Lexicology and Linguistic Units Quiz

Which of the following is NOT true about descriptive lexicology?

• deals with the vocabulary of a given language at a given stage of its development

• studies morphological and semantic structures of words

• studies the origin of words by pointing out the root or primitive upon which it is based

• is concerned with stylistic differentiation of the lexical units of modern languages

Context is defined as?

• the linear character of speech

• the interdependence of words within the vocabulary

• the minimum stretch of speech necessary and sufficient to determine which of the meanings of a word is used

• communicative situation

When we study what meaning the speaker puts into the lexical unit, we are in the domain of…

• syntactics

• semantics

• pragmatics

• stylistics

When the researcher applies a logical approach where he/she progresses from general ideas to specific conclusions he/she is involved in…

• inductive reasoning

• deductive reasoning

• classification

• generalization

Distributional analysis in lexicology aims to study?

• regularities of the formation of the vocabulary

• structural subordination of lexical units in the flow of speech

• the meaning of words in terms of a universal inventory of semantic components

• the immediate environment of lexical units in the flow of speech

Which of the following is NOT true about linguistic units?

• linguistic units possess external form and semantic content

• linguistic units are not created in the process of speech but used as something already existing and only reproduced in speech

• both phonemes and morphemes are linguistic unis

• each linguistic unit has a constant and specific meaning

According to Bloomfield’s classification primary words…

• consist of a single free form or do not contain any free forms

• contain more than one free form

• never contain bound forms

• never contain free forms

The word long-haired has….

• a root stem

• a derived stem

• a compound stem

Define the structural type of the word everything

• simple

• derived

• compound

• derivational compound

Which of the following is NOT true about derived stems?

• they always contain only one affix

• they can contain more than one affix

• they are semantically motivated

• They can contain derivational affixes of different types