This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Linguistics > Semantics > Semantics – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Semantics Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Decide whether the following could represent a sentence: A) Not much. B) I am a student. The world is my home. C) 'John is running.'. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I am a student. The world is my home. 2. Two words with very closely related meanings. A) Antonyms. B) Homonyms. C) Synonyms. D) Hyponymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synonyms. 3. Who suggested that a child learns 10 new words per months but understands 22 new words per month? A) Belen Henedict, 1942. B) Helen Benedict, 1979. C) Helen Bell, 1979. D) Helen Benedict, 1997. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helen Benedict, 1979. 4. "Now" is an example of: A) Proximal spatial deixis. B) Distal temporal deixis. C) Distal person deixis. D) Proximal temporal deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proximal temporal deixis. 5. Here2. There3. Hospital4. Eminonu Market5. YesterdayWhich of the above is the deictic? A) 1, 2, 4. B) 1, 2, 5. C) 3, 4, 5. D) 1, 2, 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1, 2, 5. 6. "Here" is an example of: A) Proximal spatial deixis. B) Distal temporal deixis. C) Distal person deixis. D) Proximal temporal deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proximal spatial deixis. 7. Think A) Verbally. B) Mental verb. C) Adverb of manner. D) Adverb of frequency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mental verb. 8. A. Uncles are male. A) Contradiction. B) Tautology. C) Other Sentences. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tautology. 9. Which of the following is an example of figurative language? A) Oxymoron. B) Common noun. C) Superlative adjective. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 10. The relationship between linguistic form and real entities in the world is the process of ..... which naturally comes in our brain. A) Phonology. B) Semantics. C) Pragmatics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semantics. 11. The set of other words used in same phrase or sentence. A) Morphemes. B) Phonemes. C) Co-text. D) Physical context. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Co-text. 12. What is "Social Meaning" ? A) It relates the words to whom it utters them. B) It refers to the sense and reference on words that play an important part in the speech. C) It refers to the notions and intonations when words are utteted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It relates the words to whom it utters them. 13. The meaning is generally accepted. A) Pragmatics. B) Semantics. C) Morphology. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semantics. 14. Which one is the irony? A) Winner of a spelling bee failing a spelling test. B) The story jumped off the page. C) My brother was just released from the big house. D) Life is a highway. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winner of a spelling bee failing a spelling test. 15. Identify the relationship of the following pair of antonym.hot-cold A) Gradable. B) Complementaries. C) Converses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complementaries. 16. If you use an adverb in front of an adjective to boost or soften the meaning, what is this adverb known as? A) An intensifier. B) A preposition. C) A determiner. D) A conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An intensifier. 17. How many referring expressions can be found in the following sentence?I am looking for any parrot that can sing. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 18. Which one is a generic sentence? A) A bee's just stung me. B) A bird lays eggs. C) The whales at Seaworld entertain visitors. D) That gentleman prefers blondes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A bird lays eggs. 19. "I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain." A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Understatement. D) Thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understatement. 20. The part of the meaning of the utterance of a declarative sentence which describes some state of affairs A) Sentence. B) Utterance. C) Proposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proposition. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesLinguistics QuizzesSemantics Quiz 1Semantics Quiz 2Semantics Quiz 3Semantics Quiz 4Semantics Quiz 5Semantics Quiz 6Semantics Quiz 7Semantics Quiz 8Semantics Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books