This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Linguistics > Semantics > Semantics – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Semantics Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many types of Deictic Expressions are there? A) 2 types. B) 6 types. C) 10 types. D) 3 types. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3 types. 2. 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. 3. Two forms with opposite meanings. A) Antonyms. B) Synonyms. C) Metonymy. D) Hyponymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonyms. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. Which maxim is violated in the following conversation:A: "We're going to the movies. "B: "I've got an exam tomorrow." A) Quality. B) Quantity. C) Manner. D) Relevance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relevance. 7. Which one is derivation-related meaning A) Watered. B) Gardener. C) Sunflower. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watered. 8. ..... :The study and application of signs-signs being anything and everything that conveys meaning. A) Semiotics. B) Symbolism. C) Semantics. D) Synectics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Semiotics. 9. 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. 10. The following pair "Paul opened the door" "The door was opened by Paul" consists of ..... A) 2 utterances; 1 proposition. B) 2 sentences; 1 proposition. C) 2 utterances; 2 propositions. D) 2 sentences; 2 propositions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 utterances; 1 proposition. 11. 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. 12. What does the mode of the text refer to? A) The vocabulary that is used. B) Where the text is published. C) The formality of the text. D) Whether the text is spoken or written. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whether the text is spoken or written. 13. ..... :the context in which the photo is viewed-space, time, environment, medium A) Pragmatics. B) Semantics. C) Syntax. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pragmatics. 14. Two or more words with very closely related meanings; can often (but not always) be substituted for one another in sentences. A) Hyponym. B) Homonyms. C) Synonyms. D) Hyponymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synonyms. 15. Classify this type of politeness strategy when the speaker is requesting someone to open the door: "I left my key at home." A) Bald-on-record. B) Positive politeness. C) Negative politeness. D) Off-record. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Off-record. 16. What kind of lexical semantics relationship between "pen, book, ruler, eraser, pencil" and "Stationary" ? A) Synonyms. B) Antonyms. C) Hyponyms. D) Homophones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyponyms. 17. "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. 18. Dogs are carnivores. A) Contradiction. B) Tautology. C) Other Sentences. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Other Sentences. 19. 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. 20. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesLinguistics QuizzesSemantics Quiz 1Semantics Quiz 2Semantics Quiz 3Semantics Quiz 4Semantics Quiz 5Semantics Quiz 6Semantics Quiz 7Semantics Quiz 8Semantics Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books