Linguistics 100 Review Chapter 8, 9

What branch of Linguistics deals with meaning of words and phrases?

The word pupil in school and the word pupil in the eye have what relationship?

What linguistic concept explains why we say "Pretty girl", but rarely say "Pretty man".

In the sentence "He plays football on the field", what semantic role does field play?

What describes the relation between large and big?

The phrase "The chickens are ready to eat" can mean two different things. What is this called?

In the sentence "He plays football on the field", what semantic role does He play?

Saying "I've got some new wheels" to mean I have a new car is an example of what relationship?

Which of these pairs is non-gradable?

What semantic feature does the word horse have?

Which of these is a hyponym of dog?

We can add multiple prepositional phrases to create longer sentences. What is this called?