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Homework for English Lexicology Chapter 1 1. Which of the following is NOT true? A. A word is the smallest form of a language B. A word is a sound unity. C. A word has a given meaning. D. A word can be used freely in a sentence. 2. The differences between sound and form are due to A. the fact of more phonemes than letters in English. B. stabilization of spelling by printing C. influence of the work of scribes. D. innovations made by linguists. 3. Of the five characteristics listed for the basic word stock, the most important is A. all national character B. productivity C. polysemy D. collocability 4. Compare the following statements by supplying an appropriate term for each blank. A. borrowed words which still sound foreign and looked foreign are ___. B. There is no ___ relationship between sound and ___ as the connection between them is ___ and conventional. C. ____ are borrowings that have become naturalized or assimilated in English. D. Archaisms are words no longer in ___ use or ____ in use. E. Content words are changing all the time whereas functional words are___. ___words enjoy a ____ frequency in use than content words. F. A word whose meaning was borrowed from another language is called ___. Chapter 2 I. Fill in the blanks according to the text. The language used between 450 and _______is called_______, which has a vocabulary of ______. Middle English refers to the language spoken from 1150 to _______, followed by the _______ period, subdivided as early modern English __( ) and late (1700-up to now.) II. Decide whether the statements are true or false. 1. English is more closely related to German than French. 2. Scandinavian languages refer to Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish and Swedish. 3. Old English was a highly inflected language. 4. In early Middle English period, English, Latin, and Celtic existed side by side. 5. The introduction of printing into England marked the beginning of modern English period. 6. Modern English is con