aThe power of words, then, lies in their associations-the thing they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, th...
11. According to ___A___ rule, the word sign should pronounced as[]. A. deletionB. sequentialC. assimilationD. suprasegmental 12. What essentially distinguishes semantics from pragmatics is ___A___. A. whether in the study of the meaning the context of use is considered B. whether it...
28. Different contexts give a word different meanings. 29. Contrary terms are gradable and allow intermediate members in between. 30. Absolute or complete synonyms are words which are identical in meaning and spelling. 31. Collocative meaning is the part of meaning a word acquires in its colloca...
(1) Sense: It refers to the meaning that lies in the relation or the lexical contrasts among linguistic forms themselves. It is concerned with all the features of the linguistic form; it is the collection of all the features of the linguistic form; it is abstract and de-contextualized....
39. The basic part of the lexical meaning of a word is often termed its ___ meaning. A. social B. stylistic C. connotative D. denotative 40. ___ first proposed the Speech Act Theory. A. Searle B. Austin C. Grice D. Halliday CDABA CABDB 1. Which of the following is NOT a des...
(unit 1) According to semanticists , a word is a unit of meaning. Grammarians , however, insist that a word be a free form that can function in a sentence, etc. To sum up, the definition of a word comprises the following points: (1) a minimal free form of a language; (2) a ...
Wordlists Supportivesentences 1. devote oneself to致力,专心,献身(43) 2.*earnest /ˈɜːnɪst/ adj.非常认真的;诚实的,真诚的(43) 【原句背诵】 My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, ...
A. the meaning of the word didn't change until after the 15th century B. the meaning of the word had changed over the years C. the Greeks held different concepts from the Romans D. princes and merchants added paintings to their collections 2. The idea that museum could mean a hil...
3. What is the meaning of the underlined part in Paragraph 4? A.helps you to remember more details.B.reminds you to have regular reviews. C.tags your memories for further recalling.D.eases your tension of memorizing things. 4. What is the study’s authors’ view on typing?
"Intelligence" at best is an assumptive construct--the meaning of the word has never been clear. (61)There is more agreement on the kinds of behavior referred to by the term than there is on how to interpret or classify them. But it is generally agreed that a person of high ...