This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Advanced > Lexical Semantics – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Lexical Semantics Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is the morphological process of forming a new word from an existing one by the addition of a bound morpheme. A) Inflection. B) Derivation. C) Prefixation. D) Affixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derivation. 2. What is a corpus study and how is it used in linguistics? A) A corpus study is a psychological analysis of language learners. B) A corpus study involves creating new languages from scratch. C) A corpus study is a method for teaching grammar rules. D) A corpus study is an analysis of a collection of texts used in linguistics to observe language patterns and usage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A corpus study is an analysis of a collection of texts used in linguistics to observe language patterns and usage. 3. ..... is the morphological process of deriving a new word by adding an affix, namely a bound morpheme, to a root or base. A) Derivation. B) Prefixation. C) Affixation. D) Inflection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affixation. 4. Which type of figurative language does the expression SWEET SORROW belong to? A) Tautology. B) Metonymy. C) Synesthesia. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 5. ..... , 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. A) Compounding. B) Lengthening. C) Blending. D) Shortening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compounding. 6. When two or more different (written) forms have the same pronunciation, they are described as ..... A) Homophones. B) Homoseme. C) Homograph. D) Homonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homophones. 7. Which of the following lexical items exhibits systematic polysemy (linked senses) rather than accidental homonymy? A) "Seal" (animal) vs. "seal" (stamp). B) "Row" (line) vs. "row" (quarrel). C) "Paper" (material) vs. "paper" (academic article). D) "Bass" (fish) vs. "bass" (low frequency). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Paper" (material) vs. "paper" (academic article). 8. Define hyponymy and provide an example. A) 'car' is a hyponym of 'vehicle'. B) 'banana' is a hyponym of 'fruit'. C) An example of hyponymy is 'rose' being a hyponym of 'flower'. D) 'dog' is a hyponym of 'animal'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An example of hyponymy is 'rose' being a hyponym of 'flower'. 9. Chair, pair and table are hyponyms of furniture. A) Verdadero. B) Falso. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falso. 10. Select the correct semantic relationship of the following example:The tree jumped. A) Inclusion. B) Anomaly. C) Entailment. D) Contradiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anomaly. 11. ..... is a morphological device whereby a new word is coined by retaining only one of its parts A) Cliping. B) Acronymy. C) Blending. D) Initialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cliping. 12. ..... is a morphological device by which a new word is coined by combining parts of two words, usually the first part of one with the last part of another. A) Acronymy. B) Clipping. C) Blending. D) Initialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blending. 13. Hyponymy and hyperonymy are also called ..... A) Complementaries. B) Subordinates and superordinates. C) Partonymy and troponymy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinates and superordinates. 14. Which of these features could apply to the word BUTTER? A) -COUNT. B) +COMMON. C) +ANIMATE. D) +CONCRETE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) +COMMON. 15. What is absolute synonymy? A) Lexemes with same meaning, one can be substituted for the other. B) Lexemes with similar meaning. C) Almost indistinguishable difference in meaning of words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lexemes with same meaning, one can be substituted for the other. 16. ..... refers to two words which belong to the same grammatical category but which are opposed in meaning to each other. A) Antonymy. B) Exclusion. C) Synonymy. D) Inclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonymy. 17. "The White House" can be considered an instance of ..... A) Metonymy. B) Homonymy. C) Hyponymy. D) Homograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 18. What is meaning representation in linguistics? A) Meaning representation is the study of phonetics in linguistics. B) Meaning representation refers to the physical gestures used in communication. C) Meaning representation is the structured encoding of the meaning of sentences or phrases in linguistics. D) Meaning representation is the analysis of sentence structure without regard to meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meaning representation is the structured encoding of the meaning of sentences or phrases in linguistics. 19. Prefixes are ..... added to the beginning of a base or stem to create new words from pre-existing ones. A) Root morphemes. B) Derivational morphemes. C) Free morphemes. D) Inflectional morphemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derivational morphemes. 20. Derivation describes the process of the addition of affixes or change of stem to form new ..... words. A) Meaningful. B) Derivative. C) Meaningless. D) Completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Derivative. 21. ..... refers to expressions which denote a thing by naming something associated with it. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metonymy. 22. "Musical instruments" is the hyponym of the hypernyms "piano, trumpet, guitar, clarinet, violin" A) Verdadero. B) Falso. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falso. 23. Choose a polysemic word A) Play. B) Geography. C) Lucrative. D) Aunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Play. 24. What is semantic ambiguity and why is it important? A) Semantic ambiguity is the absence of meaning in words. B) Semantic ambiguity is the clarity of language in communication. C) Semantic ambiguity is the presence of multiple meanings in language, and it is important for clear communication and understanding. D) Semantic ambiguity refers to the use of complex grammar rules. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semantic ambiguity is the presence of multiple meanings in language, and it is important for clear communication and understanding. 25. Which of these features could apply to the word JANE? A) -ANIMATE. B) +COLLECTIVE. C) +COMMON. D) -COMMON. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -COMMON. 26. A corpus of academic English shows "however, " "nevertheless, " and "nonetheless" used interchangeably. From the perspective of synonymy, which claim is most defensible? A) They are near-synonyms with overlapping but not identical pragmatic conditions. B) They illustrate polysemy of a single lexeme. C) They are absolute synonyms with identical distribution. D) They are antonyms occurring in complementary contexts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are near-synonyms with overlapping but not identical pragmatic conditions. 27. The words "away" and "absent" are ..... A) Antonyms. B) Hyponyms. C) Synonyms. D) Hypernyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synonyms. 28. What type of semantic relation is presented by these examples:WEEK-DAY, TULIP-STEM, CAR-WHEEL, BODY-ARM ..... A) MERONYMY. B) METAPHOR. C) METONYMY. D) HYPONYMY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MERONYMY. 29. ..... is a relation of inclusion or entailment. For example, for the set of terms red, scarlet, crimson, vermilion, pink, maroon, and so on. A) Homonymy. B) Hyponymy. C) Polysemy. D) Meronymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyponymy. 30. Describe the relationship between homonymy and polysemy. A) Polysemy refers to multiple unrelated words. B) Homonymy involves unrelated meanings of the same word, while polysemy involves related meanings of a single word. C) Homonymy and polysemy are the same concept. D) Homonymy involves different words with similar meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homonymy involves unrelated meanings of the same word, while polysemy involves related meanings of a single word. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesLexical Semantics Quiz 1Lexical Semantics Quiz 3Case Marking QuizCase System QuizFunctional Grammar QuizIdeational Metafunction QuizInterpersonal Metafunction QuizLexical Grammar Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books