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：B B C C A C B D D A