According to the “triangle of meaning” model, a symbol is

the word, sound, or visual representing a concept or object

Phrase structure trees are __

diagrams revealing the linear and hierarchical structure.

According to the “triangle of meaning” model, what is a "referent?

the item that a symbol represents

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1
"The book is as heavy as an elephant". The figurative language used here is___
simile
personification
synecdoche
metaphor
2
In the sentence “She made him a cup of coffee.” the verb “make” is ___
mono transitive verb
ditransitive verb
intransitive verb
linking verb
3
The NP "all of the linguistic books" can rewrite as:
NP → Det Det Det Adj N
NP → Pro PP
NP → Det Prep Det Adj N
NP → Pro Prep Det AdjN
4
{flower} (a part of a plant ) and {flour}(powder made from grain) are___.
homophones
heteronyms
synonyms
homographs
5
The lowest (i.e., smallest) syntactic units are __
sentence
word
clause
phrase
6
In the sentence “She made a good secretary.” the verb “make” is __
ditransitive verb
intransitive verb
mono transitive verb
linking verb
7
According to the “triangle of meaning” model, a symbol is
the thought represented by a symbol
the item that a symbol represents
the word, sound, or visual representing a concept or object
the mental process of creating a category, idea, or image
8
The personal, subjective meaning of words is called
dictionary meaning
the connotative meaning
the denotative meaning
symbolic interactive meaning
9
"It was late so I didn’t go out." can rewite as
S → NP VP CP
S → NP VP AdvP
S → S AdvP
S → S conj S
10
Phrase structure trees are __
principles specifying the constituency of syntactic categories
the basic syntactic structures of grammar
diagrams revealing the linear and hierarchical structure.
the actual utterances in language use
11
Surface structure is the ___ of a sentence.
abstract representation
outward form
underlying representation
representation of most basic units of meaning
12
The Nouns "heart, lungs, liver, bladder, kidneys. Stomach, intestines" are grouped as a _
cycle
meronymy
hierarchy
sequence
13
According to the “triangle of meaning” model, what is a "referent?
the word, sound that represents a concept or object
the thought represented by a symbol
the item that a symbol represents
the mental process of creating a category, idea, or image
14
The opposites along a scale are _
non-gradable antonyms
antonyms
gradable antonyms
synonyms

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