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1. Lexicology is a branch of _________.

A. language

B. meaning

C. linguistics

D. etymology

2. Lexicology inquires into the _________ and meanings of words.

A. relations

B. disciplines

C. origins

D. development

3. English lexicology embraces other academic disciplines, such as _________, semantics, stylistics, etymology, lexicography.

A. idioms

B. grammar

C. morpheme

D. morphology

4. Morphology is the branch of grammar which studies the structure or forms of words, primarily through the use of _________ construct.

A. word

B. form

C. morpheme

D. root

5. Modern English is derived from the languages of early _________ tribes with a fairly small vocabulary.

A. Germanic

B. Pacific

C. Roman

D. Celtic

6. English lexicology deals with English _________.

A. grammar

B. vocabulary

C. pronunciation

D. spelling

7. Stylistics is the study of style. It is concerned with the user's choices of linguistic elements in a particular _________ for special effects.

A. situation

B. context

C. time

D. place

8. Lexicography shares with lexicology the same problems: the form, meaning, origins and usages of words, but they have a _________ difference.

A. spelling

B. semantic

C. pronunciation

D. pragmatic

9. Semantics is the study of meanings of different _________ levels: lexis, syntax, utterance, discourse, etc.

A. linguistic

B. grammatical

C. arbitrary

D. semantic

10. _________ is traditionally used for the study of the origins and history of the form and meaning of words. Semantics is the study of the meaning of words.

A. Semantics

B. Linguistics

C. Etymology

D. Stylistics

11. There are generally two approaches to the study of words, namely synchronic and _________.

A. chronic

B. realistic

C. specific

D. diachronic

12. The "wife" now means "a married woman", but it has an obsolete meaning "woman" which is only preserved in "midwife", "housewife", etc. This is from a _________ point of view.

A. diachronic

B. synchronic

C. prescriptive

D. descriptive

1. English lexicology is a _________ course.

2. Morphology is the branch of _________ which studies the structure or forms of words.