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رد: ●₪ اختبار علم الدلالة والبراغماتيك ~ الفصل الماضي ₪●
Lecture 2
Q:2-4-9-10-11-20-23-40-41
2. "My father purchased a large automobile" I can change the sentence into
"my dad bought a big car " if I want to sound …
A. more formal
B. less formal
C. very polite
D. impolite
اقتباس:
Synonyms differ in formality:
My father purchased a large automobile vs. my dad bought a big car.
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4. They are two or more different written forms that have the same
pronunciation. What are they?
A. Homophones
B. Homonyms
C. Polysemous
D. Hyponyms
اقتباس:
When two or more different written forms have the same pronunciation, they
are homophones,
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9. What is the semantic\lexical relation between banana and fruit?
A. Hyponymy
B. Synonymy
C. Homophony
D. Homonymy
اقتباس:
Hyponymy means the meaning of form is included in the meaning of another,
e.g., tulip is a hyponym of flower, dog/animal, Chihuahua/dog,
carrot/vegetable.
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10. Identify the pair of non-gradable antonyms among the followings.
A. dress and undress
B. tall and short
C. male and female
D. old and young
اقتباس:
Gradable antonyms can be used in comparative construction, e.g., bigger
than/smaller than. The negative of one member of the pair does not imply the
other: He is not old does not imply He is young.
With non-gradable antonym, the negative of one does indeed imply the other:
He is not dead means He is alive.
Reversives mean not negative but to do the reverse, e.g., tie/untie, enter/exit,
pack/unpack, lengthen/shorten, raise/lower, dress/undress.
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11. Reversive is one type of antonym. Which among the following examples is
reversive?
A. happy and unhappy
B. pack and unpack
C. safe and unsafe
D. fair and unfair
اقتباس:
Reversives mean not negative but to do the reverse, e.g., tie/untie, enter/exit,
pack/unpack, lengthen/shorten, raise/lower, dress/undress.
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20. What is the semantic\lexical relation between race (the contest of speed)
and race (the ethnic group)?
A. Hyponymy
B. Synonymy
C. Homophony
D. Homonymy
اقتباس:
When one form has two or more unrelated meanings, they are homonyms,
e.g., bank (of a river) – bank (financial institute), bat (flying creature) – bat
(used in sport), race (contest of speed) – race (ethnic group), mole (on skin-
animal)
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23. What is the semantic\lexical relation between meet and meat?
A. Hyponymy
B. Synonymy
C. Homophony
D. Homonymy
اقتباس:
When two or more different written forms have the same pronunciation, they
are homophones, e.g., meat/meet, flour/flower, pail/pale, sew/so, see/sea,
bare/bear.
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40. "The head of the company needs a new secretary" What does this
sentence contain?
A. Hyponymy
B. Synonymy
C. Homophony
D. Polysemy
اقتباس:
When one form has multiple meanings that are all related by extension, it is
polysemy, e.g., head (the top of your body/the top of a company), foot (of a
person, of bed, of mountain), run (person does, water does, color does).
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41. The word bank (the side of a river) and bank (the financial institute) are
recognized as…
A. Synonymy
B. Homophony
C. Polysemy
D. Homonymy
اقتباس:
When one form has two or more unrelated meanings, they are homonyms,
e.g., bank (of a river) – bank (financial institute), bat (flying creature) – bat
(used in sport), race (contest of speed) – race (ethnic group), mole (on skin-
animal)
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