Краткий курс лекций по лексикологии английского языка для студентов неязыковых вузов. Москалёва Е.В. - 25 стр.

                   6. What does the term “archaism” mean? Give some
            examples of archaic words.
                   7. What does the term “neologism” mean? Give some
            examples of new words.

                                          Test 2
                  1. Lexico-semantic system is:
                  a) a combination of interdependent elements.
                  b) a type of classification of English vocabulary.
                  c) a combination of changing elements.
                  d) a stock of borrowings.

                  2. Nowadays in English there are:
                  a) 470 000 words.
                  b) 500 000 words.
                  c) 350 000 words.
                  d) 450 000 words.

                  3. The basic word-stock includes:
                  a) nouns.
                  b) adjectives.
                  c) different parts of speech.
                  d) phraseological units.

                  4. Archaisms are words which:
                  a) ousted some new words.
                  b) are no longer used in everyday speech.
                  c) are used to express unimportance.
                  d) are used instead of new meanings.

                 5. “A proper neologism” is:
                 a) an old lexical unit for denoting a new object or
            phenomenon.
                 b) a lexical unit existing in the language and changing its
            meaning.
                 c) a new lexical unit that develops in the language.
                 d) a new lexical unit for denoting a new object or
            phenomenon.

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