The morpheme is the ____ functioning unit in the composition of words.

The morpheme is the ____ functioning unit in the composition of words.
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    “Bad-mouth” used as a verb can take the past tense marker e.g. “He bad-mouthed me.”
    This example shows a compound tends to play a single ____ role in a sentence.

    “Bad-mouth” used as a verb can take the past tense marker e.g. “He bad-mouthed me.”<br>This example shows a compound tends to play a single ____ role in a sentence.
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      In synonymous pairs such as "die — pass away", “ask — question”, each pair has the same ____ but different socio-cultural and stylistic values.

      In synonymous pairs such as
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        Synchronically, ____ is viewed as the coexistence of various meanings of the same word in a certain historical period of time, say, Modem English.

        Synchronically, ____ is viewed as the coexistence of various meanings of the same word in a certain historical period of time, say, Modem English.
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          The word “garage” originally simply meant “any safe place”，but now means “a place for storing cars”. Such kind of change in word-meaning is called ____.

          The word “garage” originally simply meant “any safe place”，but now means “a place for storing cars”. Such kind of change in word-meaning is called ____.
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            ____ is very important for the understanding of word-meaning, for without it there is no way to determine the very sense of the word that the speaker intended to convey.

            ____ is very important for the understanding of word-meaning, for without it there is no way to determine the very sense of the word that the speaker intended to convey.
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              The idiom “cut and dried” is ____ in nature.

              The idiom “cut and dried” is ____ in nature.
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                Three good general dictionaries are LDCE, CCELD and ____.

                Three good general dictionaries are LDCE, CCELD and ____.
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                  neologism

                  neologism
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                    affixes

                    affixes
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                      semantic motivation

                      semantic motivation
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                        elevation

                        elevation
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                          metonymy

                          metonymy
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                            “Woman” becomes “Frau” in German, “femme” in French and “fùnǔ” in Chinese.This example shows that in different languages the same concept can be represented by different ______．

                            “Woman” becomes “Frau” in German, “femme” in French and “fùnǔ” in Chinese.This example shows that in different languages the same concept can be represented by different ______．
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                              The following words of the basic word stock denote the most common things and phenomena of the world around us EXCEPT ______．

                              The following words of the basic word stock denote the most common things and phenomena of the world around us EXCEPT ______．
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