Chapter 5 Semantics

1. Semantics can be defined as the study of ________.

A. words

B. meaning

C. communication

D. context

2. Sense relates to the complex system of relationships that hold between the linguistic elements themselves (mostly words); it is concerned with _________ relations.

A. extra-linguistic

B. intra-linguistic

C. non-linguistic

D. multi-linguistic

3. Reference deals with the relationship between the linguistic elements (words, sentences, etc) and the ________ of experience.

A. extra-linguistic

B. intra-linguistic

C. non-linguistic

D. multi-linguistic

4. Two words that are opposite in meaning are called ________.

A. synonyms

B. homonyms

C. antonyms

D. homophones

5. The pair of words “wide / narrow” are called ________.

A. gradable opposites

B. complementary antonyms

C. co-hyponyms

D. relational opposites

6. What is the meaning relationship between the two words “flower/ rose”?

A. Polysemy

B. Synonymy

C. Hyponymy

D. Antonymy

7. The words “railway” and “railroad” are ________.

A. emotive synonyms

B. dialectal synonyms

C. stylistic synonyms

D. collocational synonyms

8. The same word may have more than one meaning, which is called ________.

A. synonymy

B. homonymy

C. hyponymy

D. polysemy

9. The pair of words “lend” and “borrow” are ________.

A. gradable antonyms

B. relational opposites

C. complementary antonyms

D. none of the above

10. The way to analyze sentence meaning is called ________ analysis.

A. componential

B. Predication

C. syntactic

D. logical

答案(反白可见)：B B C C A C B D D A