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12. Which of the following does NOT belong to the methods of the addition of new
words? A. Acronyms. B. Back-formation. C. Functional shift D. Semantic shift. 【答案】D
【解析】新词的添加主要通过以下几种方式：coinage创新词，clipped words缩略词，blending紧缩词，acronyms词首字母缩略词，back-formation逆构词法，functional shift功能转换，borrowing借用。Semantic shift属于词义的变化。因此，本题的正确答案为D。
II. True or False.
1. Invention is a form of compounding, in which two words are blended by joining the initial part of the first word and the final part of the second word, or by joining the initial parts of the two words. (大连外国语学院2008研) 【答案】F
【解析】是Blending。
2. Girl, once meaning “young person of either sex”, now refers to “young person
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