This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Advanced > Lexical Semantics – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Lexical Semantics Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Derivation describes the process of the addition of affixes or change of stem to form new ..... words. A) Meaningful. B) Completed. C) Derivative. D) Meaningless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Derivative. 2. ..... refers to expressions which denote a thing by naming something associated with it. A) Simile. B) Metonymy. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 3. Morphemes ..... A) Create new words. B) Change word category. C) Or extend grammatical meaning. D) All (A, B, C). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All (A, B, C). 4. "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. 5. Choose a polysemic word A) Aunt. B) Play. C) Geography. D) Lucrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Play. 6. 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. 7. Which of these features could apply to the word JANE? A) +COMMON. B) -COMMON. C) -ANIMATE. D) +COLLECTIVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -COMMON. 8. 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 absolute synonyms with identical distribution. B) They are near-synonyms with overlapping but not identical pragmatic conditions. C) They are antonyms occurring in complementary contexts. D) They illustrate polysemy of a single lexeme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are near-synonyms with overlapping but not identical pragmatic conditions. 9. The words "away" and "absent" are ..... A) Synonyms. B) Hypernyms. C) Hyponyms. D) Antonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonyms. 10. What type of semantic relation is presented by these examples:WEEK-DAY, TULIP-STEM, CAR-WHEEL, BODY-ARM ..... A) HYPONYMY. B) MERONYMY. C) METONYMY. D) METAPHOR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MERONYMY. 11. ..... is a relation of inclusion or entailment. For example, for the set of terms red, scarlet, crimson, vermilion, pink, maroon, and so on. A) Hyponymy. B) Homonymy. C) Polysemy. D) Meronymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyponymy. 12. 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. 13. ..... is a morphological device in which a new word is coined from the initial letters of other words. A) Shortening. B) Acronymy. C) Initialism. D) Blending. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acronymy. 14. 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. 15. In formal semantics, which of the following best illustrates meronymy rather than hyponymy? A) Oak:Tree. B) Teacher:Human. C) Wing:Bird. D) Emotion:Happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wing:Bird. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. ..... :an outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point. It tends toward the ridiculous or the funny. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Metonymy. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 19. Beach and beech, ant and aunt, bite and byte are ..... A) Hyponyms. B) Homonyms. C) Heteronyms. D) Homographs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homonyms. 20. 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. 21. ..... is a morphological device wherein a new word is coined from an existing word by a change in its part of speech. A) Redundancy. B) Acronymy. C) Conversion. D) Blending. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conversion. 22. Which type of figurative language does the expression QUIET COLOUR belong to? A) Tautology. B) Oxymoron. C) Metonymy. D) Synesthesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synesthesia. 23. ..... refers to expressions which transfer a word from one conceptual domain to another. A) Simile. B) Metonymy. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 24. 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. 25. ..... do not require a second morpheme to express lexical meaning. A) Free morphemes. B) Bound morphemes. C) Derivational morphemes. D) Inflection morphemes. 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