语言学例题

语言学例题

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1. Which of the following is NOT the concern of “sense”? A. It is the study of the inherent meaning of the linguistic form

B. It is the study of what a linguistic form refers to in the real physical world. C. It is the aspect of meaning dictionary complies are interested in D. It is the collection of all the features of the linguistic form\\

2. The meaning relationship between the two words “sheep” and “ewe is _____ A. Antonymy B. Homonymy C. Hyponymy D. Polysemy 3. 4.

5. According to the predication analysis, the predication of the sentence “It is hot” is a ______ A. no-place predication B. one-place predication C. two-place predication D. three-place predication

6. The relationship between “violet” and “tulip” is _____ A. co-hyponyms B. superordinate C. hyponyms D. antonyms

7. The relationship between “Begin” & “Commence” is _____ A. Dialectal synonyms B. Stylistic synonyms

C. Collocational synonyms

D. Semantically different synonyms

8. Predication analysis is a way to analyze ____ meaning A. phoneme B. word D. phrase D. sentence

9. What is the relationship between the word “color” and “red”? A. Synonymy B. Antonymy

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C. Polysemy D. Hyponymy

10. “Fall” and “autumn” are _____ synonyms. A dialectal B. stylistic

C. evaluatively different D. semantically different

11. Homophones are often employed to create puns for desired effects of _________ A. humor B. sarcasm C. ridicule

D. all of the above

12. The following major modes of semantic change are _____ A. extension, narrowing, elevation and degradation B. extension, generalization, elevation and degradation C. extension, narrowing, specialization and degradation D. extension, elevation, amelioration and degradation

13. Hyponymy _____

A. is the relationship which obtains between specific and general lexical items, such that the former is included in the latter

B. is the relationship that stands between “flute” and “instrument” C both A and B D. none

14. We call the relation between “animal” and “horse” as ___ A. synonymy B. polysemy C. homonymy D. hyponymy

15. The semantic features of the word “girl” can be expressed as ____ A. +animate. –human. +adults. +male B. +animate. +human. -adults. +male C. +animate. +human. +adults. –male D. +animate. +human. -adults. -male

16. What is the sentential relation between “He likes skating” and “He likes sports”? A. Presuposition B. Entailment C. Contradiction

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D. Hyponymy

17. According to the predication analysis proposed by the British linguist G. Lech, the predication of the sentence “It is raining” is a _______ A. no-place predication B. one-place predication C. two-pace predication D. three-place predication

18. The pair of words “worrow/lend” is called _____ A. relational opposite B synonyms

C. complementary D. gradable opposites

19. Which description of the meaning components of the word “father” is right? A. +human. +adult. -male B. +human -adult. +male C. -human +adult. –male D. +human +adult. +male

20. “Yellow” has different meanings to Chinese or to western people, that is its __________ A. conceptual meaning B. cognitive meaning C. associative meaning D. stylistic meaning

21. X: He has been to France.

Y:He has been to Europe

The relationship of A and B is _________ A. synonymous B. inconsistent C. X entailing Y D. X presupposing Y

22. The ambiguity in “pass the port” is caused by ________ A. lexical items

B. a grammatical structure C. homonymy D. polysemy

21.C 22.D

23. _____ is NOT a pair of homophones.

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A. “Rain” (water condensed from atmosphere vapor and falling in drops) and “regin” (exercise of sovereign power, as by a monarch)

B. “Rea”(any of various small, wingless, bloodsucking insects) and “flee” (to escape) C. “Lead”(to guide) and “lead”(internal of a dull bluish-grey colour that melts easily)

D. “Compliment” (an expression of praise, admiration, or congratulation) and “complement” (something that completes, makes up a whole or brings to perfection)

24. The word “luggage” and “baggage” are _____ A. synonyms differing in emotive meaning B. dialectal synonyms

C. collocationally-restricted synonyms D. synonyms differing in styles

25. Componential analysis is a method applied in the field of _____ A. phonetics B. syntax C. semantics D. pragmatics

26. “Big” and “small” are part of _____ opposites A. complementary B, gradable C. complete D. converse

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