Leksikologiya (Practice version 0.4)

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PRACTICE VERSION 0.4

 

1. What is the subject -matter of lexicology?
   1.   The science of language
   2.   The word, its morphemic structure, history and meaning
   3.   The study of nature
   4.   The vocabulary of a given language
2. What is the basic task of lexicology as a branch of linguistics?
   1.   Study arid description of grammar structures
   2.   study and systematic description of vocabulary in respect to its origin, development and current use
   3.   Study and description of lingo-stylistic properties of words
   4.   Study and description of phonetic properties of words
3. What is the literal meaning of the term lexicology?
   1.   Word, phrase
   2.   The science of the word
   3.   A department of knowledge
   4.   Practice of speech patterns use
4. Lingo-stylistics is concerned with the study of…
   1.   Phonology system
   2.   The nature, function and structure of stylistic devices and investigation of each style of language
   3.   grammar properties
   4.   Descriptive lexicology
5. The two principal approaches in linguistic science to the study of language material are…
   1.   synchronic and diachronic
   2.   special and descriptive
   3.   linguistic and stylistic
   4.   grammar and phonetics
6. The subject-matter of descriptive lexicology is…
   1.   historical transformation at different stages
   2.   phonology
   3.   historical lexicology
   4.   study of the vocabulary in its synchronic aspect
7. Semasiology is a branch of lexicology that is devoted to…
   1.   study of lexicon
   2.   grammar
   3.   grammar pattern
   4.   the study of meaning
8. Which term is the most controversial in the theory of language?
   1.   Structure
   2.   aspect
   3.   theory
   4.   meaning
9. What do we mean by I.С.?
   1.   concept of neutralization
   2.   functioning as a unit in some large whole
   3.   immediate constituents analysis
   4.   analysis in morphological level
10. What types of bound morphemes do you know?
    1.   affix
    2.   suffixes, prefixes and inflection
    3.   free, bound, semi-bound
    4.   Free morpheme
11. Suffixes are subdivided into…
    1.   free, bound, semi-bound
    2.   Affix and infix
    3.   inflectional and derivational
    4.   Prefix and affix
12. "Misunderstanding".
    How many morphemes are there in this word?
    1.   5
    2.   2
    3.   4
    4.   3
13. Prefixes in modern English are…
    1.   inflectional
    2.   Substitutional
    3.   Interchangeable
    4.   always derivational
14. What is root?
    1.   Suffix
    2.   the primary element of the word, its basic part
    3.   Affix
    4.   Infix
15. What kinds of approaches to meaning do exist in present day linguistics?
    1.   referential and functional
    2.   Semantic
    3.   Functional
    4.   Structural
16. The diachronic approach deals with….
    1.   grammar and syntax
    2.   vocabulary of a language as it exists at a given time
    3.   the changes and the development of vocabulary in the course of time
    4.   Suffix
17. Which lexical units does lexicology study?
    1.   Sentence and phraseological units
    2.   morphemes, words, variable word-groups and phraseological units
    3.   Words, sentence and proverbs
    4.   words, variable word-groups and text
18. Lexicography studies...
    1.   the science and art of dictionary compiling
    2.   the science and art of sentence
    3.   the science and art of morhemes
    4.   the science and art of word
19. According to the semantic point of view morphemes may be classified:
    1.   free, bound, semi-bound
    2.   suffixes, prefixes and inflection
    3.   Root morphemes and non-root morphemes
    4.   Inflectional and derivational
20. According to the structural point of view morphemes may be classified:
    1.   Free, bound, semi-bound
    2.   suffixes, prefixes and inflection
    3.   Root morphemes and non-root morphemes
    4.   Inflectional and derivational
21. …….is the lexical nucleus of a word, it has an individual lexical meaning shared by no other morpheme of the language
    1.   Suffix
    2.   Bound morpheme
    3.   Semi-bound morpheme
    4.   Root morpheme
22. …... is morpheme that can function in a morphemic sequence both as an affix and as a free morpheme.
    1.   Free morpheme
    2.   Root morpheme
    3.   Bound morpheme
    4.   Semi-bound morpheme