The main criterion in morphological motivation is …. .

the relationship between morphemes

the relationship between sounds

the relationship between meanings

the relationship between objects

The change of value is carried out through the association between …… .

the existing value and the new one

the existing value and the old one

the existing value and its spelling

the existing value and its sound form

Synchronously, polysemy is understood as ….. .

the coexistence of different meanings of the same word in a certain historical period

the change of the semantic structure of a word

the increase in the number of meanings

the interrelation of different meanings of the same word

the emergence of many new meanings

Lexical homonyms differ in

both lexical and grammatical meanings

Derivational affixes serve

to construct different forms of the same word;

to connect parts of compound words.

Affixation, word formation, and conversion are

...the main and productive ways of forming new words;

...unproductive ways of word formation;

...secondary types of word formation;

...morphosyntactically conditioned compatibility of words;

...templates of word formation.

interaction of sounds and stress;

What is abbreviation?

...a significant reduction in which part of the original word is removed;

...the smallest meaningful unit;

Morphemes are semantically classified as

root and affixational morphemes;

What is an allomorph?

positional variant of a morpheme that occurs in a specific environment;

the last compound element of a word;

the association of a given meaning with a given sound;

Lexicography deals with

the theory and practice of dictionary compilation;

the classification of borrowed words;

the variants of the English language;

the process of word formation in English;

the etymological background of the English vocabulary.

words consisting of elements derived from two or more different languages;

removal of all functional and derivational elements;

words that are formed according to existing patterns;

Semasiology is a branch of lexicology that studies

the grammatical function of words

the positional mobility of words in a sentence

the differentiation of vocabulary depending on the sphere of communication

Free word combinations are

words gathered together to form lexical units

stereotypical or unchangeable expressions

Perfect homographs are

words that are identical in spelling and pronunciation but different in meaning

words that are identical in pronunciation but different in both spelling and meaning

words that are identical in spelling but different in both pronunciation and meaning

words that are identical in meaning but different in spelling

words that are identical in pronunciation but different in meaning

Which of the following compounds are opaque?

...wall-eye, fiddlesticks, bull's eye

...center-forward, woman-doctor, eye-specialist

...stone-cold, care-free, knowledge-greedy

...bookshelf, day off, bottle opener

...steamship, round face, sword-fish

What is a phraseological unit?

functionally and semantically inseparable word combinations

any prepositional or postpositional phrases

the smallest two-faced language unit

words combined together to create a single self-sufficient lexical unit

The main types of dictionaries are

usage dictionary and slang dictionaries

Synonyms for the word "to hope" are

to expect, to look forward to, to anticipate

to look forward to, to hesitate, to puff

to wait, to torment, to anticipate

to address, to hesitate, to look forward to

to dispute, to contradict, to glaze

Which of the following words have derivative roots?

beautiful, girlish, to activate

storyteller, matchbox, friendly

distance, experiment, sequence, police

Какой случай является метафорой?

капот автомобиля

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The branch of lexicology dedicated to the study of meaning is known as ….

Semasiology

Phraseology

Linguistics

Lexicography

Stylistics

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Semasiology studies the change in … that occurs with words?

meaning

development

change

comparison

definition

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The concept is …..

category of human knowledge.

category of objectness

category of chance

category of time

The meaning includes ….

the relationship of linguistic signs with categories and phenomena outside of language

the influence of linguistic signs on categories and phenomena outside of language

the interpretation of linguistic signs with categories and phenomena outside of language.

the interdependence of linguistic signs and categories and phenomena outside of language.

the interaction between linguistic signs and categories and phenomena outside of language.

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The functional approach asserts that the value of a linguistic unit can be studied through …..

its relation to other linguistic units

its relation to a concept or referent

its relation to distribution

its relation to people

its relation to nature

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The meaning of the word is ......

homogeneous

interesting

diverse

complex

comprehensive

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The component of meaning that is repeated in identical sets of individual forms of different words is …..

grammatical meaning

lexical meaning

part of speech meaning

denotative meaning

connotative meaning

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The concept is …..

The meaning includes ….

The functional approach asserts that the value of a linguistic unit can be studied through …..

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The component of meaning that is repeated in identical sets of individual forms of different words is …..

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