The most important way of vocabulary development in present-day English is _______.
A: borrowing
B: semantic change
C: creation of new words
D: all the above
A: borrowing
B: semantic change
C: creation of new words
D: all the above
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- The most important way of vocabulary development in present-day English is _______.
- Modern English vocabulary develops through _______. A: Terminology, analogy and borrowing B: creation, semantic change and borrowing C: creation, archaism and semantic change D: semantic change, denizens and argot
- ______ has played a vital role in the development of vocabulary, particularly in earlier times. A: Creation B: Semantic change C: Borrowing D: Obsolete words
- Which of the following words joined the English vocabulary since the Norman Conquest? A: Beef B: mutton C: Pork D: All of the above
- In the phrase “Modern English vocabulary” , vocabulary refers to ____________. A: the total number of the words in a language B: all the words of a given dialect, a given book, a given discipline C: all the words used in a particular historical period D: all the words that an individual person knows, learns, or uses