Chapter III Morphology
I. Multiple Choice
Directions: Choose the best answer and fill in the blank in each item below. 21. *Compound words consist of ______ morphemes.
A. bound B. free C. both bound and free
22. Morphemes that represent tense, number, gender and case are called _______ morpheme. A. inflectional B. free
C. bound D. derivational
23. In English –ise and –tion are called ________. A. prefixes B. suffixes
C. infixes D. free morphemes 24. The three sybtypes of affixes are: prefix, suffix and ______. A. derivational affix B. inflectional affix C. infix D. back-formation
25. _______is a way in which new words may be formed from already existing words by
subtracting an affix which is thought to be part of the old word.
A. Affixation B. Back-formation C. Insertion D. Addition 26. All of them are meaningful except for____________. A. lexeme B. phoneme C. morpheme D. allomorph
27.*______is a grammatical category used for the analysis of word classes displaying such contrasts as masculine/feminine/neuter, animate/inanimate, etc. A. Case B. Gender C. Number D. Category 28. The stem of disagreements is __________.
A. agreement B. phoneme C. disagree D. disagreement
29. There are different types of affixes or morphemes. The affix “-ed” in the word “learned” is
known as a(n) ______.
A. derivational morpheme B. free morpheme C. inflectional morpheme D. free form
30. The words “take” and “table” are called ____ because they can occur unattached.
A. form words B. bound morphemes
C. free morphemes D. inflectional morphemes. 31. The words like comsat and sitcom are formed by ________. A. blending B. clipping B. backformation D. acronym 32. The word TB is formed in the way of ___________. A. acronymy B. clipping C. initialism D. blending 33. *“Radar” is a/an _____.
A. acronym B. blending C. coinage D. clipping
34. There are different types of affixes or morphemes. The affix “-ed” in the word “learned” is
known as a( n )__________.
A. derivational morpheme B. free morpheme C. inflectional morpheme D. free form
35. Nouns, verbs and adjectives can be classified as __________.
A. lexical words B. grammatical words C. function words D. form words
36. What the element “-es” indicates is third person singular, present tense, the element “-ed” past
tense, and “-ing” progressive aspect. Since they are the smallest unit of language and meaningful, they are also ______.
A. phonemes B.morphemes C. allophones D. phones 37. There are _______ morphemes in the word denationalization? A. three B. four C. five D. six
38. Morphology is generally divided into two fields: the study of word-formation and ________. A. affixation B. etymology B. inflection D. root
39. *______is a grammatical category used for the analysis of word classes displaying such contrasts as masculine/feminine/neuter, animate/inanimate, etc.
A. Case B. Gender C. Number D. Category 40. *The relation between words “rose” and “flower” is that of _____.
A. synonymy B. antonymy C. homonymy D. hyponymy
Chapter IV Syntax
I. Multiple Choice
Directions: Choose the best answer and fill in the blank in each item below.
22. *According to Standard Theory of Chomsky, ______ contain all the information necessary for
the semantic interpretation of sentences. A. deep structures B. surface structure C.transformational rules D. PS-roles
23. The phrase” on the shelf” belongs to _______ construction. A. endocentric B. exocentric C. subordinate D. coordinate 24.The head of the phrase” the city Rome” is ____.
A. the city B. Rome
C. city D. the city and Rome
25.*_____refers to the relations holding between elements replaceable with each other at
particular place in structure, or between one element present and the others absent. A.Syntagmatic relation B.Paradigmatic relation C. Co-occurrence relation
26. In a complete sentence, the incorporated, or subordinate clause is normally called
a(n)______clause.
A. finite B. non-finite C. embedded D. Matrix
27.*In English, theme and rheme are often expressed by______ and ______.
A. subject, object B. subject, predicate C. predicate, object D. object, predicate
28. The sentence” They were wanted to remain quiet and not to expose themselves” is a
_________sentence.
A. simple B. coordinate C. compound D. complex
29. *The _____construction is defined as a construction whose distribution is not functionally
equivalent to any of its constituents.
A. exocentric B.endocentric C. subordinate D. coordinate 30. _____is a sub-field of linguistics that studies the sentences structure of language. A. Morphology B. Syntax C. Semantics D. Pragmatics
31. The term____ is used in a narrow sense to conclude only reflexives like myself and reciprocals
like each other.
A. pronominal B. anaphor C. re-expression D. Binding
32. The phrase” my small child’s cot” is an ambiguous phrase, which can be revealed by _____
tree diagrams.
A. one B. two C. three D. four
33.In the phrase structure rule “S NP + VP”, the arrow can be read as____.
A. is equal to B. consists of C. has D. generates
34._____does not belong to the major syntactic categories. A. Auxiliary B. NP C. N D.PP
35. ____refers to construction where one clause is coordinated or conjoined with another. A. Conjoining B.Embedding C. Concord D. Government 36. The criterion used in IC analysis is _____.
A. transformation B. conjoining C. grouping D. substitutability
37. In Halliday’s view, the _______function of language is realized as the transitivity system in
clauses as a representation of experience.
A. ideational B. interpersonal C. textual D. social
38.The level of syntactic representation that exists before movement takes place is commonly
termed the _____ structure.
A. phrase B.surface C. syntactic D.deep
39. ________is a type of control over the form of some words by other words in certain syntactic
constructions and in terms of certain category.
A. Concord B. Government B. Blinding D. C-command
Chapter V Semantics
II. Multiple Choices
Directions: Choose the best answer and fill in the blank in each item below. 17. Cold and hot are a pair of _______antonyms.
A. gradable B. complementary C. reversal D. converseness
18.*The sense relationship between “John plays the violin” and “John plays a musical instrument”
is ________.
A. hyponymy B. antonymy C. entailment D. synonymy 19. The semantic triangle holds that the meaning of a word is ________. A. interpreted through the mediation of concept. B. related to the thing it refers to
C. the idea associated with that word in the minds of speakers. D. the image it is represented in the mind.
20. ______in a person’s speech, or writing, usually ranges on a continuum from casual to formal according to the type of communicative context.
A. Stylistic variation B. Idealistic variation C. Social variation D. Regional variation 21. _______describes whether a proposition is true or false.
A. Truth B. Truth value C. Truth condition D. Falsehood 22. *“Semantics is the scientific study of meaning” is a ________.
A. synonymy B. polysemy C. antonymy D. tautology 23. *“Wide/narrow” is an example of ________.
A. gradable opposites B. relational opposites C.converseness D. complementarity 24. Idioms are ______.
A. sentences B. naming units C. phrases D. communication 25. The particular words or constructions that produce presuppositions is called ____. A. presupposition condition B. truth condition C. presupposition trigger D. truth value 26. “Socrates is a man” is a case of _____.
A. two-place predicate B. one-place predicate C. Two- place argument D. one-place argument
27. Bull: [BBVINE][MALE][ADULT]is an example of __________. A. componential analysis B. prediction analysis C. compositionality D. selection restriction
28. “John hit Peter” and “Peter was hit by John” are the same___________. A. proposition B. sentence C. utterance D. Truth
29. Lexical ambiguity arises from polysemy or ___which can not be determined by the context. A. homonymy B.antonymy C. meronymy D. synonymy
30. When the truth of sentence (a) guarantees the truth of sentence (b), and the falsity of sentence(a) guarantees the falsity of sentence(a), we can say that________. A. sentence(a) presupposes sentence(b) B. sentence(a) entails sentence(b).