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
A: Terminology, analogy and borrowing
B: creation, semantic change and borrowing
C: creation, archaism and semantic change
D: semantic change, denizens and argot
举一反三
- 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
- ______ has played a vital role in the development of vocabulary, particularly in earlier times. A: Creation B: Semantic change C: Borrowing D: Obsolete words
- The four major modes of semantic change are _____. [ ]
- ______does NOT belong to semantic changes. A: Broadening B: Borrowing C: Folk etymology D: Class shift
- 中国大学MOOC: The semantic change of pile undergoes a process of ____________, from heap of stone to anything in a heap.