WorksheetsLinguistics - Semantics
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Lexical ambiguity refers to__________
words that have the same meaning.
a word that has more than one meaning.
a word that contains the meaning of a more general words.
words that have different meanings.
Select the pair of words that would be an example of "gradable antonyms".
hungry - full
borrower - lender
clean - dirty
import - export
love - hate
Sentence meaning includes two main types: lexical meaning and grammatical meaning.
True
False
The lexical context means the lexical groups going with the poly semantic or homonymous word.
True
False
Semantics is the study of meaning in context.
True
False
Identify the relationship of the words "true / false"
Antonymy
Synonymy
Polysemy
Homonymy
Identify what is the relationship of the words given below:
mouse (animal) / mouse (computer hardware)
Synomymy
Polysemy
Antonymy
Homonymy
A type of informal language that have a meaning different from the meaning of the words in the expression.
Idiomatic Expressions
Figurative Language
What is hyponymy?
The hidden and implied meanings within language.
The study of how sounds are created.
The study of symbols.
The hierarchical structure that exists between lexical items.
What is the sematic relationship expressed in the following sentence?
Flight 2048 arrives and departs at 8:00 AM.
(a)
Identify the superordinate term in the following set.
house
shed
cottage
garage
building
monitor
(1) a pupil who assists a teacher
(2) a device that receives video signals from a computer
The case given is polysemy.
The case given is homonymy.
(1) widow, mother, sister, aunt, seamstress
(2) widower, father, brother, uncle, tailor
--> Sharing: human
--> Differing: the class of (1) words is (a) and (2) words is (b) .
"Othello killed Desdemona. Desdemona died."
The semantic relationship expressed in the sentences is ...............................................
Paraphrase
Contradiction
Entailment
Ambiguity
The homonym of the word "flour" is (a) .
