Chapter 5 Meaning

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1、Chapter5MeaningI.Choosethebestanswer.(20%)1.Thenamingtheoryisadvancedby________.A.PlatoB.BloomfieldC.GeoffreyLeechD.Firth2.“Weshallknowawordbythecompanyitkeeps.”Thisstatementrepresents_______.A.theconceptualistviewB.contexutalismC.thenamingtheoryD.behaviorism3.Whichofthefoll

2、owingisNOTtrue?A.Senseisconcernedwiththeinherentmeaningofthelinguisticform.B.Senseisthecollectionofallthefeaturesofthelinguisticform.C.Senseisabstractanddecontextualized.D.Senseistheaspectofmeaningdictionarycompilersarenotinterestedin.4.“CanIborrowyourbike?”_______“Youhaveab

3、ike.”A.issynonymouswithB.isinconsistentwithC.entailsD.presupposes5.__________isawayinwhichthemeaningofawordcanbedissectedintomeaningcomponents,calledsemanticfeatures.A.PredicationanalysisB.ComponentialanalysisC.PhonemicanalysisD.Grammaticalanalysis6.“Alive”and“dead”are______

4、________.A.gradableantonymsB.relationalantonymsC.complementaryantonymsD.Noneoftheabove7.________dealswiththerelationshipbetweenthelinguisticelementandthenon-linguisticworldofexperience.A.ReferenceB.ConceptC.SemanticsD.Sense8.______referstothephenomenonthatwordshavingdifferen

5、tmeaningshavethesameform.A.PolysemyB.SynonymyC.HomonymyD.Hyponymy9.Wordsthatarecloseinmeaningarecalled______________.A.homonymsB.polysemiesC.hyponymsD.synonyms10.Thegrammaticalityofasentenceisgovernedby_______.A.grammaticalrulesB.selectionalrestrictionsC.semanticrulesD.seman

6、ticfeaturesAnswers:1-10ABDDBCACDAII.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.(10%)11.DialectalsynonymscanoftenbefoundindifferentregionaldialectssuchasBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglishbutcannotbefoundwithinthevarietyitself,forexample,withinBritishEnglishorAmericanEngl

7、ish.12.Senseisconcernedwiththerelationshipbetweenthelinguisticelementandthenon-linguisticworldofexperience,whilethereferencedealswiththeinherentmeaningofthelinguisticform.13.Linguisticformshavingthesamesensemayhavedifferentreferencesindifferentsituations.14.Insemantics,meani

8、ngoflanguageisconsideredastheintrinsicandinherentrelationtothephysicalworld