_______ is an affixational process that forms a word with a meaning and /or category distinct from that of its bases.

_______ is a branch of linguistics which studies the internal structure of words and the rules by which the words are formed.

英语属于________体系。

汉语和英语的变化都是由________到________，由不规范到规范。

古英语称为 the________________English。

古英语具有________性别。

下列词汇中来源于法语的词汇是A.BeefB.OxC.BullD.Cow

A. Beef
B. OX
Cow
D. Bull

If a linguistic study describes and analyzes the language people acutually use, it is said to be ______.

A. presciptive
B. analytic
C. descriptive
D. linguistic

In modern linguistics, speeh is regarded as more basic than writing because ______.

A. in linguistic evolution, speech is prior to writing.
B. speech plays a greater role than writing in terms of the amount of information conveyed.
C. speech is always the way in which every native speaker acquires his mother tongue.
D. all of the above.

According to F. de Saussure, ______refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community.

A. parole
B. competence
C. langue
D. performance