This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Advanced > Lexical Semantics – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Lexical Semantics Quiz 3 (21 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is a morphological device in which a new word is coined from the initial letters of other words. A) Shortening. B) Acronymy. C) Blending. D) Initialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acronymy. 2. Awake and asleep are complementary pairs A) Verdadero. B) Falso. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verdadero. 3. In formal semantics, which of the following best illustrates meronymy rather than hyponymy? A) Wing:Bird. B) Emotion:Happiness. C) Oak:Tree. D) Teacher:Human. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wing:Bird. 4. The words face, organ, head and firm are polysemous words A) Verdadero. B) Falso. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verdadero. 5. Affixes sometimes change ..... from one word class to another by adding affixes. A) Word categories. B) Overall meaning. C) Semantic relation. D) Phonetic realization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Word categories. 6. ..... :an outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point. It tends toward the ridiculous or the funny. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 7. Beach and beech, ant and aunt, bite and byte are ..... A) Hyponyms. B) Homonyms. C) Homographs. D) Heteronyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homonyms. 8. Define lexical semantics and its significance. A) Lexical semantics is irrelevant to language understanding. B) Lexical semantics focuses solely on syntax rules. C) Lexical semantics only studies the history of words. D) Lexical semantics is the study of word meanings and their relationships, significant for natural language processing and effective communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lexical semantics is the study of word meanings and their relationships, significant for natural language processing and effective communication. 9. ..... is a morphological device wherein a new word is coined from an existing word by a change in its part of speech. A) Conversion. B) Acronymy. C) Redundancy. D) Blending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conversion. 10. Which type of figurative language does the expression QUIET COLOUR belong to? A) Oxymoron. B) Tautology. C) Synesthesia. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synesthesia. 11. ..... refers to expressions which transfer a word from one conceptual domain to another. A) Metonymy. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. Which statement most accurately captures the defining property of hyponymy in lexical semantics? A) It is a bidirectional entailment between two lexemes. B) It encodes a unidirectional inclusion relation between a more general and a more specific sense. C) It describes a part-whole relation between two concepts. D) It refers to any word with multiple senses in a single entry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It encodes a unidirectional inclusion relation between a more general and a more specific sense. 13. ..... do not require a second morpheme to express lexical meaning. A) Derivational morphemes. B) Bound morphemes. C) Free morphemes. D) Inflection morphemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free morphemes. 14. Define plesionyms A) Plesionyms are pronounced differently, but have the same meaning. B) Plesionyms differ in meaning entirely. C) Plesionyms differ in meaning, but sound the same. D) Plesionyms differ in meaning slightly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plesionyms differ in meaning slightly. 15. When we encounter two or more words with the same form and related meanings, we have what is technically known as ..... A) Polysemy. B) Hyponymy. C) Meronymy. D) Homonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polysemy. 16. Boundaries separating polysemy from homonymy and underspecification are ..... A) Fuzzy. B) Clear. C) Non-negotiable. D) Spiritual. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fuzzy. 17. Choose a pair of gradable antonyms: A) True-false. B) Push-pull. C) Gas-solid. D) Dead-alive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gas-solid. 18. You are analysing the headline "City opens new arms to refugees." Which statement best accounts for the semantic interpretation? A) "Arms" is homonymous with 'weapons' and 'limbs', creating deliberate ambiguity. B) "Arms" here activates a metaphorical polysemous sense of 'embrace/support'. C) "Arms" functions as an antonym of 'refuse'. D) The headline contains no lexical relation of note. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Arms" here activates a metaphorical polysemous sense of 'embrace/support'. 19. Select the correct semantic relationship of the following example:I am allergic to dairy. There is milk in my glass. A) Converseness. B) Entailment. C) Inclusion. D) Paraphrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inclusion. 20. Explain the purpose of language dictionaries like WordNet. A) To translate words into different languages. B) The purpose of language dictionaries like WordNet is to provide structured information about words, including their meanings, relationships, and usage. C) To serve as a grammar guide for writing. D) To provide a list of synonyms only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The purpose of language dictionaries like WordNet is to provide structured information about words, including their meanings, relationships, and usage. 21. ..... is the morphological process of forming a new word by attaching a bound morpheme to the end of a free morpheme. A) Prefixation. B) Suffixation. C) Affixation. D) Inflection. 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