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What is collocation?
What is collocation?
- The connotation shared by words
- The random combination of words
- The semantic preference of words
- The tendency of words to appear together (correct)
What does semantic preference refer to?
What does semantic preference refer to?
- The connotation shared by words
- The random combination of words
- The tendency of words to appear together
- The meaning of a word influencing its combination with other words (correct)
What is semantic prosody?
What is semantic prosody?
- The tendency of words to appear together
- The random combination of words
- The type of connotation shared by words (correct)
- The meaning of a word influencing its combination with other words
What did W.V.O. Quine's thought experiment with 'Gavagai' demonstrate?
What did W.V.O. Quine's thought experiment with 'Gavagai' demonstrate?
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What is syntactic bootstrapping related to?
What is syntactic bootstrapping related to?
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What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis primarily concerned with?
What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis primarily concerned with?
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Which of the following best describes the concept of conceptual metaphor?
Which of the following best describes the concept of conceptual metaphor?
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What is the main idea behind the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis (LRH)?
What is the main idea behind the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis (LRH)?
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Which of the following is an example of figurative language?
Which of the following is an example of figurative language?
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How does the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis relate to language?
How does the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis relate to language?
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