1、Chapter 5 Semantics (Quiz)Class：_ Name: _ Score: _Quiz: I. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words to complete the sentences. 30%1. _deals with the relationship between the linguistic element and the non-linguistic world experience. 2. “Charge” and “accuse” are said to be _ synonyms. 3. The theory
2、 of meaning which relates the meaning of a word to the thing it refers to, or stands for, is known as the _ theory. 4. The hyponyms under the same superordinate are called _. 5. Predication analysis is to break down predications into their constituents: _ and _. 6. _ is the technical name for the sa
3、meness relation. 7. The words “husband” and “wife” are _ antonyms.8. There are two aspects of sentence meaning: _and _. II. There are four choices following each statement. Choose the answer that can best complete the statement and put down your answer before each statement: (15%)_1. “John killed Bi
4、ll but Bill didnt die” is a(n) _. A. entailment B. presuppositionC. anomaly D. contradiction_2. “He succeeded” is a case of _. A. one-place argument B. one-place predicationC. two-place argument D. two-place predication_3. The pair of words _ are gradable antonyms. A. good and bad B. male and female
5、 C. present and absent D. buy and sell_4. Terms like “apple”, “banana” and “pear” are _of the term “fruit”. A. hyponyms B. synonyms C. antonyms D. homonyms_5. The sense relation between “John plays the piano” and “John plays a musical instrument” is _. A. inconsistency B. synonymy C. entailment D. a
6、nomalyIII. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) 30%1. _The grammatical form of the sentence affects the semantic predication of the sentence. Chapter 5 Semantics (Quiz)2. _The two words “borrow” and “lend” are antonyms but the two sentences “Jane lent some money to Jack”
7、 and “Jack borrowed some money from Jane” are synonymous. 3. _Every word has a sense and a reference. 4. _“Bird” and “cuckoo” have the sense relation of polysemy. 5. _ Conceptualists maintain that there is no direct link between a linguistic form and what it refers to. 6. _ Two sentences using the s
8、ame words may mean quite differently. 7. _ The linguistic context considers the probability of one words co-occurrence or collocation with another. 8. _ Componential analysis is based on the belief that the meaning of a word cannot be dissected into meaning components. 9. _ Sense is concerned with t
9、he inherent meaning of the linguistic form. 10. _A pair of complementary antonyms is characterized by the feature that the denial of one member implies the assertion of the other. IV. Define the following terms and give one or two examples for each: 10%1. homonymy2. hyponymyV. Question: 15%What are
10、major types of synonyms in English? Offer at least one example for each type. Chapter 5 Semantics (Quiz)Key:I. 1.Reference2. collocational3. naming/ referential4. co-hyponyms5. argument, predicate6. Synonymy7. converse8. grammatical meaning; semantic meaningII. 1-5 DBAACIII. 1-5 FTFFT 6-10 TTFTTIV.
11、1. homonymy It refers to the phenomenon that different words are identical in sound or spelling, or in both 1) two words identical in sound (homophones) sun, son 2) two words identical in spelling (homographs) tear, tear3) two words identical in both sound and spelling (complete homonyms)fast adj. m
12、oving quickly v. eat little or no food for a period of time2. hyponymyIt refers to the sense relation between a more general, more inclusive word and a more specific word. Household appliances include refrigerators, televisions, dishwashers and air conditioners. The relation between household applia
13、nce and refrigerator is hyponymy.V. 1) Dialectal synonyms- synonyms used in different regional dialectse.g. pavement sidewalk2) Stylistic synonyms-synonyms differing in stylee.g. give sb. the sack, fire, dismiss 3）Emotive synonymssynonyms expressing different emotions of the userslender/ slim; skinny4) Collocational synonymsSynonyms differing in collocation, the words they go together withpretty, handsome5) Semantic synonymsSynonyms differing slightly in what they meanamazing, appalling
