Intro to Linguistics Quiz 9-10

What is the role of you in "Did you hear those weird noises last night?"

• agent

• experiencer

• goal

• location

What is the lexical relation between the words lengthen and shorten?

• co-hyponymns

• homophones

• gradable antonyms

• reversives

Which lexical relation is illustrated in: She liked those crackers so much that she ate the whole packet.?

• hyponymy

• metonymy

• polysemy

• prototype

Choose the two pairs that illustrate non-gradable antonymy.

• alive/dead

• raise/lower

• rich/poor

• true/false

Choose the two sets that contain a pair of co-hyponyms and a superordinate.

• animal/dog/terrier

• bird/duck/parrot

• daffodil/turnip/vegetable

• flower/plant/tree

Which of the following have the semantic features [+animate], [-human], [-adult]?

• children

• puppies

• tadpoles

• women

What is the role of Aunt Alice in: Peter sent Aunt Alice a birthday card.?

• experiencer

• location

• goal

• source

What is the lexical relation between the words rose and daisy?

• complementary pairs

• co-hyponyms

• homophones

• reversives

Which two of the following pairs are reversives?

• buy/sell

• damp/moist

• enter/exit

• rich/poor

What term is used to talk about words that frequently occur together?

• collocation

• concordance

• referential meaning

• semantic role