This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Linguistics > Semantics > Semantics – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Semantics Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the relationship of the following pair of antonym.asleep-awake A) Gradable. B) Complementaries. C) Converses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complementaries. 2. The word 'semantics' originates from ..... A) Spanish. B) Roman. C) Greek. D) Russian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greek. 3. A figure of speech in which a thing or concept is called not by its own name but rather by the name of something associated in meaning with that concept. A) Metonymy. B) Polysemy. C) Hyponym. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 4. The relation of A and B:A) We went to a rock concert.B) I have a sore throat and no money. A) Synonymy. B) Entailment. C) Contradiction. D) Presupposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entailment. 5. The relation of A and B:A) Would you like some cookies?B) Do you fancy some biscuits? A) Synonymy. B) Contradiction. C) Entailment. D) Presupposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonymy. 6. Identify the relationship of the following pair of antonym.fast-slow A) Gradable. B) Complementaries. C) Converses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gradable. 7. Leaves-alternate A) Synonymy. B) Hyponymy. C) Metonymy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyponymy. 8. ..... :visual grammar, composition of a photograph-how elements convey a message A) Syntax. B) Semantics. C) Pragmatics. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syntax. 9. Intellectually amazing language that surprises and delights. This statement is humorous, while suggesting the speaker's verbal power in creating ingenious and perceptive remarks. A) Treatise. B) Understatement. C) Undertone. D) Wit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wit. 10. Which theorist categorised types of over-extension? A) Leanne Rescorla. B) Leslie Reason. C) Leslie Rescorla. D) Jean Responder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leslie Rescorla. 11. The important to study semantics, except A) Broaden our horizon about words meaning. B) Enable us to choose the right words. C) To create misunderstanding and misconception. D) Enable us to communicate and comprehend clearly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To create misunderstanding and misconception. 12. Defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly. A) Theme. B) Thesis. C) Tone. D) Transition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 13. Any stretch of talk, by one person, before and after which there is silence on the part of that person A) Sentence. B) Utterance. C) Proposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Utterance. 14. What kind of lexical relationship "Rice-Rise" is? A) Homophones. B) Homograph. C) Homonyms. D) Collocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homophones. 15. Which antonyms below are non-gradable? A) Fast / slow. B) Present / absent. C) Wide / narrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present / absent. 16. The term pragmatics was first introduced by the philosopher's speech Act Theory A) John Austin. B) Charles Morris. C) Paul Grice. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Austin. 17. Pronouns:which example is an indefinite pronoun? A) Something. B) Who. C) These. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something. 18. What is the adjunct in this sentence? "Teresa did not receive the documents after waiting a whole hour." A) Teresa. B) The documents. C) After waiting a whole hour. D) Receive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After waiting a whole hour. 19. What is the relationship between "big" and "small" ? A) Hyponymy. B) Synonymy. C) Taxonomy. D) Antonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antonymy. 20. "Maria gave the fish to Peter." In this sentence, the verb "give" has how many arguments? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. ← 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