A. Acronyms. B. Back-formation. C. Functional shift D. Semantic shift.
X: John’s bike needs repairing. Y: John has a bike. The relationship of X and Y is ().
A. synonymous B. inconsistent C. X entailing Y D. X presupposing Y
A. Polysemy is the phenomenon that the same one word may have more than one meaning. B. Homonymy refers to the phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form. C. Hyponymy refers to the sense relation between a more general, more inclusive word and a more specific word. D. Antonymy is used for the sameness or close similarity of meaning.
A. homophones B. homographs C. complete homonyms D. partial homonyms
A. The meaning of a sentence is abstract and decontextualized. B. The meaning of an utterance is concrete and context-dependent. C. The meaning of a sentence is based on utterance meaning. D. Utterance meaning is the realization of the abstract meaning of a sentence in a real situation of communication or simply in a context.
A. Superordinate is the word more specific in meaning. B. Hyponym is the word more general in meaning. C. Co-hyponyms are the hyponyms of the same superordinate. D. "Flower" is the co-hyponym of"rose", "morning glory", "carmination".
A. no-place predication, two-place predication B. two-place predication, one-place predication C. two-place predication, no-place predication D. no-place predication, one-place predication
A. Saussure B. Bloomfield C. Austin D. Firth
A. The speaker intends to ask someone to close the window or make a complaint. B. The hearer closes the window. C. The speaker intends to express what the words literally mean. D. None of the above.
A. locutionary act B. illocutionary act C. perlocutionary act D. imperlocutionary act
A. HUMAN B. ANIMATE C. MALE D. ADULT
A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six
A. Believing. B. Ordering. C. Promising. D. Congratulating.
A. Swearing. B. Suggesting. C. Undertaking. D. Apologizing.
A. It was first noted by the British linguist John Firth. B. It is generally considered as constituted by the knowledge shared by the speaker and the hearer. C. It determines the speaker’s use of language and also the hearer’s interpretation of what is said to him. D. It is essential to the syntactic study of language.
A: What do you think of James B: A fine day, isn’t it In the dialogue, B’s answer flouts which of the four maxims of CP().
A. The maxim of quality. B. The maxim of quantity. C. The maxim of manner. D. The maxim of relation.
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
A: Shall we get something for the kids B: Yes. But I veto I-C-E-C-R-E-A-M. In the dialogue, B’s answer flouts which of the four maxims of CP().
A. reference B. meaning C. antonymy D. context
A. Tail. B. Deer. C. Meat. D. Corn.
A. blend, clipped word B. clipped word, acronym C. back-formation, loan word D. acronym, coined word
A. brunch B. smog C. motel D. gym
A. to hawk B. to baby-sit C. to bug D. to beg
A. space travel B. computer and internet language C. ecology D. IT
A. science and technology are developing rapidly B. computer and internet technology are more and more popular C. women have taken up activities formerly reserved for men D. the children can remember them as quickly as possible
A. hound B. companion C. silly D. girl
A. meaning shift B. widening of meaning C. narrowing of meaning D. loss of meaning
A. semantic broadening B. semantic narrowing C. semantic shift D. loss of words
A. Regional dialects. B. Sociolects. C. Registers. D. Idiolects.
A. Regional dialects. B. Sociolects. C. Registers. D. Discourse accents.
A. designated as the official or national language of a country B. a dialect a child acquired naturally like his regional dialect C. used by people who speak different languages for restricted purpose D. used by people who belong to the higher social stares
A. field of discourse B. tenor of discourse C. community of discourse D. mode of discourse
A. lexical B. syntactic C. phonological D. psycholinguistic
A. dialect B. idiolect C. pidgin D. register
A. It refers to the role of relationship in the situation in question: who the participants in the communication groups are and in what relationship they stand to each other. B. It refers to the means of communication. C. It refers to what is going on: to the area of operation of the language activity. D. It refers to the type of language which is selected as appropriate to the type of situation.
A. style B. dialect C. register D. pidgin
A. The language a person uses reveals his social background. B. There exist social norms that determine the type of language to be used on a certain occasion. C. How does the human mind work when people use language. D. To investigate the social aspects of language.
A. Bilingualism B. Diglossia C. Bilaterality D. Diglot