This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Linguistics > Semantics > Semantics – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Semantics Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It's a good ten miles to the next gas station. 2. We had a good time yesterday. A) Polysemy. B) Metonymy. C) Homonymy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polysemy. 2. Write, right, rite A) Homonym. B) Homophone. C) Homograph. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homophone. 3. Which of these words is not an example of a spatial deictic expression? A) There. B) This. C) These. D) Then. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Then. 4. What is an example of near synonymy? A) Error, mistake. B) Bear/bear. C) Mist/fog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Error, mistake. 5. Two or more words with the same form and related meanings by extension (foot of a person, of a bed, of a mountain); based on similarity. A) Hyponymy. B) Polysemy. C) Metonymy. D) Hyponym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polysemy. 6. Study of meaning in language. A) Semantics. B) Morphology. C) Pragmatics. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semantics. 7. Can be loud or quiet A) Utterance. B) Sentence. C) Proposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Utterance. 8. What would a hyponym be for the hypernym of environment? A) Rubbish. B) Computer mouse. C) Oak tree. D) Pen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oak tree. 9. The synonym word of 'get' is ..... A) Lose. B) Send. C) Give. D) Acquire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acquire. 10. What we call the word of 'snake', 'turtle', and 'lizard' are in relation of to the word of 'reptile' A) Antonyms. B) Metonyms. C) Synonyms. D) Hyponyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyponyms. 11. Which maxim is violated in the following conversation:A: "I really like that dinner"B:" I'm a vegetarian" A) Manner. B) Quantity. C) Quality. D) Relevance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relevance. 12. The phrase "a man" in which of the two sentences is a referring expression?1. John attacked a man2. John is a man A) Sentence 1. B) Sentence 2. C) Both sentences. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence 1. 13. Semantics is the study of A) The relations of linguistic units to context. B) The relations of linguistic to meaning. C) The relations of the grammatical relations of linguistic units to one another and the grammatical structures of the phrases. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The relations of linguistic to meaning. 14. Which of the following words refers to things in the world? A) Almost. B) And. C) Chicken. D) Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chicken. 15. Which of the following phrases have a variable reference? A) Hallley's Comet. B) The Prime Minister of the UK. C) The People's Republic of China. D) Angola. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Prime Minister of the UK. 16. The following pair:Dr. Findlay killed Janet Dr. Findlay caused Janet to die consists of ..... A) 2 sentences; 2 proposition. B) 2 utterances; 1 proposition. C) 2 sentences; 1 proposition. D) 2 utterances; 2 propositions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 sentences; 2 proposition. 17. Semantic meaning presented in dictionaries. A) Reference. B) Conceptual. C) Presuposition. D) Speech act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceptual. 18. ..... is the concept that some members of a ..... are more common or usual than others. A) A referent / semantic group. B) Markedness / semantic domain. C) Semantic property analysis / lexicon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Markedness / semantic domain. 19. The example of hyponymy pairs is A) Tree/rose. B) Flower/mountain. C) Bird/cat. D) Animal/horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Animal/horse. 20. He's been sent a tax form. What is the semantic role of "He" ? A) Theme. B) Instrument. C) Experiencer. D) Agent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 21. The abuse of powerGood will triumph over evilDangers of censorship A) Theme. B) Understatement. C) Tone. D) Thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 22. The act of meaning, implying, or suggesting one thing by saying something else. A) Implicatures. B) Politeness. C) Speech act. D) Presupposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Implicatures. 23. Queens are mothers. A) Contradiction. B) Tautology. C) Other Sentences. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Other Sentences. 24. "I quit school when I were sixteen. "(public service ad) A) Slippery Slope. B) Subordinate Clause. C) Synecdoche. D) Solecism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solecism. 25. Ferdinand de Saussure was the founder of A) Cognitive model. B) Transformationalist model. C) Prestructuralist model. D) Structuralist model. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Structuralist model. 26. Kings are mothers. A) Contradiction. B) Tautology. C) Other Sentences. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contradiction. 27. Pronouns:which example is an interrogative pronoun? A) Who. B) Something. C) These. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 28. The term "precipitation" is a hypernym for A) Grass. B) Nature. C) Soil. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rain. 29. When we encounter two or more words with the same form and related meanings, we have what is known as ..... A) Source. B) Polysemy. C) Hyponymy. D) Homonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polysemy. 30. Fill the blank:If there were no ..... you would have to keep repeating the noun or proper noun, and this would make sentences very long-winded. A) Articles. B) Conjunctions. C) Pronouns. D) Determiners. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pronouns. 31. In the domain of fast food, ..... is more marked than ..... A) Hamburger / chicken burger. B) Sandwich / fish burger. C) Cheeseburger / hamburger. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cheeseburger / hamburger. 32. What kind of lexical semantics relation is "Dad-Dead" ? A) Antonyms. B) Polysemy. C) Homographs. D) Homophones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homophones. 33. What is the Antonym of "to terminate" ? A) To End. B) To Begin. C) To Complete. D) To Continue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To Begin. 34. What do you call the words "dogs" "cats' "turtles" A) Homonyms. B) Metonyms. C) Homophones. D) Hyponyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyponyms. 35. How many types of Deictic Expressions are there? A) 6 types. B) 10 types. C) 3 types. D) 2 types. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3 types. 36. What is an antonym? A) Words that have similar semantic value. B) Words that have the opposite semantic value. C) Words that have the same semantic value. D) Words that provide extra detail and information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Words that have the opposite semantic value. 37. Two forms with opposite meanings. A) Hyponymy. B) Metonymy. C) Antonyms. D) Synonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antonyms. 38. Identify the predicator in Dennis is a menace A) Dennis. B) Is a menace. C) Menace. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Menace. 39. The meaning of metonymy is A) Having multiple meanings that are all related by extension. B) Using one word to refer to the other based on their close connection. C) The meaning of one form that is included in the meaning of another. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using one word to refer to the other based on their close connection. 40. Which maxim is violated in the following conversation:A: "We're going to the movies. "B: "I've got an exam tomorrow." A) Relevance. B) Manner. C) Quantity. D) Quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relevance. 41. Which one is derivation-related meaning A) Watered. B) Gardener. C) Sunflower. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watered. 42. ..... :The study and application of signs-signs being anything and everything that conveys meaning. A) Semiotics. B) Semantics. C) Synectics. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semiotics. 43. Determine the degree of the predicate in the following sentence:David showed us his new album. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 44. The following pair "Paul opened the door" "The door was opened by Paul" consists of ..... A) 2 utterances; 2 propositions. B) 2 utterances; 1 proposition. C) 2 sentences; 1 proposition. D) 2 sentences; 2 propositions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2 utterances; 1 proposition. 45. Selecting the appropriate speech act according to Gricean Maxim depends on ..... ? A) The social status and the culture of the interlocutors. B) Their age. C) Their social distance. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 46. What does the mode of the text refer to? A) The formality of the text. B) Where the text is published. C) Whether the text is spoken or written. D) The vocabulary that is used. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whether the text is spoken or written. 47. ..... :the context in which the photo is viewed-space, time, environment, medium A) Semantics. B) Syntax. C) Pragmatics. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pragmatics. 48. Two or more words with very closely related meanings; can often (but not always) be substituted for one another in sentences. A) Homonyms. B) Synonyms. C) Hyponym. D) Hyponymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synonyms. 49. Classify this type of politeness strategy when the speaker is requesting someone to open the door: "I left my key at home." A) Negative politeness. B) Off-record. C) Bald-on-record. D) Positive politeness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Off-record. 50. What kind of lexical semantics relationship between "pen, book, ruler, eraser, pencil" and "Stationary" ? A) Homophones. B) Antonyms. C) Hyponyms. D) Synonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyponyms. 51. "Indicative" mean? A) Animating and Pointing. B) Imitating and Pointing. C) Indicating and Counting. D) Indicating and Pointing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indicating and Pointing. 52. Dogs are carnivores. A) Contradiction. B) Tautology. C) Other Sentences. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Other Sentences. 53. Which one of Semantics meaning? A) Study of the meaning language. B) Study of the sentence structure. C) Study of meaning of context. D) The study and classification of speech sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Study of the meaning language. 54. The verb bake in the sentence I baked my friend a delicious cake is a A) One-place predicate. B) Two-place predicate. C) Three-place predicate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three-place predicate. 55. These are the hyponym of gemstones, except A) Gold. B) Ruby. C) Emerald. D) Diamond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gold. 56. A clause, typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause A) Subordinate Clause. B) Straw Man. C) Style/Stylistic. D) Stance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate Clause. 57. 'Palatable' vs. 'unpalatable' are what kind of antonyms? A) Gradable. B) Complementary. C) Reverse. D) Converse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gradable. 58. Where do you live? This is Harry Style's live concert What do the group of words represent the red highlighted? A) Polysemes. B) Homographs. C) Semantic fields. D) Collocations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homographs. 59. At the end of the day A) Fixed expression. B) Synonym. C) Antonym. D) Dysphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed expression. 60. Which type of antonym is "grow/shrink?" A) Reverse. B) Converse. 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