试题题干
Directions: Judge whether the following statement is true or false. Choose T for true or F for false. If you think the statement is false, you must explain why you think so and give the correct version.
One striking fact about the asymmetry between male and female terms in English is that when there are male/female pairs, the male form for the most part is unmarked and the female term is produced by adding a bound morpheme or by compounding.
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试题解析
一个很明显的事实是英语的性别词汇在形态表象方面极其不对称,当出现成对的性别词汇时,男性词汇总是无标记的,而女性词汇总是用复合的方法或附加一个黏着语素的方法来加以标示。