Semantics / Reading check for week 3

A group of words that share the same semantic properties constitute:

• a mental image

• a semantic domain

• marked terms

The words dress and shirt have the same _____________.

• symbolic representation

• referential meaning

• semantic domain

If we apply the concept of markedness in semantics, we can say that ____________________.

• unmarked words are more frequently used than the marked ones

• marked words are more frequently used than the unmarked words

• both marked and unmarked terms have the same frequency of use

The word waitress is _____________ and the word waiter is ____________.

• altered /marked

• marked / unmarked

• unmarked / marked

In the domain of colors, _____________ is more marked than _____________.

• olive green / green

• green / mint

• emerald / pale yellow

The domain of ________________ includes the words ________________.

• pets / birds and cat food

• colors / sunflower and blue cypress

• trees / oak and pine

Which of the following terms is unmarked?

• dog

• bulldog

•  poodle

In the domain of fast food, ______________ is more marked than _____________.

• hamburger / chicken burger

• sandwich / fish burger

• cheeseburger / hamburger

The word prince is used for male and princess for female, this demonstrates that __________

• the unmarked version of a word has the semantic property of maleness.

• in English both male and female terms have similar markedness.

• the unmarked version of a word has the semantic property of femaleness.

___________ is the concept that some members of a _____________are more common or usual than others.

• A referent / semantic group

• Markedness / semantic domain

• Semantic property analysis / lexicon