This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Linguistics > Semantics > Semantics – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Semantics Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Extension involves ..... A) A broader meaning. B) A set. C) A narrower meaning. D) Other examples. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A set. 2. The component that does NOT belong to the Semantic Triangle is: A) Thought. B) Referent. C) Sign. D) Ambiguity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ambiguity. 3. Identify the relationship of the following pair of antonym.legal-illegal A) Gradable. B) Complementaries. C) Converses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complementaries. 4. Which maxim is violated in the following conversation:Mother: "Now tell me the truth. Who put the ferret in the bathtub?"Son (knows who did it): "Someone put it there." A) Quality. B) Quantity. C) Manner. D) Relevance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quality. 5. Semiotics, or semiology refers to the theory of A) Signs. B) Signalling systems. C) Signs and signalling systems. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Signs and signalling systems. 6. This logitian presented the Context Principle, which mentions that you should not pay attention to the meaning of the isolated word, but within the context of a sentence. A) Freud. B) Frege. C) Saussure. D) Tarski. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frege. 7. "wait me a second" she said"it's the second time" I claimedsecond is an ..... A) Homophone. B) Homonym. C) Homograph. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homonym. 8. The water drank the dog." is ..... odd but ..... fine. A) Semantic; analysis. B) Semantic; features. C) Semantically; syntactically. D) Semantic; roles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semantically; syntactically. 9. What is the antonym of "Good" ? A) Excelent. B) Great. C) Kind. D) Bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bad. 10. What kind of lexical semantics relationship "Thread-Threat" is? A) Homophones. B) Homograph. C) Homogen. D) Homonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homophones. 11. What is language? A) Language is the arbitrary condition in having communication. B) Language is an arbitrary system used for communication. C) Language is a component system in communication. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Language is an arbitrary system used for communication. 12. Who proposed the three stages of semantic acquisition? A) Jenny Aitchison 1983. B) Jean Aitchison 1987. C) Leslie Rescorla 1969. D) Jean Aitchison 1963. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jean Aitchison 1987. 13. "The part of the meaning of the utterance of a declarative sentence that describes some state of affairs" is the definition of ..... A) Utterance. B) Sentence. C) Proposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proposition. 14. Which term is false? A) Pathos = Emotion. B) Logos = logic. C) Ethos = Trust. D) Ethos = Emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos = Emotion. 15. What is the definition of antonymy? A) The relationship of incompatibility between two terms with respect to some given dimension of contrast. B) The relation of part to whole. C) Words which have the same meaning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The relationship of incompatibility between two terms with respect to some given dimension of contrast. 16. Direct opposites (male/female, married/single). A) Co-hyponyms. B) Antonyms. C) Gradable antonyms. D) Non-gradable antonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non-gradable antonyms. 17. Identify the relationship of the following pair of antonym.expensive-cheap A) Gradable. B) Complementaries. C) Converses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gradable. 18. The Co-operative Principle is also known as ..... A) Paul's Rules. B) Grice's Maxims. C) Turn-taking. D) Topic shifting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grice's Maxims. 19. A rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general and from this it draws conclusion about something more specific. A) Syllogism. B) Symbol/Symbolism. C) Synecdoche. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syllogism. 20. What maxim discusses about trying to be truthful, does not give information that is false or not supported by evidence? A) Quality. B) Quantity. C) Manner. D) Relation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quality. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesLinguistics QuizzesSemantics Quiz 1Semantics Quiz 2Semantics Quiz 3Semantics Quiz 4Semantics Quiz 6Semantics Quiz 7Semantics Quiz 8Semantics Quiz 9Semantics Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books