Linguistics has some main branches, syntax, textual grammar, meaning, textual grammar, semantics, pragmatics, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, textual grammar, syntax, pragmatics, A firgure of speech is, a familiar expression, a non-literal way of saying something, what the author literally means, something only writers use, Three main aspects are commonly considered to be included in semantics, word meaning, lexical meaning, utterance meaning, lexical meaning, grammatical meaning, utterance meaning, word meaning, sentence meaning, utterance meaning, lexical meaning, sentence meaning, grammatical meaning, Which semantic concept is defined as the relation in which a single word has “two or more slightly different but closely related meanings”?, antonymy, hyponymy, homonymy, polysemy, When various words have the same written form but have different meanings and different sound forms, this relationship is specifically termed, homophony, homography, synonymy, antonymy, What entity is considered abstract, defined as an ideal string of words put together by grammatical rules of a language?, a proposition, an utterance, a sentence, a presupposition, A speech act that commits the speaker to a course of action (like promising or threatening) is known as a, commissive, directive, representative, rogative, An object or entity in the real world or in the world of your imagination is called, reference, referent, sense, language, What is the semantic feature of the word “father”?, [-human], [+human], [-professional], [+professional], ……… is a special kind of metonymy in which “a part of a person, object, etc. is meant to refer to the whole person, object, etc.”, litotes, irony, euphemism, synecdoche, The word or linguistic expression that refers to an offensive act or behavior in a society, a culture, or a speech community is called, a taboo word, an overstatement, a figurative meaning, an onomatopoeia, ….. is the use of deliberately gentler, milder, or weaker statements to express something in a controlled way., litotes, irony, hyperbole, personification, What is the kind of figure of speech used in this sentence: “What a lovely day it was! Everything I had went wrong.”, euphemism, simile, metaphor, irony, …. of a word or a linguistic expression shows the internal relationship between that word or expression and others in the vocabulary of a language., a sense, a referent, a reference, a lexical gap, A speech act that describes a state of affairs in the world (such as asserting, stating, claiming, etc.) is known as a:, commissive, directive, representative, declarative, What a speaker or writer assumes that the receiver of the message already knows is called:, a presupposition, an utterance, a denotation, an entailment, What is the semantic feature of the word “teacher”?, [+educational], [-educational], [+beautiful], [-beautiful], ……… is a relation in which two words have different (written and sound) forms and are opposite in meaning., synonymy, antonymy, homonymy, polysemy, The smallest units of meaning in a word are …, semantic fields, utterances, semantic features, sounds, The first meaning or usage that the word suggest to most people when it is said in isolation is called …, a primary meaning, a connotation, a secondary meaning, a meaning in context, The sentence ‘Colorless green ideas sleep furiously’ is considered semantically anomalous because:, It violates the syntactic rules of English grammar., It contains words that have contradictory semantic features., It represents a lexical gap in the English language., All are correct., ……. is the use of a word or phrase to indicate something different from the literal meaning., Metaphor, Metonymy, Euphemism, Synecdoche, The words ‘father, girl, and professor’ are all considered [+human]. Why is the feature [+animate] often not explicitly specified for these words?, [+animate] is a characteristic exclusive to verbs and adjectives., A redundancy rule dictates that if a word is [+human], it’s automatically [+animate]., These words belong to the semantic field of [+kinship] only., All are correct., Which figure of speech uses ‘comparison of one thing with another’ explicitly through a function word such as like or as, as in “My hands are as cold as ice”?, Metaphor, Personification, Simile, Hyperbole, Which type of sentence is ‘This animal is a vegetable’?, analytic, synthetic, contradictory, declarative, What is the relationship between the sentences ‘I lent that book to Jim’ and ‘Jim borrowed that book from me’?, They demonstrate one-way entailment., They are contradictory., They are paraphrases using relational antonyms., They are conversational implicatures., A sentence that is necessarily FALSE solely as a result of the senses of the words within it is known as a(n):, analytic sentence, synthetic sentence, contradictory sentence, entailment, If a sentence X entails sentence Y, but Y does NOT entail X, this relationship is defined as, one-way entailment, two-way entailment, cumulative entailment, none of them is correct, Which category does the sentence ‘John is from Ireland’ fall into?, analytic, synthetic, contradiction, structural ambiguity, When two sentences are paraphrases, what proposition do they share?, A non-factive proposition, An ambiguous proposition, A counterfactual proposition, The same proposition, A semantic field is a __________ (or lexemes) related to meaning., sentence, paragraph, phrasal verb, set of words, A violation of semantic rules to create nonsense is defined as ________., homonymy, ambiguity, contradictory, anomaly, The substitution of the name of one thing for that of another to which it is related., an onomatopoeia, a litotes, a metonymy, a euphemism, While pragmatics is concerned with meaning in _________, semantics is the study of meaning in _________., context/language, language/grammar, context/struture, language/context, Milk, butter, ice-cream, yogurt, cheese,… are semantic field of __________., drinks, fiber, dairy products, nutrients, “The long drill is boring.” Which of the following is the meaning of the underlined word?, The long list of work, The long training practice, The long thin tool for gardening, nutrients, "The boy swallowed the chocolate and then chewed it." What figure of speech is used?, metaphor, ambiguity, meiosis, anomaly, “Father, mother, cousin, brother, uncle,...” are the semantic fields of __________., kinship terms, relation terms, social networks, Syntax is the study of grammar (consisting of phonology, morphology, syntax, and textual grammar) whereas semantics and pragmatics deal with _________., structure, language, meaning, All are correct., “We watched the hunters with binoculars” is an example of __________., metaphor, structural ambiguity, anomaly, lexical ambiguity, Which of the following pair is a relational antonymy?, export - import, buy - sell, fiancé - fianceé, All are correct., “My unmarried sister is married to a bachelor.” What figure of speech is used?, metaphor, ambiguity, personification, anomaly, “His Majesty died a year ago.” His Majesty substitues for _________., The Pope, The General, The King, The Poor, Which of the following pair is a gradable antonymy?, never - always, true - false, own - belong to, grandparent - grandchild, The imitation of natural sounds by means of words or groups of words., a meiosis, an onomatopoeia, a litote, a metonymy, We now live under the same roof., a metaphor, a synecdoche, an anomaly, an understatement, Which of the following pair is NOT a relational antonymy?, above - below, dead - alive, thinner - fatter, professor - student, The river ate the bank away., a metaphor, a synecdoche, an anomaly, a personification, He is lucky to have such an ugly and awkward wife. What is a figure of speech of this sentence?, a hyperbole, an irony, a simile, a metaphor, Which sentence is a structural ambiguity?, He felt a tap on his shoulder., When you take that course, plan to study thirty hours a day., They are moving sidewalks., She is always squeaking and squawking.

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