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1.

The concept of the "spirit of the people" was introduced into scientific circulation by:

a)

A) G. A.A. Potebnya.

b)

B) A.Schleicher;

c)

C) A.Schleicher

d)

D) G. A.A. Potebnya and B. K.Marx

e)

E) B. K.Marx

2.

The totality of the processes of transition from a speech intention (speech intention) to a sounding or written statement accessible

a)

A) internal speech;

b)

B) internal speech;

c)

C) Internal programming;

d)

D) Generation of speech.

e)

E) Internal programming;

3.

What discipline studies the sentence?

a)

A) Term

b)

B)logic

c)

C)syntax

d)

D) phonetics

e)

E) lexicology

4.

The whole language structure of consciousness

a)

A) Gestalt

b)

B) Image

c)

C) Scheme

d)

D) Education

e)

E) Position

5.

Z.D. Popova and I.A. Sternin have analyzed many definitions of the concept and come to the conclusion that the cognitive concept is formed in human consciousness from…

a)

A) component to the subject content, which allows all kinds of topics to be viewed from different cultural perspectives

b)

B) linguistic structures and lexical units, for example, while reading a text

c)

C) foreign language skills

d)

D) his direct sensory experience - perception of the world by the senses

e)

E) component to the subject content, which allows all kinds of topics to be viewed from different cultural perspectives

6.

In 2001, A. Anderson and Cratwall updated Bloom's "cognitive process dimension" to…

a)

A) “learning process dimension”

b)

B) “content dimension”

c)

D) “educational dimension”

d)

C) "knowledge dimension"

e)

E) “c ognitive dimension”

7.

According to E.S. Kubryakova, cognitive science is…

a)

A) "a view, according to which a person should be studied as an information processing system, and human behaviour should be described and explained in terms of internal human states. These states are manifested physically, they are observable and interpreted as receiving, processing, storing and mobilizing information to solve problems"

b)

B) studies language "as a cognitive mechanism that plays a role in coding and transforming information"

c)

C) "interdisciplinary and is an umbrella term" for a number of sciences: cognitive linguistics, cognitive psychology, philosophical theory of cognition, theory of artificial intelligence, logic analysis of language”

d)

D) "cognitivism bids for a method of serial, 'industrial' solution of problems of human thought"

e)

E) “the main topic in cognitive science, acting as the main means of expression of thought, and, therefore, the study of language is an indirect study of cognition”

8.

According to V.Z. Demyankov, cognitivism is…

a)

A) studies language "as a cognitive mechanism that plays a role in coding and transforming information

b)

B) "interdisciplinary and is an umbrella term" for a number of sciences: cognitive linguistics, cognitive psychology, philosophical theory of cognition, theory of artificial intelligence, logic analysis of language”

c)

C) “the main topic in cognitive science, acting as the main means of expression of thought, and, therefore, the study of language is an indirect study of cognition” D) "cognitivism bids for a method of serial, 'industrial' solution of problems of human thought"

d)

D) "a view, according to which a person should be studied as an information processing system, and human behaviour should be described and explained in terms of internal human states. These states are manifested physically, they are observable and interpreted as receiving, processing, storing and mobilizing information to solve problems"

e)

E) "cognitivism bids for a method of serial, 'industrial' solution of problems of human thought"

9.

V.I. Karasik characterizes concepts as…

a)

A) "a concept is an operative unit of memory, mental lexicon, conceptual system and brain language, the whole picture of the world, a quantum of knowledge. The most important concepts are expressed in language"

b)

B) "mental formations which are meaningful conscious typified fragments of experience stored in human memory"

c)

C) “having an experimental or strikingly different design, especially to test or demonstrate new features”

d)

D) “an idea or thought, esp. a generalized idea of a thing or class of things, abstract notion”

e)

E) “an understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept)”

10.

The main task of cognitive technology is…

a)

A) to use one or the other with comparable efficiency in all circumstances

b)

B) to study subjects/disciplines in a foreign language

c)

C) to create conditions for each student to understand the perceived information.

d)

D) to motivate themselves to study a subject through non-native language

e)

E) to take into account not only the students' level of knowledge and academic preparation

11.

Concepts can be...

a)

A) personal, age-related and national.

b)

B) linguistic, conceptual and typological

c)

C) firstly, secondary and tertiary

d)

D) analytical, synthesis, practical

e)

E) thematic, cross-curricular or interdisciplinary

12.

The concept is made up of historically different layers, different in both time of formation, origin and semantics, and has a specific structure that includes:

a)

A) the will as the universal regulator of conscious human activity, the universal motivator and motivation of activity.

b)

B) a set of regular connections and relations between language units, depending on their nature and determining the qualitative uniqueness of the language system as a whole and the nature of its functioning.

c)

C) the main (actual) attribute; the additional (passive, historical) attribute, the internal (usually unrecognized) form

d)

D) the subject of development, goals, objectives, topics and expected learning outcomes

e)

E) a set of regular connections and relations between language units, depending on their nature and determining the qualitative uniqueness of the language system as a whole and the nature of its functioning

13.

The concept has a "______" structure, and the different layers are the result, the "residue", of the cultural life of different eras.

a)

A) diagram

b)

B) pyramid

c)

C) layered

d)

D) triangle

e)

E) cube

14.

Cognitive educational technology is…

a)

A) a general pedagogical, subject-independent, individually oriented educational technology

b)

E) the combined use of computer hardware, software, and educational theory and practice to facilitate learning

c)

) the vocabulary, grammatical structures and functions learners need to study specific curricular subjects

d)

C) technology such as digital cameras, CD-ROMs, data-projectors and interactive whiteboards (IWBs)

e)

D) the less formal, more everyday language learners need for studying curricular subjects

15.

According to V.Z. Demyankov, cognitive linguistics

a)

A) immersion in the language environment and an awareness of the importance of one's own achievements in the learning process

b)

B) the need to study the content of the discipline motivates students to improve their foreign language skills

c)

C) is crucial considering the changes taking place in education and in society due to the rapid development of Internet technologies and the process of globalization

d)

D) seen as a core skill which allows students to develop communicative skills at a high level

e)

E) studies language "as a cognitive mechanism that plays a role in coding and transforming information"

16.

. Point out the direction of development of cognitivism’s potential.

a)

A) a programme of research on the human "communication skills"

b)

B) bilingual (BE) and partial immersion programmes

c)

C) a programme of research on the human "thinking mechanism"

d)

D) an important element in the context of learning CLIL as it explains the mechanisms of human perception (understanding) and cognition

e)

E) The European Commission Report on Language Teaching program

17.

239. Choose the definition of a concept offered by E. С. Kubryakova.

a)

A) “an idea or thought, esp. a generalized idea of a thing or class of things, abstract notion”

b)

B) "a concept is an operative unit of memory, mental lexicon, conceptual system and brain language, the whole picture of the world, a quantum of knowledge. The most important concepts are expressed in language"

c)

C) “ordinary ideas or general notions that occur in the mind, in speech, or in thought”

d)

D) “an understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept)”

e)

E) “having an experimental or strikingly different design, especially to test or demonstrate new features”

18.

Considering cognitivism's innovative contribution to the development of sciences, V.Z. Demyankov emphasizes…

a)

E) "a view, according to which a person should be studied as an information processing system, and human behaviour should be described and explained in terms of internal human states”

b)

D) "as a cognitive mechanism that plays a role in coding and transforming information"

c)

C) "interdisciplinary and is an umbrella term" for a number of sciences: cognitive linguistics, cognitive psychology, philosophical theory of cognition, theory of artificial intelligence, logic analysis of language”

d)

B) “the main topic in cognitive science, acting as the main means of expression of thought, and, therefore, the study of language is an indirect study of cognition”

e)

A)"cognitivism bids for a method of serial, 'industrial' solution of problems of human thought"

19.

229. Perception is… A) a constructive (creative) process with a high degree of activity, where the key to understanding language acquisition lies229. Perception is… A) a constructive (creative) process with a high degree of activity, where the key to understanding language acquisition lies B) the knowledge, skills and attitudes for learning across the curriculum. C) finishing words, sentences, diagrams, tables etc by adding missing information. D) thinking skills such as those used for imagination, to solve problems and to think of new ideas. E) thinking skills used for commenting on and assessing the value of a piece of work or an idea according to a set of criteria C) finishing words, sentences, diagrams, tables etc by adding missing information. D) thinking skills such as those used for imagination, to solve problems and to think of new ideas. E) thinking skills used for commenting on and assessing the value of a piece of work or an idea according to a set of criteria

a)

A) thinking skills used for commenting on and assessing the value of a piece of work or an idea according to a set of criteria

b)

B) a constructive (creative) process with a high degree of activity, where the key to understanding language acquisition lies

c)

C) the knowledge, skills and attitudes for learning across the curriculum.

d)

D) finishing words, sentences, diagrams, tables etc by adding missing information.

e)

E) thinking skills such as those used for imagination, to solve problems and to think of new ideas.

20.

Choose the correct answer variation, these are:

a)

A) The formation of words based on single-root words according to certain patterns and models;

b)

B) Historical changes in the vocabulary of the language;

c)

C) Education for each word of its paradigm, i.e. all its word forms;

d)

D) A syntactic construction formed by the combination of two or more significant words

e)

E) Historical and locational changes in the vocabulary of the language

21.

The main features of the text include:

a)

A) Coherence, integrity, communicativeness, informativeness;

b)

B) the presence of a paper basis with graphic signs on it.

c)

C) the connection of thinking and language;

d)

D) Written form, detailed grammatical structure;

e)

E) Communicativeness, informativeness;

22.

The word form is:

a)

A) Systematic indivisibility of grammemes of several grammatical categories in the signified of each inflectional morpheme;

b)

B) Morphological conditioned formal interpenetration of contacting morphemes;

c)

C) Systematic indivisibility of grammemes of several grammatical categories

d)

D) the field of linguistics that studies the forms of words.

e)

E) a word in some grammatical form;

23.

Academician L.V.Shcherba identified the following aspects in the language:

a)

A) Plan of expression and plan of content;

b)

B) Language, speech, speech activity;

c)

C) Signifier and signified;

d)

D) Speech activity.

e)

E) Language mat ruff, language system, speech activity.

24.

The word form is:

a)

A) Systematic indivisibility of grammemes of several grammatical categories in the signified of each inflectional morpheme;

b)

B) Morphological conditioned formal interpenetration of contacting morphemes;

c)

C) Systematic indivisibility of grammemes of several grammatical categories

d)

D) the field of linguistics that studies the forms of words

e)

E) a word in some grammatical form;

25.

217. The social differentiation of language is:

a)

lexico-semantic features of the linguistic culture of society.

b)

The emergence of varieties in the language associated with the heterogeneity of the social structure;

c)

lexico-semantic features of the linguistic culture of society.

d)

The connection of language with social processes; B) The emergence of varieties in the language associated with the heterogeneity of the social structure;

e)

formation of social groups under the influence of linguistic differences:

26.

What is the sign of the phrase?

a)

half-familiar and full

b)

half-familiar

c)

super sign

d)

full sign

e)

super sign

27.

The term means "system of thoughts and views" in Latin

a)

convergence

b)

conformism

c)

context

d)

configuration

e)

conceptual

28.

The structure of the concept includes…

a)

the structure of a concept includes what makes it a fact of culture - its original form (etymology); its history condensed to the main content features; contemporary associations; evaluations, connotations

b)

the will as the universal regulator of conscious human activity, the universal motivator and motivation of activity.

c)

The structure of a concept includes a set of immutable and stable characteristics that individuals exhibit in a wide variety of situations.

d)

The structure of a concept includes history of cultural studies and applied cultural studies, cultural anthropology and sociology of culture

e)

It includes a set of regular connections and relations between language units, depending on their nature and determining the qualitative uniqueness of the language system as a whole and the nature of its functioning.

29.

Z.D. Popova and I.A. Sternin have analyzed many definitions of the concept and come to the conclusion that the cognitive concept is formed in human consciousness from…

a)

linguistic structures and lexical units, for example, while reading a tex

b)

the need to study the content of the discipline motivates students to improve their

c)

the need to study the content of the discipline motivates students to improve their foreign language skills

d)

component to the subject content, which allows all kinds of topics to be viewed from different cultural perspectives

e)

foreign language skills

30.

227. R.I. Pavilenis believes that to acquire _______ is to construct some structure consisting of existing concepts as interpreters, or analyzers, of the concept in question, which is 'inserted' - from an external perspective, that is, from the perspective of some observer outside the system - into the system of concepts thus constructed.

a)

time

b)

meaning (concept)

c)

knowledge

d)

culture

e)

cognition

31.

In 2001, A. Anderson and Cratwall updated Bloom's "cognitive process dimension" to…

a)

“content dimension”

b)

“educational dimension”

c)

"knowledge dimension"

d)

“learning process dimension”

e)

“cognitive dimension”

32.

234. Language, according to G. Hartman is…

a)

an arbitrary system of signs constituted of the signifier and signified

b)

the instrument conveying to us things useful to be known

c)

is a system of arbitrary vocal sounds through a social group that cooperates

d)

the expression of ideas by means of speech-sounds combined into words

e)

the main topic in cognitive science, acting as the main means of expression of thought, and, therefore, the study of language is an indirect study of cognition

33.

Clark developed a model of individual communication in which he defined communicative interaction as…

a)

"joint action built on individual actions"

b)

“a constructive (creative) process” with a high degree of activity

c)

the learning process

d)

"taken" out of brain/consciousness of perceiving process

e)

“educational approach” in which disciplines or individual sections of disciplines are taught

34.

The formation of linguistic units that serve to name and isolate fragments of reality and form appropriate concepts about them in the form of words, combinations of words, phraseological units and sentences is:

a)

grammaticalization

b)

nomination

c)

lexicalization

d)

terminology

e)

expression

35.

Choose the purpose of cognitive science.

a)

to study subjects/disciplines in a foreign language

b)

to take into account not only the students' level of knowledge and academic preparation

c)

to describe systems of knowledge representation and processes of processing and reprocessing of information

d)

to use one or the other with comparable efficiency in all circumstances

e)

to motivate themselves to study a subject through non-native language

36.

According to N.I. Zhinkin, what does the USC mean?

a)

universal set of cognition

b)

universal subject code

c)

unit of subject cognition

d)

unit selection of cognition

e)

universal subject cognition

37.

. A concept consists of…

a)

components (conceptual attributes), i.e., individual attributes of the objective or subjective world, differentiated in its consciousness and differing in their degree of abstraction.

b)

a cognitive mechanism

c)

ordinary ideas or general notions that occur in the mind,

d)

history of cultural studies and applied cultural studies, cultural anthropology and sociology of culture

38.

The internal form of the concept - …

a)

the knowledge, skills and attitudes for learning across the curriculum

b)

thinking skills such as those used for imagination, to solve problems and to think of new ideas

c)

curricular subjects apart from languages can be taught through the target language

d)

the etymological attribute, or etymology, is only revealed to researchers; for others it exists indirectly, as the basis on which the other layers of meaning emerged and are held together.

e)

the vocabulary, grammatical structures and functions learners need to study specific curricular subjects

39.

What is the core of the concept?

a)

language

b)

perception

c)

value

d)

etymology

e)

culture

40.

According to N.I. Zhinkin units of USC is …

a)

the subject of development, goals, objectives, topics and expected learning outcomes

b)

the analysis of the features of the professional activity of an engineering and technical specialist

c)

Individual sensual images formed on the basis of personal sensory experience.

d)

the cognitive "theory of two thresholds"

e)

skills needed for every day, conversational situations

41.

V.I. Karasik suggested that the layers of a concept should be seen as

a)

individual concepts of varying scope, rather than as components of a single concept.

b)

the cognitive abilities of students, relying on the interaction and influence of foreign languages

c)

a set of regular connections and relations between language units

d)

the knowledge, skills and attitudes for learning across the curriculum

e)

the etymological attribute, or etymology, is only revealed to researchers

42.

In a broader sense, the structure of a concept can be represented as a______, in the center of which lies the core concept and on the periphery is all that is brought by culture, tradition, folk and personal experience.

a)

cone

b)

diagram

c)

circle

d)

cube

e)

pyramid

43.

What was the requirement for the method formulated by K.D. Kavelin?

a)

the need to study the content of the discipline motivates students to improve their foreign language skills

b)

the content and organization of the educational process that allow you to combine all its elements into a holistic semantic space

c)

when studying folk rituals, beliefs and customs, look for their direct, literal meaning(concept)

d)

the situation we perceive as real becomes real in its consequences

e)

the existence of a single model of behavior

44.

The question of method as a question of the content of concepts (although the term 'concept' was not yet used) first emerged in

a)

1933

b)

the 1940s

c)

1945

d)

the 1960s

e)

the 1950s

45.

Who first introduced the question of the method of describing a concept?

a)

L.S.Vygotsky

b)

N.A. Almazova

c)

Wolff

d)

K.D. Kavelin

e)

A. Willig

46.

According to Y.N. Karaulov, the property of semantic continuity of a dictionary is due to…

a)

the discovery of similarities and differences between objects, for example, differences in lexical units between Russian and English

b)

a general pedagogical, subject-independent, individually oriented educational technology

c)

the self-evident fact that a language does not and cannot have words isolated semantically

d)

application of a common feature to a specific object, the discovery of properties of the common in concrete things

e)

combining objects according to a certain feature

47.

E.S. Kubryakova says the following about the new methods and techniques of cognitive linguistics:

a)

“having an experimental or strikingly different design, especially to test or demonstrate new features”

b)

"a concept is an operative unit of memory, mental lexicon, conceptual system and brain language, the whole picture of the world, a quantum of knowledge. The most important concepts are expressed in language"

c)

"...the definition of method itself, is to constantly relate linguistic data to other experiential sensorimotor data, cognitive science extends the scope of linguistics' possible and so necessary explanations for it."

d)

“an understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept)”

e)

“an idea or thought, esp. a generalized idea of a thing or class of things, abstract notion”

48.

Which of the units of cognitive linguistics was investigated by scholars R. Schenck and R. Abelson?

a)

conceptualization

b)

categorization

c)

frame

d)

concept

e)

script

49.

A frame in its basic definition (by M. Minsky) is …

a)

the entire set of knowledge and ideas of a given linguistic community about the world, recorded in the language, primarily in its lexical and phraseological composition

b)

) a data structure for representing a (visual) stereotypical situation, especially when organizing large amounts of memory

c)

a way of representing operational information; a knowledge structure for representing a stereotypical situation (e.g., a situation of paying a fare, celebrating a birthday, etc.)

d)

subjective experience, various pragmatic components of the lexeme, connotations and associations

e)

the process of acquiring knowledge and the results of this process

50.

The periphery of the concept is ...

a)

the dictionary meanings of a particular lexeme

b)

an idea or thought, esp. a generalized idea of a thing or class

c)

subjective experience, various pragmatic components of the lexeme, connotations and associations

d)

an operative unit of memory, mental lexicon, conceptual system and brain language

e)

having an experimental or strikingly different design, especially to test or demonstrate new features

51.

A description of a process, an action, with its most important steps is...

a)

categorization

b)

concept

c)

script

d)

cognition

e)

frame

52.

Since when have international conferences on cognitive linguistics been held in Tambov?

a)

1995

b)

1998

c)

1999

d)

1996

e)

2000

53.

The entire set of knowledge and ideas of a given linguistic community about the world, recorded in the language, primarily in its lexical and phraseological composition is …

a)

concept

b)

categorization

c)

categorization

d)

script

e)

The linguistic picture of the world

54.

Putting a phenomenon under a certain rubric of experience, category is …

a)

categorization

b)

) frame

c)

script

d)

concept

e)

the linguistic picture of the world

55.

What is the name of the upper level in the language level system?

a)

grammar level

b)

lexical level

c)

the text level

d)

the terminology level

e)

syntactic level

56.

The Hungarian language belongs to the group of languages:

a)

Tocharian languages.

b)

Southern languages;

c)

Turk language

d)

Ugro-Finnish languages;

e)

Slavic languages;

57.

Concepts that appear in ancient times and can be traced through the views of modern speakers; "a certain constant principle of culture" is …

a)

) the linguistic picture of the world

b)

concept

c)

Cultural constants

d)

script

e)

frame

58.

According to A.N.Leontiev, “the picture of the world” is …

a)

"a concept is an operative unit of memory, mental lexicon, conceptual system and brain language, the whole picture of the world, a quantum of knowledge. The most important concepts are expressed in language"

b)

“having an experimental or strikingly different design, especially to test or demonstrate new features”

c)

“an idea or thought, esp. a generalized idea of a thing or class of things, abstract notion”

d)

“an understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept)”

e)

"It is a "field of meaning", a system of meanings. A picture of the world, then, is a system of images”

59.

A change in the articulatory and acoustic characteristics of sound caused by a reduction in its duration or a weakening of tension is:

a)

G. A.A. Potebnya.

b)

G. Wheeler's law

c)

Transposition;

d)

Reconstruction;

e)

Reduction

60.

Choose the right (true) statement concerning cognitive (mental) activity

a)

People have free will

b)

People only use 10% of their brains

c)

People grow new brain cells every day

d)

The brains of 18-year-olds are fully developed

e)

Dreams indicate your deepest wishes

61.

When did cognitive linguistics form in Russia?

a)

1920s

b)

1940s

c)

1950s

d)

1960s

e)

930s

62.

Point out the traditional units of cognitive science.

a)

the linguistic aspects of the methodology

b)

Point out the traditional units of cognitive science.

c)

frame, scenario, script

d)

futurism, symbolism, cubism

e)

futurism, symbolism, cubism

63.

Toponymy is:

a)

classification of linguistic objects in connection with their type;

b)

Comparative study of structural and functional properties languages regardless of the nature of the genetic relationship between them

c)

the ratio of the sequential inclusion of linguistic elements from the lowest rank to the highest.

d)

The section of linguistics that studies republic names

e)

The section of linguistics that studies geographical names

64.

The comparative-historical method of language learning has been rapidly developed:

a)

at the end of the 20th century

b)

In the Ancient era;

c)

in the 19th century

d)

In the period after the Second World War;

e)

at the beginning of the 20th century.

65.

The diachronic evolution of language is:

a)

historical language change

b)

formation of doublet words in the language

c)

historical language

d)

the division of language into two forms

e)

mutual influence of two languages

66.

Scholar M.V. Pimenova notes that concept…

a)

a programme of research on the human "thinking mechanism"

b)

"a concept is a representation of a fragment of the world"

c)

a programme of research on the human "communication skills"

d)

“an idea or thought, esp. a generalized idea of a thing or class of things, abstract notion”

e)

"mental formations which are meaningful conscious typified fragments of experience stored in human memory"

67.

What is the first stage in speech communication?

a)

Stage of implementation of the communication plan

b)

The stage of monitoring the achievement

c)

The stage of monitoring the achievement of the communication goal

d)

animation stage

e)

The stage of forming a goal and building a communication pla

68.

Who was the founder of cognitive functions?

a)

E.S. Kubryakova

b)

J. Lakoff and M. Johnson

c)

Psychologist Carl Jung

d)

Y.N. Karaulov

e)

Eleanor Rosch

69.

According to psychologist Carl Gustav Jung introversion is …

a)

“the method in which observers are carefully trained to report on inner sensations and experiences”

b)

"a turning inwards of the libido, whereby a negative relation of subject to object is expressed. Interest does not move towards the object, but recedes towards the subject."

c)

“a way of representing operational information; a knowledge structure for representing a stereotypical situation (e.g., a situation of paying a fare, celebrating a birthday, etc.)”

d)

“subjective experience, various pragmatic components of the lexeme, connotations and associations”

e)

a strong, if not exclusive, determination by the object." Consciously, in an extrovert, the four basic cognitive functions follow the extroverted 'general attitude of consciousness”

70.

What is a set of concepts that make up the worldview of a native speaker?

a)

cognitive semantics

b)

cognition

c)

concept

d)

conceptosphere

e)

mental vocabulary

71.

A construct used in linguistics and psycholinguistics to refer to individual speakers' lexical, or word, representations is …

a)

the lexicon

b)

cognitive semantics

c)

cognitive vocabulary

d)

grammar semantics

e)

the mental vocabulary

72.

. According to Lakoff (1990) what is Generalization Commitment in cognitive linguistics?

a)

subjective experience, various pragmatic components of the lexeme, connotations and associations

b)

the method in which observers are carefully trained to report on inner sensations and experiences

c)

a commitment to the characterization of general principles that are responsible for all aspects of human language

d)

a commitment to providing a characterization of general principles for language that accords with what is known about the mind and brain from other disciplines

e)

a way of representing operational information; a knowledge structure for representing a stereotypical situation (e.g., a situation of paying a fare, celebrating a birthday, etc.)

73.

Edward Titchener believed that …

a)

nothing worthwhile would come of studying mental processes

b)

the functions of consciousness, rather than its structure, were of interest

c)

) to acquire meaning is to construct some structure consisting of existing concepts as interpreters, or analyzers, of the concept in question

d)

the appropriate goal for psychology was the objective assessment of association formation

e)

mental illness, educational applications, and social psychology were “impure” because they could not be studied using introspection

74.

The collection of mental processes and activities used in perceiving, remembering, thinking, and understanding is …

a)

a frame

b)

operations

c)

cognition

d)

understanding

e)

forecasting

75.

Hermann Ebbinghaus was the first person to systematically study …

a)

concept

b)

perception

c)

cognition

d)

understanding

e)

attention

76.

People first began wondering about how the mind worked …

a)

after the cognitive revolution

b)

after Aristotle

c)

after the cognitive revolution

d)

after Descartes

e)

after 1970s

77.

Reductionism is …

a)

subjective experience, various pragmatic components of the lexeme, connotations and associations

b)

a way of representing operational information; a knowledge structure for representing a stereotypical situation (e.g., a situation of paying a fare, celebrating a birthday, etc.)

c)

the process of acquiring knowledge and the results of this process

d)

the method in which observers are carefully trained to report on inner sensations and experiences

e)

the entire set of knowledge and ideas of a given linguistic community about the world, recorded in the language, primarily in its lexical and phraseological composition

78.

What is the process of meaning construction?

a)

conceptualization

b)

categorization

c)

understanding

d)

memorization

e)

perception

79.

Choose the right definition of “Extroverted Sensing” - one of the cognitive functions by Carl Gustav Jung.

a)

means noticing patterns, symbols, and connections in the world that others may not see

b)

understanding the world through past precedent and experience

c)

outwardly conveying thoughts using logic, reason, and analysis

d)

using taste, touch, smell, sound, movement and sight to easily absorb information in the physical world

e)

a function that seeks to understand personal ideas using a deeply specified framework

80.

According to Lakoff (1990) “Cognitive Commitment” – …

a)

subjective experience, various pragmatic components of the lexeme, connotations and associations

b)

the appropriate goal for psychology was the objective assessment of association formation

c)

a commitment to providing a characterization of general principles for language that accords with what is known about the mind and brain from other disciplines

d)

the method in which observers are carefully trained to report on inner sensations and experiences

e)

a way of representing operational information; a knowledge structure for representing a stereotypical situation (e.g., a situation of paying a fare, celebrating a birthday, etc.)

81.

Choose the definition of categorization in a broad sense.

a)

the method in which observers are carefully trained to report on inner sensations and experiences

b)

process of division of the external and internal world of the person on categorical areas, correlated with essential characteristics of its functioning and being

c)

understanding the world through past precedent and experience

d)

putting a phenomenon under a certain rubric of experience, category

e)

using taste, touch, smell, sound, movement and sight to easily absorb information in the physical world

82.

. People first began wondering about how the mind worked …

a)

after the cognitive revolution

b)

after Descartes

c)

after 1970s

d)

after Carl Jung

e)

after Aristotle

83.

Cognitive abilities that enable goal-oriented behavior, such as the ability to plan, and execute a goal.

a)

perception

b)

executive function

c)

attention

d)

memory

e)

thinking skills

84.

Cognition does not involve …

a)

mental activities

b)

reflexes

c)

understanding

d)

attention

e)

perception

85.

What is a prototype semantics?

a)

a way of representing operational information; a knowledge structure for representing a stereotypical situation (e.g., a situation of paying a fare, celebrating a birthday, etc.)

b)

subjective experience, various pragmatic components of the lexeme, connotations and associations

c)

the process of acquiring knowledge and the results of this process

d)

a 'more-or-less semantics', as opposed to the 'all-or-nothing' approach of structure-oriented feature semantics.

e)

the entire set of knowledge and ideas of a given linguistic community about the world, recorded in the language, primarily in its lexical and phraseological composition

86.

According to Martin Heidegger “the picture of the world” is …

a)

“an idea or thought, esp. a generalized idea of a thing or class of things, abstract notion”

b)

“a picture of the world, understood essentially, does not mean a picture depicting the world, but the world understood as a picture”

c)

“the entire set of knowledge and ideas of a given linguistic community about the world, recorded in the language, primarily in its lexical and phraseological composition”

d)

) "It is a "field of meaning", a system of meanings. A picture of the world, then, is a system of images”

e)

"a concept is an operative unit of memory, mental lexicon, conceptual system and brain language, the whole picture of the world, a quantum of knowledge. The most important concepts are expressed in language"

87.

Cognitive ability to sustain concentration on a particular object, action, or thought, and ability to manage competing demands in our environment.

a)

thinking

b)

attention

c)

attention

d)

categorization

e)

perception

88.

Friedrich Wilhelm von Humboldt wrote the following about “the picture of the world”.

a)

"It is a "field of meaning", a system of meanings. A picture of the world, then, is a system of images”

b)

“an idea or thought, esp. a generalized idea of a thing or class of things, abstract notion”

c)

"different languages are for a nation the organs of their original thinking and perception"

d)

"...the definition of method itself, is to constantly relate linguistic data to other experiential sensorimotor data, cognitive science extends the scope of linguistics' possible and so necessary explanations for it."

e)

“a picture of the world, understood essentially, does not mean a picture depicting the world, but the world understood as a picture”

89.

Cognitive ability to sustain concentration on a particular object, action, or thought, and ability to manage competing demands in our environment.

a)

categorization

b)

thinking

c)

attention

d)

memory

e)

perception

90.

A theory of linguistic meaning developed by Charles J. Fillmore that extends his earlier case grammar.

a)

semantics

b)

a frame semantics

c)

a picture of the world

d)

a prototype semantics

e)

grammar semantics

91.

In cognitive linguistics what is another notion to “linguistic relativity”?

a)

linguistic determinism

b)

cognitive linguistic

c)

linguistic perception

d)

cross-linguistic

e)

linguistic category

92.

Choose the date when was the cognitive revolution?

a)

late 1940s

b)

in 1975

c)

late 1950s

d)

early 1960s

e)

in 1945

93.

How many cognitive functions are there by Psychologist Carl Jung?

a)

8

b)

5

c)

6

d)

4

e)

7

94.

A cognitive reference point, i.e the proto-image of all representatives of the meaning of a word or of a category is …

a)

concept

b)

a prototype

c)

a frame

d)

a picture of the world

e)

categorization

95.

The term “picture of the world” emerged within physics at the turn of …

a)

the 17th

b)

the 19th

c)

the 19th and 20th centuries

d)

the 17th and 18th centuries

e)

the 18th and 19th centuries

96.

Which scholar's work is dedicated to describing cognitive structures (frame semantics)?

a)

Eleanor Rosch

b)

Y.N. Karaulov

c)

J. Lakoff and M. Johnson

d)

Charles J. Fillmore

e)

E.S. Kubryakova

97.

Identify one of the components of a cognitive concept?

a)

the cognitive "theory of two thresholds" developed by P. Toukomaa, T. Skutnabb-Kangas and J. Cummins

b)

the cognitive abilities of students, relying on the interaction and influence of foreign languages

c)

the cognitive abilities of students, relying on the interaction and influence of foreign languages

d)

the knowledge, skills and attitudes for learning across the curriculum

e)

individual-personal, shaped by personal characteristics - education, upbringing, individual experiences, psychophysiological characteristics.

98.

The participant of the communication act who perceives speech is:

a)

The recipient

b)

speaker

c)

The receptor;

d)

receiver

e)

respondent;

99.

What is the name of the upper level in the language level system?

a)

the terminology level

b)

lexical level

c)

grammar level

d)

grammar level

e)

the text level

100.

Lexicology is:

a)

A section of linguistics that studies syntaxis

b)

The doctrine of the forms of words.

c)

The section of linguistics that studies the vocabulary of a language;

d)

A section of linguistics that studies terminology;

e)

The science of logical forms of language;