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ÖABT2020 – Dilbilim kavrama testi

PART 5 - Semantics

1. The underlying idea of ----- can be given 5. In the sentence “I saw a bat”, the meaning
as the idea that the meaning of a sentence of the word “bat” is homonymic in the
can be specified by giving the condition sense that it denotes two distinct entities,
under which it would be valid. “a flying mammal” and “wooden club”.

Choose the alternative which best Which of the following terms best
completes the sentence. explains the above given situation?

A) lexical semantics A) Principle of compositionality

B) truth conditional semantics B) Conceptual meaning
C) lexical ambiguity C) Lexical ambiguity
D) semantic features D) Entailment
E) semantic roles E) Associative meaning

2. John sold the car to Joseph.

6. Although the words “minor” and “miner”
Which of the following is the semantic differ in spelling, they share the same
role of the underlined phrase? pronunciation as /maɪnə/.

A) Theme What is the name of the lexical relation

B) Agent exemplified above?
C) Goal
D) Experiencer A) homography
E) Patient B) homophony
C) homonymy
D) hyponymy
E) antonymy

3. What is the term used to refer to a type

of sentence in semantics that can be
judged true without recourse to real 7. Which of the following refers to the type
world knowledge separate from the of meaning of a word that is the actual
sense of the words contained in it? definition of the word rather than the
nuances of its meaning or the feelings
A) Synthetic it implies?
B) Analytic
C) Anomaly A) Denotation
D) Contradictory B) Association
E) Entailment C) Connotation
D) Anomaly
E) Synonymy

4. [1] Sally managed to leave on time.

[2] Sally left on time. 8. What is the term used to refer to a
figure of speech in which something is
What is the name of the relationship called by a new name that is related in
between the expressions [1] and [2] meaning to the original thing or
above? concept, e.g., in referring to celebrity
life and culture in the United States, one
A) Entailment can say “Hollywood is obsessed with
B) Ambiguity this new diet”?
C) Presupposition
D) Anomaly A) Metonymy
E) Compositionality B) Hyponymy
C) Hypernymy
D) Synonymy
E) Polysemy
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9. In semantics, ----- is usually a one-way 12. ?Mary drank the whole house.
relationship between the sentences that
the truth of the first sentence necessitates In the above sentence, because of the fact
the truth of the second. that the verb “to drink” and the object
“house” do not meet in the same meaning
Choose the option that completes the field, semantics call this occurrence as
sentence. problematic.

A) anomaly Which of the following terms can make

B) ambiguity the above description?
C) entailment
D) presupposition A) Semantic feature
E) tautology B) Semantic role
C) Lexical ambiguity
D) Lexical relations
E) Sentential semantics

10. The meaning of the word “ship” is ‘vehicle 13. Pat came from the cafeteria.
for conveyance on water,’ whereas its
extension embraces such things as ‘cargo Which of the following is the semantic
ships, passenger ships, battleships, sailing role of the underlined phrase?
ships, etc.’.
A) Theme
Which of the following term explains B) Location
the extensions of the meanings of the C) Goal
word “ship”? D) Source
E) Patient
A) Sense
B) Entailment
C) Reference
D) Anomaly
E) Antonymy

14. [1] The Egyptians built the pyramids.

[2] The pyramids were built by the
Egyptians.

In the above sentences, one can see that

the two sentences mutually entail each
other.
11. What is the term used to refer to the
theory and study of signs and symbols, What is the name of the entailment
especially as elements of language or relationship exemplified above?
other systems of communication?
A) Contradiction
A) Principle of compositionality B) Anomaly
B) Truth conditional semantics C) Ambiguity
C) Lexical semantics D) Paraphrase
D) Anomaly E) Homonymy
E) Semiotics
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15. Lend means ‘to give something to 18. A(n) ----- is a cognitive reference point, i.e.
someone for a short time, expecting that the source image of all representatives of
you will get it back’. However, borrow is a meaning of a word or of a category.
regular verb meaning ‘to get something
from someone, intending to give it back Choose the option that completes the
after a short time.’ sentence.

What is the name of the semantic A) antonymy

relationships between the underlined B) synonymy
words? C) homography
D) prototype
A) Relational oppositeness E) homophony
B) Gradable antonymy
C) Non-gradable antonymy
D) Binary antonymy
E) Complementary pair

16. The weather was beginning to affect his

affect.

In the above sentence, although the

underlined words share the similar writing
pattern, they differ in pronunciation
depending on their word class.

Which of the following terms is

exemplified above?

A) Homophony
B) Hyponymy
C) Hypernymy
D) Homography
E) Antonymy

17. According to some estimates, more than

40% of English words have more than one
meaning. The fact that so many words are
----- shows that semantic changes often
add meanings to the language without
subtracting any.

Choose the alternative which best

completes the sentence.

A) homonymous
B) synonymous
C) heteronymous
D) antonymous
E) polysemous
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1 B 6 B 11 E 16 D
2 A 7 A 12 A 17 E
3 A 8 A 13 D 18 D
4 A 9 C 14 D
5 C 10 A 15 A