic point of view morphemes may be classified into
<variant>root-morphemes, affixational morphemes
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<question>What type of homonyms is the following: knew - new; know - no; knows - nose?
variant>partial homonyms
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question>Which of the following words are of French origin
variant>beau, commence, chauffeur
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<question>What is the result of change of meaning in the following: minister (a servant) – minister (a civil servant of higher rank)
<variant>amelioration
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Define the way the following words have been created: life- lo live, blood- lo bleed, hot- to heat, song- to sing
<variant>sound interchange
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<question>er, -dom, -ness, -ation are
<variant>noun forming suffixes
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question>Smog, chunnel, faction, medicare are the examples of
variant>blending
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question>Choose the line where all the words have American spelling.
variant>humor, theater, program, thru
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<question>Which of the following phraseological units is a phraseological fusion
variant>to kick the bucket
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Red flower is a (an)
variant>free word-group
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Choose examples of elevation:
Knight,Charm,Marshall,Queen,Success,Praise,Minister Fame,Luxury,Noble
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Semantic change refers to the evolution of the meaning of a word over time. It can be classified into several categories such as……
broadening, narrowing, amelioration, pejoration, metaphor, and metonymy)
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founded, lai-laiz <question>Examples of simple lexico-grammatical partial homonyms:
tear-tear, seal-seal, bear-bare, find-found-found
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<question>Define the way the following words have been created: ping-pong, chit-chat, rift-raft
<variant>by means of reduplication
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Examples of degeneration of meaning:
Villain, Silly, Attitude, Spinster, Hussy, Idiot, Demagogue Mischievous Knave Hack
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Examples of narrowing of meaning:
Meat,Girl,Deer,Wife, Starve,Liquor,Fowl,Disease Corn,Hound
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Lexicology deals with
<variant>the vocabulary of a language and the properties of words
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<question>Acronyms are
<variant>initialisms which are pronounced as single words
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question>General Lexicology
<variant>studies the vocabulary irrespective of any particular language
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question>The toponyms for a Kansas, Michigan. Missouri, Utah are
variant>Indian words (of Indian tribes)
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question>What type of homonym is it? sea (n)- see (v); son (n)- sun(n)
<variant>Homophones
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What is deterioration of meaning?
the falling from a higher to a lower level in quality, character, or vitality.
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question>The following words pajamas, khaki, mango, bungalow which became international came from.
<variant>India
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question>The words "cheese, street, wall, wine belong to the earliest layer of borrowings
variant>Latin
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Which of the following words are homonyms proper
variant>bank (n) - bank (n)
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What type of lexicology studies the evolution of words and morphemes?
variant>Historical lexicology
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question>What are homonyms proper
<variant>are words identical in pronunciation and spelling but different meaning
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<question>Which of the following words are blendings
variant>smog, brunch, webinar
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question>The noun is the name of a tool or implement, the verb denotes an action performed by the tool.
to hammer,to nail,to pin,to brush
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<question>What is monosemy<question>What is monosemy
<variant>The existence of only one meaning within words
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<question>Find out the dominant synonym from the given list
<variant>smell
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What is amelioration of meaning?
a type of semantic change that elevates a word's meaning over time, so that a word that previously had a negative meaning develops a positive one