Meaning Relations and Hierarchical Relations Quiz
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What is the term for the hierarchical relationship where some words have a more general meaning than others, while referring to the same entity?

  • Generality
  • Meronymy
  • Specificity
  • Hyponymy (correct)

    • In the hierarchical relation of 'Generality' and 'Specificity', which pair of words best represents this relationship?

  • Tree and Oak (correct)
  • Foot and Toe
  • 'Treeness' and 'This'
  • Blade and Handle

    • What is the 'part of' hierarchical relation known as?

  • Specificity
  • Meronymy (correct)
  • Hyponymy
  • Generality

    • What phenomenon leads to the existence of lexical gaps in hyponymy and meronymy trees?

    <p>Co-hyponyms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are semantic primitives?

    <p>Indefinable concepts expressed in words or bound morphemes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In semantic field analysis, how are words grouped together?

    <p>Based on an element of shared meaning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an example of a structural relation in semantic field analysis?

    <p>Subject + Verb (Kettle + boil)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are collocations most clearly observed between?

    <p>Adjectives and nouns</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do grammatical collocations refer to?

    <p>Specific prepositions that must occur after particular verbs, nouns or adjectives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of lexical collocations, what influences the mutual expectancy of words?

    <p>The direction of expectancy and the number of alternative predictable words</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an example of a verb with strong lexical collocations?

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

    'Wreak' has stronger lexical collocations compared to 'Settle' in terms of:

    <p>The number of alternative predictable words</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do dictionaries resort to when defining semantic primitives?

    <p>Circularity of definition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kind of relations do lexical collocations refer to?

    <p>Mutual expectancy between words</p> Signup and view all the answers

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