英语词汇学2015年10月真题试题及答案解析（00832）

Comment on the following piece of discourse in terms of superordinates and subordinates, so far as hyponymy is concerned."There was a fine rocking-chair that his father used to sit in, a desk where he wrote letters,a nest of small tables and a dark, imposing bookcase. Now all this furniture was to be sold, and with it his own past."

Take “The dog is chasing a cat” as an example to explain its grammatical meaning.

What does the underlined word mean and what contextual clue is used in the following sentence?"It is undesirable to write with too many (parentheses), a pair of brackets round words or phrases.”

What are the major sources of English synonyms?

Please explain the difference between the following two examples from the viewpoint of word formation.(1)single ( adjective) —>single (verb)(2)simple ( adjective) —>simplify (verb)

What is the difference between root and stem?

antonymy

idioms nominal in nature

extra-linguistic context

Bilingual dictionaries are written in____languages.