partially assimilated words
loan words
Compound-affixed words consist of … .
two or more root-morphemes, one or more affixes and an inflexion
one root morpheme and an inflexion
two or more root-morphemes and an inflexion
two stems
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The system showing a word in all its word-forms is called…
a paradigm
a syntagm
a class
a part of speech
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Words that are made up of elements from different languages are called…
hybrids
synonyms
doublets
international words
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There are some criteria for determining whether a word belongs to the borrowed element … .
pronunciation, the lexical meaning, grammatical forms, spelling
pronunciation, the lexical meaning, the paradigm
the concept denoted by the word, phonetic and prosodic features, spelling
phonetic features and spelling
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Allomorphs are … .
morpheme variants
differences in the pronunciation of a morpheme
differences in the morphological structure of a morpheme
differences in the pronunciation and morphological structure of a morpheme
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What is the general tendency with the English vocabulary at the modern stage of its history?
To increase the total number of its meanings.
To involve the appearance of its new meanings.
To develop the semantic structure of a word.
To narrow the total number of its meanings.
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What three aspects of composition are there in the English language?
They are neutral, morphological and syntactic.
They are syntactic, morphological and linguistic.
They are simple, neutral and morphological.
They are compound, simple and neutral.
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Hyponymy is the semantic relation of … .
inclusion
exclusion
similarity
contrast
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What do we mean by external structure of the word?
We mean its morphological structure.
We mean its lexical meaning.
We mean its lexico-grammatical structure.
We mean its semantic structure.
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