WorksheetsLexical Access 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a Lexeme?
a)
the phonology/orthography and morphology of a word
b)
the syntax and semantics of a word
c)
the meaning of a word
d)
the function of a word
2.
How fast can we retrieve words from our lexicons?
a)
~250 milliseconds
b)
~ 1 second
c)
~ 1/10th of a second
d)
~ 500 milliseconds
3.
What does each lexical entry in your head have in its “package” of information?
a)
form & meaning
b)
function & meaning
c)
meaning & content
d)
form & content
4.
What makes up the vast majority of your lexicon?
a)
lexical items
b)
grammatical words
c)
function words
d)
inflectional affixes
5.
What is true about Content Words?
a)
New ones can be created easily.
b)
They are words that provide grammatical information.
c)
They are words that provide structure in sentences.
d)
They don't have concrete meanings.
6.
What is another way to describe Lemmas?
a)
the meaning of a word
b)
the form of a word
c)
the structure of a word
d)
the phonology and morphology of a word
7.
Which of these is NOT a type of Function Word?
a)
adjectives
b)
prepositions
c)
determiners
d)
conjunctions
8.
What is the linguistic study of morphology?
a)
the study of words, their internal structures, and how smaller morphemes combine to form words
b)
the study of how words are arranged into sentences
c)
the study of how sounds can be arranged into words
d)
the study of how meaning is assigned to words
9.
Which of these is NOT true about Derivational Affixes?
a)
they provide grammatical information
b)
they create new words
c)
they express grammatical relationships
d)
new ones get created all the time
10.
What kind of words are the most frequently spoken/written ones?
a)
function words
b)
content words
c)
lexical items
d)
food words
11.
Which of these is NOT a type of Content Word?
a)
pronouns
b)
nouns
c)
verbs
d)
adverbs
12.
What is another way to describe Lexemes?
a)
the form of a word
b)
the meaning of a word
c)
the function of a word
d)
the syntax and semantics of a word
13.
Which of these is NOT true about Inflectional Affixes?
a)
they express grammatical relationships
b)
they do not create new words
c)
they provide grammatical information
d)
new ones do not get created all the time
14.
What is true about Function Words?
a)
They are words without concrete meaning that "do the work" in sentences.
b)
They are words with concrete meaning.
c)
They are lexical items.
d)
New ones can be created easily.
15.
What is a Lemma?
a)
the syntax and semantics of a word
b)
the phonology/orthography and morphology of a word
c)
the form of a word
d)
the structure of a word
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