英语词汇学第六单元Quiz 06.doc

C 6 Quiz 06 Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. 1. Sense relations include . A. polysemy, analogy, amelioration, homonymy and hyponymy B. tautology, analogy, synonymy, antonymy and homonymy C. polysemy, homonymy, synonymy, antonymy and hyponymy D. inconsistency, homonymy, synonymy, antonymy and hypon-ymy 2. is a common feature peculiar to all natural languag-es because overwhelming majority of words have more than one meaning. A. Polysemy B. Hyponymy C. Synonymy D. Homonymy 3. The two approaches to polysemy are approach and approach. A. syntagmatic, paradigmatic B. diachronic, synchronic C. dichronic, syntagmatic D. synchronic, paradigmatic 4. At the time when the word was created, it was endowed with only one meaning. This first meaning is the mean-ing. A. associative B. stylistic C. primary D. affective 5. The later meanings added to the first meaning of the word are called meanings. A. lexical B. conceptual C. secondary D. derived 6. Synchronically, the basic meaning of a word is the core of word meaning called the meaning. A. primary B. secondary C. central D. derived 7. The development of word meaning from monosemy to polysemy follows two courses, traditionally called and . A. elevation, degradation B. extension, narrowing C. radiation, concatenation D. radiation, extension 8. Radiation is a semantic process in which the mean-ing stands at the center and the meanings proceed out of it in every direction like rays. A. secondary, primary B. primary, secondary C. conceptual, associative D. lexical, grammatical 9. In the derived meanings are directly connected to the