第2-5周 Semantics

Antonymy_习题

1、单选题:
‎Which of the following is a pair of relational opposites? ‌
选项:
A: single vs. married 
B:  hot vs. cold 
C: alive vs. dead
D: husband vs. wife
答案: 【 husband vs. wife

2、单选题:
‏ “Big” and “small” are ____________ antonyms.‌
选项:
A: gradable       
B: complementary
C: converse 
D: relational
答案: 【 gradable       

3、单选题:
‌All the following are marked words EXCEPT _______.‏
选项:
A: small
B: low
C: old
D:  short
答案: 【 old

4、单选题:
​“Alive” and “dead” are ________.‏
选项:
A: gradable antonyms
B: relational opposites
C: complementary antonyms
D: None of the above
答案: 【 complementary antonyms

5、单选题:
‏         is the name for oppositeness relation, which includes three main sub-types.‎
选项:
A: Hyponymy
B: Antonymy 
C: Polysemy
D:  Synonymy
答案: 【 Antonymy 

6、填空题:
‌               refers to the oppositeness of meaning. Words that are opposite in meaning are called antonyms. It can be divided into gradable antonymy, complementary antonymy, converse antonymy or relational opposites.‏
答案: 【 Antonymy

7、填空题:
‍                            refer to those kind of antonyms which are complementary to each other. That is, they divide up the whole of a semantic field completely. Not only the assertion of one means the denial of the other, the denial of one also means the assertion of the other. Not only He is alive means “He is not dead”, He is not alive also means “He is dead.”‍
答案: 【 Complementary antonyms

Classification of meaning_习题

1、单选题:
‏What is communicated by the way in which the message is organized in terms of order and emphasis is what Leech recognizes as ____________ meaning.‎
选项:
A:  connotative
B: thematic
C: collocative
D:  social
答案: 【 thematic

2、单选题:
‍ The same word has the same _____________ meaning to all the speakers of the same language.‏
选项:
A: associative
B:  affective
C: reflected
D: conceptual
答案: 【 conceptual

3、单选题:
​ “Yellow” has different meanings to Chinese or to western people, that is its ____________ meaning.‌
选项:
A: associative
B: conceptual
C: denotative
D: stylistic
答案: 【 associative

4、单选题:
‏From a functional approach, the _______ meaning of a language use consists of what is communicated of the feelings and attitudes of the speaker/writer.‎
选项:
A: affective 
B: associative
C: stylistic
D: collocative
答案: 【 affective 

5、单选题:
‎Leech says that         makes up the central part.​
选项:
A: associative
B: affective
C:  reflected    
D: conceptual
答案: 【 conceptual

6、填空题:
‌                       is the first type of meaning recognized by Leech, which he defined as the logical, cognitive, or denotative content. In other words, it overlaps to a large extent with the notion of reference. But Leech also uses “sense” as a briefer term for this conceptual meaning. As a result, Leech’s conceptual meaning has two sides: sense and reference.​
答案: 【 Conceptual meaning

Componential analysis_习题

1、单选题:
‍Componential analysis is a method applied in the field of __________ .‎
选项:
A: phonetics
B: syntax
C: semantics
D: pragmatics
答案: 【 semantics

2、单选题:
​The verb “take” can be analyzed in the following way according to componential analysis.​
选项:
A: take=CAUSE(x, (HAVE (x,y)))
B: take=CAUSE(x, (~HAVE(x,y)))
C: take=CAUSE(x, (BECOME (x,y)))
D: take=CAUSE(~, (BECOME (x,y)))
答案: 【 take=CAUSE(x, (HAVE (x,y)))

3、单选题:
​ When a child uses “mummy” to refer to any woman, most probably his “mummy” means        .‎
选项:
A:  +Human 
B: +Human +Adult
C: +Human +Adult —Male
D: +Human +Adult —Male +Parent
答案: 【 +Human +Adult —Male

4、填空题:
‌              is a way proposed by the structural semanticists to analyze word meaning. This approach is based on the belief that meaning of a word can be dissected into meaning components, called semantic features or properties.‎
答案: 【 Componential analysis

Homonymy_习题

1、单选题:
‌___________ refers to the phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form.​
选项:
A:  Polysemy
B: Synonymy
C: Homonymy 
D: Hyponymy
答案: 【 Homonymy 

2、单选题:
‌ Pupil (student) and pupil (of eye) are known as        .‍
选项:
A:  synonyms 
B: complete homonyms
C: homographs 
D: homophones
答案: 【 complete homonyms

3、单选题:
‌ It’s everybody’s right, right? In this sentence, these two rights are         .‌
选项:
A: synonyms 
B: complete homonyms 
C:  homographs 
D: homophones
答案: 【 complete homonyms 

4、单选题:
‎Words berry and bury are                 ‌
选项:
A: synonyms
B: complete homonyms 
C: homographs
D: homophones
答案: 【 homophones

5、单选题:
‌The soldier decided to desert into the desert. Here, these two deserts are         .‍
选项:
A:  synonyms
B: complete homonyms
C: homographs 
D:  homophones
答案: 【 homographs 

6、判断题:
​The word “bow” can be used as noun and verb, so “bow”(as noun) and “bow” (as verb) are homographs.‌
选项:
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确

7、判断题:
‍Homonymy can be divided into three types.‏
选项:
A: 正确
B: 错误
答案: 【 正确

Hyponymy_习题

1、单选题:
‌ The lower terms for a superordinate are _____________.‏
选项:
A: hyponyms
B: class membe

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