Semantics MCQs

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1. What is semantics?





2. The smallest unit of meaning in a language is called:





3. Which type of semantics focuses on dictionary definitions?





4. Denotation refers to:





5. Connotation refers to:





6. Synonyms are:





7. Antonyms are:





8. Polysemy refers to:





9. Homonyms are:





10. “Bank” (river bank vs money bank) is an example of:





11. Hyponymy refers to:





12. In semantics, “rose” is a hyponym of:





13. Superordinate term of “rose,” “tulip,” “lily” is:





14. Semantic field refers to:





15. Componential analysis breaks down meaning into:





16. Semantic roles describe:





17. In “John kicked the ball,” the agent is:





18. In “John kicked the ball,” the theme is:





19. Presupposition refers to:





20. Entailment means:





21. “If someone is a bachelor, he is unmarried” is an example of:





22. Semantic anomaly occurs when:





23. “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously” is an example of:





24. Metaphor in semantics refers to:





25. Metonymy involves:





26. “The crown decided” (meaning the king/queen decided) is an example of:





27. Semantic shift means:





28. Euphemism is:





29. “Passed away” instead of “died” is an example of:





30. Idioms in semantics are:





31. Semantic priming refers to:





32. Collocation means:





33. Semantic ambiguity arises when:





34. “Light” (weight vs brightness) is an example of:





35. Truth-conditional semantics focuses on:





36. The study of how context affects meaning is part of:





37. Semantic features of “man” may include:





38. Which is NOT a type of antonymy?





39. Gradable antonyms are:





40. Complementary antonyms are:





41. Converse antonyms are:





42. Semantic bleaching refers to:





43. Semantic prosody refers to:





44. Which branch of semantics deals with meaning relations between words?





45. Compositional semantics studies:





46. Semantic entailment is strongest when:





47. “She opened the door” entails that:





48. Semantic anomaly is often caused by:





49. Semantics is a subfield of:





50. The main difference between semantics and pragmatics is:





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