The word “transistor” is formed by joining together the initial part of “transfer” and the final part of “resister”, and this word formation is called_______
In Chinese when someone breaks a bowl or a plate, the host or the people present are likely to say ---碎碎(岁岁平安)as a means of controlling the forces which they believe feel might affect their lives. Which function does it perform?
“Can I borrow your bike”? _____ “You have a bike.”
What rhetorical device is used in the sentence: The room sat silent.
Conventionally a __________ is put in slashes (/ /).
An aspirated p, an unaspirated p and an unreleased p are __________ of the p phoneme.
What maxim is flouted in the examples A: Shall we get something for the kids? B: Yes. But I veto I-C-E-C-R-E-A-M.
Morphemes that represent tense, number, gender and case are called __________ morpheme.
Which of the following words’pronunciation shows deletion?
What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is whether in the study of meaning _________ is considered.