Linguistics game (Semantics, Syntax and Morphology)

What type of word is best classified using semantic features?

• Determiner

• Noun

• Preposition

• Verb

Semantics is ____________ .

• The study of word formation

• The study of the sound system of language

• The study of meaning of words, phrases and sentences

"A triangle has four sides" is an example of a __________ sentence.

• Contradictory

• Synthetic

• Analytic

Lexical ambiguity refers to ____________ .

• Words that have the same meaning

• A word that has more than one meaning

• Words that have different meaning

The antonym of COMMISSIONED

• Started

• Closed

• Finished

• Terminated

Many people try to resist reforms in the society.

• Fight

• Accept

• Welcome

• Repel

What is the meaning of homographs?

• Same sound, same spelling but different meanings

• Different sound but same spelling

• Different spelling, different meaning but same sound

Syntax is the study of __________________.

• Word formation

• How language is used to communicate within its situation

• Linguistics Meaning

• Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences

Word order is another way of saying Syntax.

• False

• True

________was one of the most influential linguists in the field of Syntax.

• Paul Broca

• Carl Wernicke

• Noam Chomsky

• William Shakespeare