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Lexical Semantics Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. Bound morphemes require a second morpheme, free or bound, to .....
2. Choose a pair of binary antonyms:
3. Are CONTRARY antonymy gradable?
4. Which of these scenarios reflects the prototype effect within hyponymic networks?
5. Complementary Antonyms are .....
6. "Compact" is a polysemous word and a homograph.
7. Select the correct semantic relationship of the following example:I have a wife. I am a bachelor.
8. In a short text a journalist alternates between "terrorists, " "freedom fighters, " and "militants" to describe the same group. From a lexical-relations viewpoint, which is the most precise description?
9. When the meaning of one form is included in the meaning of another, the relationship is described as .....
10. The concept of ..... is, of course, well-known and intuitively obvious; it denotes sameness in meaning, or sense.
11. ..... is a morphological device by which a new word is coined by repeating the entire of the word or part of it.
12. When two words sound and are written the same but are different in meaning, they are known as .....
13. Hot and cold are complementary pairs.
14. What is BabelNet and how does it differ from WordNet?
15. What is an example of plesionym?
16. What type of meaning is presented in this example:She has drunk some water vs. Some water has been drunk by her?
17. Which of these features could apply to the word IMAGINATION?
18. What is an example of near synonymy?
19. What are cognitive synonymy?
20. Read the sentence: "The committee tabled the motion after the heated debate." In British English this means 'postponed' while in American English it means 'brought forward'. This divergence is best analysed as:
21. Which word is the direct hypernym of these terms:tulip, forget-me-not, rose, dandelion?
22. Lexical decomposition is also called
23. Which type of figurative language does the expression MALE RAM belong to?
24. What is the indirect hypernym for these terms:oak, ash, willow, beech?
25. ..... is the morphological process of forming a new word by attaching a bound morpheme to the front of a free morpheme.
26. Which type of meaning communicates the speaker's feelings and emotions?
27. Who came up with the idea of Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM)?
28. A(n) ..... is the minimal meaningful unit in a language. It is minimal because it cannot be further divided into smaller units.
29. ..... join with other free and/or bound morphemes to create words.
30. The word "rock" is a homonym and a homograph at the same time, and it's also a polysemous word.
31. ..... is the morphological process of forming a new word from an existing one by the addition of a bound morpheme.
32. What is a corpus study and how is it used in linguistics?
33. ..... is the morphological process of deriving a new word by adding an affix, namely a bound morpheme, to a root or base.
34. Which type of figurative language does the expression SWEET SORROW belong to?
35. ..... , also called composition, is the morphological process of forming a complex structure by combining two, or more, free morphemes, of same or different word classes.
36. When two or more different (written) forms have the same pronunciation, they are described as .....
37. Which of the following lexical items exhibits systematic polysemy (linked senses) rather than accidental homonymy?
38. Define hyponymy and provide an example.
39. Chair, pair and table are hyponyms of furniture.
40. Select the correct semantic relationship of the following example:The tree jumped.
41. ..... is a morphological device whereby a new word is coined by retaining only one of its parts
42. Hyponymy and hyperonymy are also called .....
43. Which of these features could apply to the word BUTTER?
44. What is absolute synonymy?
45. ..... refers to two words which belong to the same grammatical category but which are opposed in meaning to each other.
46. "The White House" can be considered an instance of .....
47. What is meaning representation in linguistics?
48. Prefixes are ..... added to the beginning of a base or stem to create new words from pre-existing ones.
49. Derivation describes the process of the addition of affixes or change of stem to form new ..... words.
50. ..... refers to expressions which denote a thing by naming something associated with it.
51. "Musical instruments" is the hyponym of the hypernyms "piano, trumpet, guitar, clarinet, violin"
52. Choose a polysemic word
53. What is semantic ambiguity and why is it important?
54. Which of these features could apply to the word JANE?
55. A corpus of academic English shows "however, " "nevertheless, " and "nonetheless" used interchangeably. From the perspective of synonymy, which claim is most defensible?
56. The words "away" and "absent" are .....
57. What type of semantic relation is presented by these examples:WEEK-DAY, TULIP-STEM, CAR-WHEEL, BODY-ARM .....
58. ..... is a relation of inclusion or entailment. For example, for the set of terms red, scarlet, crimson, vermilion, pink, maroon, and so on.
59. Describe the relationship between homonymy and polysemy.
60. ..... is a morphological device in which a new word is coined from the initial letters of other words.
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