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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are semantic primitives?

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

In semantic field analysis, how are words grouped together?

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

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

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

What are collocations most clearly observed between?

<p>Adjectives and nouns (D)</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 (B)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Speak (B)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do dictionaries resort to when defining semantic primitives?

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

What kind of relations do lexical collocations refer to?

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

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