Homonymy/Polysemy
The meanings of the words are related
Polysemy
A preposition is an example of
a function word
The two principles are
Open-choice principle and idiom principle
What are the 3 types of vocabulary according to Schmitt and Schmitt?
General, academic and technical
Counting units are individual word, lemma and
word family
Meanings could be connected to single words or
a group of words
In: I don't want to put you on the spot, Sam. Three function words are:
don't, to, on, the
In which principle patterns co-occur with each other?
Idiom principle
What are the 3 types of vocabulary according to Woodrow?
Technical, semi-technical and general
A second language learner will learn more lemmas or word families
Both depending on the author.
An example of of polysemy is chip of wood or
computer chip
An auxiliary verb is an example of a content word. Yes or no?
No
Blond is the perfect fit for which word?
hair
Clerk - a person who takes records, files
What type of vocabulary is clerk?
General
How can a learner compensate the lack of vocabulary in speaking?
paraphrasing, using body language, changing the topic...
Homonymy: bear means:
animal or carry
A noun is a
content word
A weaker collocation is nice _____?
view, car, salary
Which are some technical words in this chapter (book)?
collocation, lexeme, homonymy...
What is more difficult to understand: reading written discourse or spoken discourse?
reading written discourse
Lexical ambiguity are related to these two terms
polysemy and homonymy
Name two function words
articles, prepositions, determiners, pronouns, modals...
What are arbitrary prepositions
The ones attached to time without any logical explanation.
Which represents technical vocabulary:
more money or increase revenue
increase revenue
Many people will simply wish to be able to participate in daily communication. True or false?
True