All morphemes are subdivided into two large classes: .... and .... roots and affixes.
roots and suffixes.
suffixes and affixes.
prefixes and affixes.
This type of word-building consists in producing a new word by combining two or more stems. It is composition.
It is blending.
It is affixation.
It is conversion.
Words denoting notions that have disappeared out of modern life are called: historisms
obsolete
neologisms
archaisms
The native words are further subdivided into those of: Indo-European stock and common Germanic original
Latin and Roman original
Greek and German origin
Latin and German
What do we call regional varieties of a standard literary language characterized by some minor peculiarities in the sound system, vocabulary and grammar and their own literary norms? variants of a language
dialects
accents
idiolects
The denotative component of meaning is … . the leading component in the semantic structure of a word
the emotive charge and stylistic reference
the grammatical component of a word
the additional meaning of a word
Polysemy is … . the ability of a word to convey several concepts
the ability of a word to have different variants of pronunciation
the ability of a word to have different linguistic forms
the ability of a word to have variants of spelling
On what level is the word studied in its relationships with other words the vocabulary system? It is studied on the paradigmatic level.
It is studied on the historical level.
It is studied on the modern level.
It is studied on the syntagmatic level.
Contracted words are produced in two different ways: the first is to make a new word from a syllable of the original word. What is the second? to make a new word from the initial letters of a word group.
to make a new word from the last letters of a word-group.
to make a new word from the stem of the word.
to make a new word from the affixes of the original words.
What do we understand by etymological doublets? These are words which originated from the same source, but differ in phonemic shape and in meaning.
These are words which have the same meaning but differ in phonemic shape
Such words which are the same in phonemic shape but differ in meaning.
Doublets are words which have the same phonemic shape and meaning.
What are syntagmatic relationships based on? They are based on the linear character of speech.
They are based on the basis of its grammar structure.
They are based on the basis of its morphological structure.
They are based on the basis of its typical meaning.
Completely non-motivated word-groups are called: phraseological fusions
phraseological collocations
phraseological combinations
phraseological unities
According to the semantic principle phraseological units are classified