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Întrebarea nr. 1
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Decide whether the following statement is true or false:
From the point of view of lexical semantics a relevant problem is that between meaning registered in the lexicon and meaning acquired in context.
True
Întrebarea nr. 2
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Decide whether the following statement is true or false:
All linguistic levels of analysis are homogeneous, that is, their units may be identified by the same method.
True
Întrebarea nr. 3
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Decide whether the following statements are true or false:
Anthropomorphic metaphors (e.g., month of the river, leg of a bed) are based on the features of body parts.
True
Întrebarea nr. 4
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Decide whether the following statement is true or false:
Structural semantics hypothesizes that meanings are decomposable into elementary units of meaning.
True
Întrebarea nr. 5
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Decide whether the following statement is true or false:
When two or more words are combined into a morphological unit, we speak of a compound.
True
Întrebarea nr. 6
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Decide whether the following statement is true or false:
Lexical change is the loss of certain word-forms and the emergence of new forms.
True
Întrebarea nr. 7
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Decide whether the following statements are both true or both false:
Semantic changes fall into two categories:
- those based on an association between senses
- those based on an association between names (forms).
True
Întrebarea nr. 8
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Decide whether the following statement is true or false:
The lexeme is the association of a sememe and a phonological matrix.
True
Întrebarea nr. 9
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Decide whether the following statement is true or false:
Compounds (such as greenhouse, polar expedition, ropewalker) denote a sub-class of their head.
True
Întrebarea nr. 10
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Decide whether the following statement is true or false:
The domain of Lexical Semantics is the study of word meaning.
True
Întrebarea nr. 11
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Decide whether the following statement is true or false:
Structural Semantics is devoted to the study of the relations between linguistic forms and the corresponding concepts.
True
Întrebarea nr. 12
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Decide whether the following statement is true or false:
According to Peirce, signs that reveal similarities to their referent are called icons.
True
FALSE
Întrebarea nr. 13
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Decide whether the following statement is true or false:
The seme (i.e., a distinctive feature, a semantic marker) is a sense component; it is a denotational element used to characterize the vocabulary of a language.
False
Întrebarea nr. 14
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Decide whether the following statement is true or false:
Semantics is devoted to the study of sign-sign relations. (Semantics - the science of meaning)
False
Întrebarea nr. 15
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Decide whether the following statement is true or false:
Compounds (such as garden party, queen bee, film society) denote a hyperomym.
False
Întrebarea nr. 16
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Decide whether the following statement is true or false:
The linguistic sign (i.e., the association between the signifier and the signified) can be understood outside the context in which it occurs.
False
Întrebarea nr. 17
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Decide whether the following statement is true or false:
Oppositions are always binary.
False
Întrebarea nr. 18
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Decide whether the following statements are true or false:
Animal metaphors (e.g., cock’s foot, goat’s beard) are based on feature properties of human body parts.
False
Întrebarea nr. 19
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Decide whether the following statement is true or false:
Cognitive Semantics is devoted to the study of the relations between objects and forms. (relation between objects and concepts)
False
GRILE
Întrebarea nr. 20
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Choose the series of semes that correctly characterize the words below:
c. wife: [+FEMALE], [+ADULT], [+MARRIED]
Întrebarea nr. 21
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Identify the correct distinctive features that differentiate between the pairs given below:
c. [± CO-LINEAL]: my father, my uncle
Întrebarea nr. 22
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Identify the correct distinctive features that differentiate between the kinship terms given below:
a. [±CONSANGUINE]: son, son-in-law
Întrebarea nr. 23
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Identify the correct distinctive features that differentiate between the pairs listed below:
c. [±COUNTABLE]: student, music
Întrebarea nr. 24
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Identify the correct distinctive features that differentiate between the pairs given below:
c. [± SEX]: stallion, mare
Întrebarea nr. 25
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The lexeme phone is the result of :
d. fore-clipping
Întrebarea nr. 26
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Choose the correct variant : An electrocardiogram is :
b. an iconic sign
Întrebarea nr. 27
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Identify the correct lexical sense relation in the following pair: stretch / contract
d.antonymy
Întrebarea nr. 28
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Identify the correct lexical sense relation in the following pair: cent / scent
d. homonymy
Întrebarea nr. 29
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In the examples given below choose the one that shows a predicate-argument relation between the elements of a compound:
c. meat-eater
Întrebarea nr. 30
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From the words below choose those that underwent an amelioration change:
b. a minister => a high executive
Întrebarea nr. 31
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In the examples given below choose the one that shows an apposition/coordination relation between the elements of a compound:
c. hero-martyr
Întrebarea nr. 32
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From the dichotomies stated below choose the one that characterizes the study of meaning in de Saussure’s system:
b. the synchronic-diachronic dichotomy
Întrebarea nr. 33
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Choose the correct componential definition of the kinship terms given below:
a. my brother: blood relative, in direct line, of direct rank, male, of the same generation.
Întrebarea nr. 34
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From the series given below, choose the root compounds:
b. greenhouse, blindfold, light-green
Întrebarea nr. 35
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From the semantic properties given below, choose the one that links compounds to words:
c. like words, compounds are non-referential
Întrebarea nr. 36
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From the pairs of homophones given below choose the series that is onomatopoeic:
b. the pealing of a bell, the tolling of a bell, the ring at the door
Întrebarea nr. 37
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Choose the correct paraphrase of the following words:
c. a fox – ‘a sly person’
Întrebarea nr. 38
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Choose the fully semantically motivated words from the lists given below:
b. non-smoker, illegal
Întrebarea nr. 39
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Identify the structure of the following compounds:
1. dry-clean, white-wash
2. sky-high, coal-black, oil-rich
3. underfall, overactive
a). Verb-Adjective
b). Noun-Adjective
c). Preposition-Verb
b. 2 b
Întrebarea nr. 40
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Identify the structure of the following compounds:
1. stir-fry, freeze-dry
2. hand-wash, air-condition, stream-clean
3. underestimate, outrun, overcook
a). Verb-Verb
b). Adjective-Verb
c). Preposition-Adjective
c. 1a
Întrebarea nr. 41
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Identify the structure of the following compounds:
1). swearword, drop-hammer, playtime
2). hairnet, mosquito net, hair restorer
3). blackboard, greenstone, faintheart
a). Verb-Adjective
b). Noun-Noun
c). Noun-Adjective
b. 2 b
Întrebarea nr. 42
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From the series of words listed below choose the series that is traced back to the Latin legacy:
c. cheese, plum, mint, mile
Întrebarea nr. 43
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From the lists given below choose the lexemes that are primary onomatopoeia:
c. gong, hoot, coo
Întrebarea nr. 44
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From the lists given below choose the lexemes that are primary onomatopoeia:
a. buzz, flop, plop
Întrebarea nr. 45
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Decide which of the independent words (i.e., black, blue and fish) in the following complex words change their meanings:
b. blackbird
Întrebarea nr. 46
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From the lexemes given below choose the semantically motivated list of words:
a. potatoes cooked in their jacket, a coat of paint
Întrebarea nr. 47
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From the lists given below choose the sequence of lexical items that forms collocations:
a. high winds, rough sea, addled eggs
Întrebarea nr. 48
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From the two possible constituent structures given below choose the one that corresponds to the ‘a literature teacher who is American’ paraphrase:
a. [American [literature teacher]]
Întrebarea nr. 49
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From the two possible constituent structures given below choose the one that corresponds to the ‘society for student films’ paraphrase:
b. [[student film [society]
Întrebarea nr. 50
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Choose the homophones in the series given below:
b. bank, lead, bar
Întrebarea nr. 51
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From the series given below choose the compounds where the nuclear stress falls on the non-head:
b. disease prone, blood thirsty, germ resistant.
Întrebarea nr. 52
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From the properties of the linguistic sign given below choose the one that characterizes its arbitrariness:
a. the relationship between the signifier and the signified is a necessary relation
Întrebarea nr. 53
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From the list given below choose the property that shows phrase-like similarities of compounds with syntactic phrases:
c. like phrases, the elements of a compound have relations to each other that resemble the relations holding between the constituents of a sentence.
Întrebarea nr. 54
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From the definitions given below choose the one that fits the syntagmatic relation:
a. the relationship holding between a word and other accompanying words.
Întrebarea nr. 55
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Choose the semantically fully opaque words from the lists given below:
c. brown study, undergo
Întrebarea nr. 56
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From the examples given below choose the semantically opaque compounds based on metaphorical transference:
b. ice box
Intrebarea nr. 57
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Choose the semantically partly opaque words from the lists given below:
b. cranberry, gooseberry
Întrebarea nr. 58
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From the series given below, choose the synthetic compounds:
b. slum clearance, crime prevention, wish-fulfillment
Întrebarea nr. 59
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From the lists given below choose the one that illustrates bound collocations:
b. to foot the bill, to curry favour with, to pay heed
Întrebarea nr. 60
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Choose the correct property that the patterns of vocabulary organization (i.e., the paradigm and taxonomy) share:
c. the meaning of every form differs from that of the other members in terms of two additional features.
Întrebarea nr. 61
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From the lists below choose the series that illustrates compounds, taking into account their stress pattern:
b. bl’ackboard, h’airnet, pa’yment problems.
Întrebarea nr. 62
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From the lists below choose the series that illustrates compounds, taking into account their stress pattern:
b. bl’ackboard, h’airnet, t’oy factory.
Întrebarea nr. 63
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Choose the metonyms from the following series:
b. the pulpit, the horse, the foot
Întrebarea nr. 64
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In the examples given below choose the one that shows a modifier head relation between the elements of a compound:
b. file-cabinet
Întrebarea nr. 65
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From the series of words listed below choose the archaic synonyms of the adjective mad:
a. demented, unhinged, bereft of reason
Întrebarea nr. 66
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Choose the euphemisms from the following series:
b. liquidation, industrial action, strategic weapon
Întrebarea nr. 67
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From the examples given below choose the semantically opaque compounds based on metonymic transference: a. Featherbrain
La 69 si 70 era raspuns nevalidat polysemy !!!
Întrebarea nr. 68
Decide whether the following words are examples of homonymy or polysemy:
file ( a set of related records kept together vs. a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth)
homonymy
Întrebarea nr. 69
Decide whether the following words are examples of homonymy or polysemy:
punch ( a blow with the fist vs. an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol)
homonymy
Întrebarea nr. 70 5 din 5 puncte
From the descriptive aims of lexical semantics listed below choose the one that correctly describes this domain:
Selected Answer: b. lexical semantics represents the meaning of each word in the language.
Întrebarea nr. 71 5 din 5 puncte
Choose the correct paraphrase of the following words:
Selected Answer: c. a cat – ‘a spiteful woman’
Întrebarea nr. 72 5 din 5 puncte
Identify the correct distinctive features that differentiate between the pairs listed below:
Selected Answer: b. [± SIZE]: kitchenette, kitchen
Neclara (eu cred ca este corecta daca ne luam dupa explicatia de mai jos – din sinteza)
Întrebarea nr.73
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Identify the meaning relations for the following pair of sentences :
The president was assasinated. – The president is dead.
b.entailment
In this respect, presupposition is distinguished from entailment and implicature. For example, The president was assassinated entails that The president is dead, but if the expression is negated, the entailment is not necessarily true.
NEVALIDATE:
Întrebarea nr. 74
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Choose the correct paraphrase of the following words:
an oyster – a naughty child (oyster ( a silent person; oyster=stridie).
Întrebarea nr. 75
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From the series of words listed below choose the series that is traced back to the Norman legacy:
c. bloom, bank, crook, snare (a. majesty, peace, enemy, habit)
Întrebarea nr. 76
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Choose the correct variant:
A white flag is:
d. an iconic sign also having symbolic values ( A simbol sign)
Întrebarea nr. 77
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Mary's jovial uncle was always funny and she loved it when he came over to visit. What is an antonym of 'jovial'?
c.cheerful (miserable )
Întrebarea nr. 78
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Identify the correct lexical sense relation in the following pair:
child / adult
c.hyponymy (raspuns propus de cineva - antonymy)
Întrebarea nr. 79
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The verb to scissor is the result of :
b.back-clipping (marginal conversion)
Întrebarea nr. 80
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Lou approved of the behavior his respectful sons displayed during the church service this week. What is an antonym of 'approve'?
b. Like ( reject)
Întrebarea nr. 81
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Most of the prefixes are class-maintaining , the exceptions being :
c. en-
Întrebarea nr. 82
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Identify the meaning relations for the following pair of sentences :
Today is Friday. – Today isn’t Monday.
c. contradiction
Întrebarea nr. 83
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What is the semantic relationship among mammal : dog, cat, pig, cow ?
c. Metonymy (hyponymy)
Întrebarea nr. 84
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Environmentalists around the world fight to preserve the world's natural beauty and resources for future generations. What is an antonym of 'preserve'?
a. protect
Întrebarea nr. 85
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Which of the following pairs is an instance of converseness?
b. fragrance / scent (to buy / to sell - in cazul ca este si varianata asta printre raspunsuri )
Întrebarea nr. 86
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Identify the correct componential analysis for the lexeme murmur :
a. [ + verbal ] [ + musical pitch] [+ voiced]
Întrebarea nr. 87
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Which of the following lexemes is not a loanword?
b. vodka
Întrebarea nr. 88
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Choose the correct property that the patterns of vocabulary organization (i.e., the paradigm and taxonomy) share:
a. all members of the paradigm/taxonomy have at least one common semantic feature.
