11. Prefixes generally do not change the __________ of the stem. （ ）
A. meaning
B. form
C. word class
D. pronunciation
12. The word “dorm” is formed by _________clipping. （ ）
A. back
B. front
C. phrase
D. front and back
13. The word “reading-lamp” is _______ motivated. （ ）
A. onomatopoeically
B. morphologically
C. semantically
D. etymologically
14. The synonymous pair of “ask－question” has the same___________. （ ）
A. motivation
B. value
C. function
D. concept
15. In the sentence “East or west, home is best”, “home” has its __________ meaning of “family, safety, love”, etc. （ ）
A. grammatical
B. connotative
C. stylistic
D. collocative
16. Semantically, a word which is related to other words is related to them in____________。 （ ）
A. sense
B. spelling
C. morpheme
D. root and stem
17. _____________, the derived meanings, no matter how many, are secondary in comparison. （ ）
A. Synchronically
B. Diachronically
C. Etymologically
D. Onomatopoeically
18. The antonyms used in the proverb “Speech is silver; silence is golden” are ____________. （ ）
A. speech-silence
B. golden-silver
C. speech-silver
D. silence-golden
19. In Shakespearean line ‘Rats and mice and such small deer’, ‘6deer’ obviously designates ‘animal’ in general. Therefore ‘deer’ is a typical example of _________. （ ）
A. extension
B. elevation
C. narrowing
D. degradation
20. Observation shows that it is much more common for word meanings to change in denotation from neutral to ____________ than it is for them to go the other way. （ ）
A. important
B. agreeable
C. respective
D. pejorative
