Metaphor: a figure of speech based on similarity (hidden comparison between the object/notion ............................................. denoted by the word and the object/notion in question). Metaphor gives freshness and vivacity to speech.

Lexicology is a branch of linguistics, the …………………… of language.

Many English words consist of a single root-morpheme, so when we say that most morphemes possess ................................................... we imply mainly the root-morphemes in such words

Descripitive lexicology studies the words at a synchronic aspect. It is concerned with the vocabulary of a language as they exist at the …………………………….. time

Lexicology is a branch of linguistics which studies the …………………………… of a language

It will at once be noticed that the root in English is very often homonymous with the word. This fact is of fundamental importance as .................................................................................... arising from its general grammatical system on the one hand, and from its phonemic system on the other