Basic concepts in semantics

What term describes the way in which a word appears frequently along with certain other words?

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Collocation

• Entailment

What do we call the vocabulary that we can understand, but not use ourselves when speaking or writing?

• Receptive vocabulary

• Productive vocabulary

What do we call the vocabulary that we can understand when we hear or read it and can also use when we are speaking or writing?

• Receptive vocabulary

• Productive vocabulary

What is 'register' in linguistics?

• The volume of a sound in comparison to others

• The level of formality of speech or writing

• The associations of a word in a particular subject

• The frequency with which a word appears with other words

What are the components of denotation?

• Left and right

• Receptive and productive

• Reference and sense

• Intension and extension

What are function words?

• Words which have mainly grammatical meaning

• Words which have mainly semantic meaning

What are content words?

• Words which have mostly grammatical meaning

• Words which have mostly semantic meaning

What term does Nation use to refer to the amount of effort required to learn a word?

• Learning effort

• Learning time

• Learning burden

• Learning force

What do we call the limitations on the use of a word with relation to the contexts in which it can be used?

• Semantic features

• Homonymy

• Semantic constraints

• Semantic associations

What do we call the affective dimension of word meaning?

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Association

• Collocation