• 2022-06-03
    Diachronic study of word meanings is concerned with how a word develops its ______ meaning from its _____ meaning. ( )
    A: primary; derived
    B: derived; primary
    C: central; secondary
    D: secondary; central
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      ______, the basic meaning of a word is the core of word-meaning called the central meaning. A: Onomatopoeically B: Diachronically C: Synchronically D: Etymologically

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      To accent the word fine, we accent its only syllable, and to accent the word never we accent the first syllable. For the word indescribable, we accent the __________ stressed syllable. A: first B: second C: primary D: secondary

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      When a word loses its old meaning and come to refer to something altogether different, the result is a c_____ of word meaning.

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      ______, the basic meaning of a word is the core of word-meaning called the central meaning. A: Onomatopoeically B: B. Diachronically C: Synchronically D: D. Etymologically

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      According to most scholars, how much of our meaning is derived from nonverbal signals?