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UNIT 11 SECONDARY: THE WORD AS A LINGUISTIC SIGN. HOMONYMY. SYNONYMY, ANTONYMY. FALSE FRIENDS. Flashcards | StudBud
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UNIT 11 SECONDARY: THE WORD AS A LINGUISTIC SIGN. HOMONYMY. SYNONYMY, ANTONYMY. FALSE FRIENDS.
UNIT 11 SECONDARY: THE WORD AS A LINGUISTIC SIGN. HOMONYMY. SYNONYMY, ANTONYMY. FALSE FRIENDS.
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THE WORD AS A LINGUISTIC SIGN. HOMONYMY. SYNONYMY, ANTONYMY. FALSE FRIENDS. LEXICAL CREATIVITY.
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Which of the following are types of semantics?
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Pragmatic Sentence Lexical
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Homophones are words that..
share the same pronunciation and have same spellings
share the same pronunciation but have different spellings
have the same spelling but differ in pronunciation
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Pragmatics semantics studies....
the meaning of sentences and meaning relations between them.
the meaning of words
the meaning of utterances in context.
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Homonyms
are words that have .....
same phonetic or orthographic form and related meaning.
same meaning
same phonetic or orthographic form but unrelated meaning.
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As for
Strict synonymy
Lyons offers some conditions that two words should comply:
They are semantically equivalent on nuances of meaning
They are synonymous in all contexts.
They are homophones
All their meanings are identical
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Linguistic Semantics concerns with the nature of formal theories and the language of logic.
False
True
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What type of antonyms words are
Before
and
After?
Converse antonyms
Temporal antonyms
Ungradable antonyms
Gradable antonyms
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What is the phenomena of ellipsis?
One word that includes another one when ommited
Two words that can not be separated
Two words that are synonyms and homophones
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In order to coin new terms, loan words refer to:
deleting part of a word before loaning the word.
taking known words and change their word class.
are formed by adding suffixes/prefixes or lexemes.
introducing one word from another language.
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What type of metaphor exemplifies
“Form now on, we will have to go separate ways.”?
Image metaphor
Conceptual metaphor
Spatial metaphor
Sentimental metaphore
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"Foot" as the terminal part of the leg and as a measure of length is an example of:
homophone word
homonymous word
synonymous word
polysemic word
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According to
Ferdinand de Saussure
, language is....
composed by words that identify the concept that they name.
a complex system composed of numerous interrelated elements.
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What are false friends?
Words that are very difficult to spell
Nouns that act like verbs
Two words from different languages and similar signifiers
Words that are very difficult to pronounce
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What metonymic concept representas the example:
“He has got a Picasso in his den.”
Producer for product
Institution for people responsible.
Object used for user
The part for the whole.
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Bending is defined as:
taking the beginning of one word and the end of another.
taking known words and change their word class.
adding suffixes/prefixes or lexemes.
