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Determine whether the following are cases of homonymy or polysemy.
fine ‘superior in quality’ ‘a sum of money paid as a penalty’
homonymy
A process of word formation consisting of the first letters of each word, pronounced as separate letters is called .....
Initialism
What is morphology?
The study of the internal structure of words.
A process of word formation where parts of a word are added together breaking morphemes is called ....
Blending
What is polysemy?
Words with the same spelling and pronunciation, have many related meaning
From which language did the word phraseology appeared?
a) Latin
b) French
c) Greek
d) German
Greek
Which type of morphemes consist of a root and an affix?
Bound Morpheme
Who is considered to be the forefather of the theory of phraseology?
a) Vinogradov
b) Shakhmatov A.
c) Charles Bally
d) O. Potebnia
Charles Bally
Choose only a free word-group
a) at least
b) to take place
c) to take lessons
d) by means
to take lessons
What does Gordon/Medusa mean?
a) A severely ugly woman
b) Self-explanatory
c) Savage person
d) Loyalty
A severely ugly woman
"to take a bee in one's bonnet" is
a) Free Word-Group
b) Phraseological unit
c) Non-phraseological word-group
d) None of them
Free Word-Group
"White elephant" is...
a) Free Word-Group
b) Phraseological Unit
c) Non-phraseological word-group
d) None of them
Phraseological Unit
Choose right phraseological unit
a) A bull in china shop
b) An elephant in a china shop
c) A bull in a china shop
A bull in a china shop
Choose a Phraseological unit
a) red ribbon
b) blue ribbon
c) white ribbon
d) black ribbon
blue ribbon
What features does not a phraseological unit possess?
a) no substitution is possible
b) each of its components preserves its denotational meaning
c) greater structural unity
d) exist in the language side-by-side with separate words
each of its components preserves its denotational meaning
Which idiom means to be inconsistent, to frequently change one's mind?
a) The Midas touch
b) To blow hot and cold
c) "Siren" song
d) Carry the weight of the world on one's shoulders
To blow hot and cold
Once in a blue moon is
a) Phraseological combination
b) Phraseological fusions
c) Free word group
d) Phraseological unities
Phraseological fusions
What is a suffix?
a part added to the end of a word
First Russian phraseoly
a) Amosova
b) Vinogradov
c) Smirnitsky
d) Polyvanov
Vinogradov
Phraseologically, jealousy can be represented as...
a) the green-eyed monster
b) the black-eyed monster
c) the red-eyed monster
d) the yellow-eyed monster
the green-eyed monster
John was a good man. He donated a lot of money to charity. Bill was a good painter. His drawings always were exciting to look at.
Polysemy
Which type of abbreviation is BBC ?
an initialism
Parts of the word that serve as basis for attaching other morphemes are called....
bases.
What is an acronym?
A set of initial letters from a phrase that usually form another word
What are morphemes?
The smallest independent unit of language.