Some Exams

by glourious Sat Jun 26, 2010 10:09 pm

SAADDAHLEBUniversity,BLIDA June,2010 English Department

2^ndYear LMD.

Lexical Semantics

Second Term Exam

Part 1 : Answer the following questions(2.5 each)

1- Can a hyponym be superordinate to itself? Why/Why not? Give an example

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2- Complete the following hyponemic tree?

Animal

Grass-eating Carnivorous …………….

……….. ………. ………. ……….… Fly ……..

3- Why can’t synonyms be interchangeable in all situations? Give examples

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4- If two terms have the same opposite, does it imply that they are synonyms? Give examples.

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Part 2 .Discuss each of the following in no more than three lines and give examples(3 pnt each)

1- “ An individual’s meaning is not part of the general study of semantics”.

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2- “Dictionaries seldom rely on synonymy, but add descriptive details to enlighten the reader”

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3- What can we use semantic feature analysis for?

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