Lexicology

‘Kick the bucket’ is euphemistic word for …

• Death

• Play

• Apologize

• Beg

One of the best-known Southern dialects is …

• Cockney

• American

• Midland

• RP

The science of dictionary-compiling is called ...

… is a variety of a language which prevails in a district, with local peculiarities of vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar.

• A dialect

• a term

• a slang

• a metaphor

How many main groups of dialects are there in GB?

• 5

• 6

• 4

• 3

Author of first Americam dictionary

… are used in everyday conversational speech both by cultivated and uneducated people of all age groups.

• Colloquial words

• Literary words

• Professional words

• Slang words

What is American equivalent of the word ‘sweets’

… are words which are no longer used in everyday speech, which have been ousted by their synonyms.

… are word-groups that cannot be made in the process of speech they exist in the language as ready-made units.

• Phraseologisms

• Neologisms

• Archaisms

• Homonyms