Chapter 5 Sense Relations
I. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the bracket.
D1. In diachronic approach, other meanings apart from the primary meaning of a word were acquired by______.
A .extension B. narrowing C. analogy D. all the above
C 2. The basic meaning of a word is the core of word –meaning called the _______meaning.
A . first B. derived C.central D. none of the above
B 3. Two processes of development of word-meaning from monosemy to polysemy are______.
A . diachronic approach and synchronic approach
B. radiation and concatenation
C. diachronic approach and radiation
D. synchronic approach and concatenation
B4. Homonyms are generally words different in______ but either identical both in ______ or identical only in_____.
A. sound/meaning and spelling/meaning or spelling
B. meaning/sound and spelling/sound or spelling
C. spelling/meaning and spelling/meaning or sound
D. none of the above
B5. Of the types of homonyms, ______ constitute the largest number and the most common.
A. perfect homonyms B. homophones C. homographs D. antonymy
A 6. Homophones are words identical only in ______ but different in two other aspects.
A. sound B. meaning C. spelling D. sense
C 7. Homographs are words identical only in______ but different in two other aspects.
A. sound B. meaning C. spelling D. sense
D 8. The origins of homonyms have______.
A. change in sound B. spelling C. borrowing D. all the above
A 9. “On Sunday they pray for you and on Monday they prey on you .” In this sentence, ______is created .
A. pun B. personification C. metaphor D. similes
C10. ______are words which have the same or very nearly the same essential meaning.
A. Antonyms B. Metaphors C. Synonyms D. Similes
B11. Absolute synonyms are______.
A. numerous B. rare C. popular D. common
C12. Relative synonyms also called near-synonyms are similar or nearly the same in _______.
A. stylistic meaning B. affective meaning
C. conceptual meaning D. collocative meaning
A13. “Composition/compounding” in lexicology are_____.
A. absolute synonyms B. relative synonyms
C. near synonyms D. not synonyms
B14. The most important sources of synonyms is perhaps______.
A. dialects and regional English B. borrowing
C. figurative and euphemistic use of words D. coincidence with idiomatic expressions
D15. Antonymy is concerned with semantic_______.
A. relation B. similarity C. difference D. opposition
B16. Antonyms can be classified into the following types except______.
A. contradictory terms B. absolute terms
C. contrary terms D. relative terms
B17. ______is contrary antonymy.
A. “True/false” B. “Rich/poor ” C. “Parent/child ” D. “Male/female”
B18. “Teacher /student” are _____.
A. contradictory antonyms B. relative antonyms
C. contrary antonyms D. not antonyms
D19. ______ deals with the relationship of semantic inclusion.
A. Polysemy B. Homonymy C. Antonymy D. Hyponymy
A20. As for the hyponymy we have ______and ______.
A. superordinates, subordinates B. antonyms, synonyms
C. monosemy, polysemy D. radiation, concatenation
B 21. The status either as superordinate or subordinate is ______to other term .
A. absolute B. relative C. fixed D. stable
C22. A semantic field is a meaning area where words share the same ______.
A. pronunciation B. spelling C. concept D. tense
C23. In concatenation, between the latest sense and the original sense, there is _______.
A. direct connection B. semantic connection
C. no direct connection D. no any connection
B24. Radiation and concatenation are different stages of the development leading to polysemy. Generally, radiation ________ concatenation.
A. is behind B. precedes C. is with D. makes up for
II. Fill in the blanks according to first letter that has been given.
1. Synchronically, polysemy is viewed as the c________ of various meaning of the same word in a certain historical period time. absolute relativecoexistence
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