Which of the following is an example of a semantic field?, hot – cold, stop – go, dead – alive, apple, banana, orange, A semantic neologism is:, a word from another language, an old word with a new meaning, a made-up word for a story, a sound imitation, Which of these is a euphemism?, dead → the late, fast → slow, hot → cold, buy → sell, Euphemisms are used to:, insult someone, substitute unpleasant words politely, create new words for science, describe color terms, Which of these are non-gradable antonyms?, increase – decrease, wide – narrow, pass – fail, fast – slow, Which of the following pairs are gradable antonyms?, hot – cold, alive – dead, married – single, true – false, Which statement correctly characterises semantic fields?, They consist only of synonyms sharing nearly identical meanings, They include words that share a common semantic component but are not necessarily synonyms, They include words from only one grammatical category, They consist mainly of slang items and idioms, What is the main difference between a proverb and a phraseological unit?, Proverbs express moral or traditional wisdom, while phraseological units function as parts of a sentence, Phraseological units come from folklore, while proverbs come from literature, Proverbs are always literal, while phraseological units are always metaphorical, Phraseological units change their structure often, while proverbs never do, Which of the following is an example of a phraseological fusion?, break the ice, commit a crime, heavy rain, kick the bucket, Which word-formation process creates a new word by removing a real or supposed suffix?, Blending, Back-formation, Reduplication, Sound imitation, Which type of shortening is illustrated by doc ← doctor, mag ← magazine?, Initial clipping (apheresis), Medial clipping (syncope), Final clipping (apocope), Mixed clipping, Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?, export, whisper, brunch, fridge.

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