Linguistics: Hyponymy and Lexemes
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What do the words 'fellow feeling' convey?

  • Indifference to others
  • Being alone
  • No emotions at all
  • Having or showing feeling (correct)

    • What is the relationship between 'cutlery' and 'knife, fork, spoon'?

  • Cutlery is a hyponym of knife, fork, spoon
  • Knife, fork, spoon are antonyms of cutlery
  • Knife, fork, spoon are hyponyms of cutlery (correct)
  • Cutlery is a synonym of knife, fork, spoon

    • What do you call words that are often found paired together?

  • Synonyms
  • Antonyms
  • Hyponyms
  • Collocations (correct)

    • What is the term for words that are grouped in almost predictable ways?

    <p>Fixed expressions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the essential feature of a word that distinguishes it from another word with the same form?

    <p>Meaning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between 'fish' and 'cod, guppy, salmon, trout'?

    <p>Cod, guppy, salmon, trout are hyponyms of fish</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to describe words with the same pronunciation but different meanings and standard spellings?

    <p>Homophones</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an example of a homograph, where the standard spelling is the same but the pronunciation differs?

    <p>Wind</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a grouping similar to a semantic field?

    <p>Traditional term</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to David Crystal, what term is used to describe forms that are identical in speech or writing only?

    <p>Half identical forms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for words with the same form (written, spoken, or both) but different meanings?

    <p>Homonyms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an example of a homophone, where the pronunciation is the same but the standard spelling differs?

    <p>Flew, flu, and flue</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary reason structural ambiguity is more likely to occur in headlines?

    <p>The absence of linking grammatical words in headlines</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for words that have the same reference meaning but differ in connotation?

    <p>Synonyms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process by which a word acquires a strong connotation of approval or disapproval?

    <p>Amelioration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for words that have opposite meanings?

    <p>Antonyms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the source of the words 'synonym' and 'antonym'?

    <p>Greek</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a word that is a specific type of a more general concept?

    <p>Hyponym</p> Signup and view all the answers

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