Semantics Quiz 19 (20 MCQs)

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1. "The KEY to the door" and "the KEY problem" are an example of

Correct Answer: A) Polysemy.

2. We persuaded Mary to apply for the job as bus driver . What is the semantic role of "Mary" ?

Correct Answer: B) Theme.

3. The relation of A and B:A) The animals were rescued from the fire.B) The animals are recovering in the zoo.

Correct Answer: D) Entailment.

4. What is called when two words, phrases or sentences have the same semantic meaning?

Correct Answer: C) Polysemy.

5. Girl and boy

Correct Answer: B) Non-gradable.

6. The phrases below are categorized as homonyms, except

Correct Answer: B) The fair price. Going to the fair.

7. 'single' vs. 'married' are what kind of antonyms?

Correct Answer: C) Complementary.

8. The same words with a lot of meanings is the definition of .....

Correct Answer: A) Polysemy.

9. Two or more words with closely related meaning

Correct Answer: B) Synonymy.

10. The same spelling but different pronunciation and meaning is the definition of .....

Correct Answer: B) Homographs.

11. Which semantic feature is NOT a component of "wolf"

Correct Answer: C) [+ feline].

12. Who suggested that a child's word doesn't have to be recognisable as an adult word as long as it functions as a word?

Correct Answer: C) Bee, 1997.

13. Who proposed that of children's first words, 60% tended to be nouns and 20% verbs?

Correct Answer: A) Katherine Nelson 1973.

14. A boy involves elements

Correct Answer: D) [+human, -female, -adult].

15. Adjective and adverbs can be placed in the same category. What is this category known as?

Correct Answer: D) Modifiers.

16. "That is a large bat." Describe the semantic relationship expressed from this sentence

Correct Answer: B) Ambiguity-Homonymy.

17. What are Aitchison's 3 stages of semantic acquisition?

Correct Answer: B) Labelling, packaging and network building.

18. "Everyone has their own definition of happiness" what kind of principle of compositionality is this?

Correct Answer: D) Individual differences.

19. The meaning is very subjective depending on who the speaker is.

Correct Answer: A) Pragmatics.

20. Which of the following can be loud?

Correct Answer: A) Utterance.