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Ideographic synonyms are:

Words conveying the same notion but differing in shades of meaning.

Words which differ in connotations.

Words which differ in all kinds of emotional, expressive and evaluative overtones.

Words which differ in their morphemic structure but coinciding in their sound-form.

Words identical in their sound -form or in graphic form or in both, but different in meaning.

Absolute (or complete) synonyms are:

Words coinciding in all their shades of meaning and in all their stylistic characteristics.

Words conveying the same notion but differing in shades of meaning.

Words which differ in connotations.

Words conveying the same notion but differing in shades of meaning.

Words identical in their sound -form or in graphic form or in both, but different in

meaning.

Sources of synonyms are: «'> :

All the above mentioned cases.

Native and borrowed words.

Shortening.

Conversion.

Euphemisms.

Homographs are:

Words identical in spelling, but different both in their sound-form and meaning.

Words identical in sound-form but different both in spelling and in meaning.

Words identical in sound-form but different in meaning.

Words identical in meaning but different in spelling.

Words identical in spelling and sound-form meaning but different in meaning.

Homophones are:

Words identical in sound-form but different in meaning.

Words identical in meaning but different in spelling.

Words identical in spelling, but different both in their sound-form and meaning.

Words identical in sound-form but different both in spelling and in meaning.

Words identical in spelling and sound-form meaning but different in meaning..

Perfect homophones are:

Words identical in spelling and sound-form but different in meaning.

Words identical in sound-form but different both in spelling and in meaning.

Words identical in spelling, but different both in their sound-form and meaning.

Words identical in meaning but different in spelling.

Words identical in sound-form but different in meaning.

Grammatical meaning is:

The meaning proper to sets of word-forms common to all words of a certain class.

The meaning proper to the given linguistic unit in all its forms and distributions.

The component of the lexical meaning that makes communication possible.

The connotational meaning.

The denotational meaning.

A metaphor is:

A transfer of name based on the association of similarity.

A transfer based upon the association of contiguity.

A shift of names between things that are known to be in some way or other connected reality.

Degradation of meaning.

Amelioration of meaning.

A metonymy is:

A transfer based upon the association of contiguity.

A transfer of name based on the association of similarity.

A shift of names between things that are known to be in some way or other connected reality.

Degradation or of meaning.

Amelioration of meaning.

Euphemism is:

the substitution of unpleasant words by mild ones.

A taboo.

An irony.

An ellipsis.

Litotes.

The White House, boston, volt, mackintosh are cases of:

A metonymy.

A metaphor.

A euphemism.

An irony.

Litotes.

A Don Juan, the foot of the bed, bookworm, the head of the school are cases of:

A metaphor.

A metonymy.

A euphemism.

An irony.

Litotes.

The words deer (O.E. 'wild beast'), meat (O.E. 'food') are cases of:

Specialization of meaning.

Widening of the meaning.

Pej oration of the meaning.

Amelioration of the meaning.

Generalization of the meaning.

Check for the line with synonyms to the word to look:

To gaze, to glance, to peep, to stare.

To see, to gaze, to blame.

To peep, to stroll, to sob.

To watch, to strive, to race.

To starve, to search, to wait.

Which of the following words are homonyms proper?:

Bank (n) - bank (n).

Sea (n) - see (v).

Wind (n) - wind (v).

Tear (n) - tear (v).

Knight (n) - night (n).

Head of a cabbage is:

A metaphor.

A metonymy.

A saying.

A euphemism.

A proverb.

Metonymy is based on:

Contiguity of meaning.

Harrowing of meaning.

Pejoration of meaning.

Amelioration of meaning.

Extention of meaning.

Metaphor is a transfer of name based on:

The association of similarity.

Contiguity of meaning.

Pejoration of meaning.

Amelioration of meaning.

Extension of meaning.

The word-combination a long distance, a long speech, a short path, a short time are cases of metaphor based upon:

The analogy between duration of time and space.

Similarity of shape.

Similarity of behaviour.

Similarity of function. "

Similarity in position.

Lexical valency is-the aptness of a word:

To appear in various word combinations.

To lose its meanings.

To appear in various grammatical structures.

To acquire new meanings.

To generalize its meaning.

Grammatical valency is the aptness of a word:

To appear in various grammatical structures.

To appear in various word combinations.

To lose its meanings.

To acquire new meanings.

To generalize its meaning.

Which of the following set expressions function like interjections?:

Oh Boy! My God!

As mad as a hatte.

By heart.

Cat's paw.

By hook or by crook

Free word-groups are:

Words put together to form lexical units.

Stereotyped or unchangeable set expressions.

Phraselogical fusions.

Phraselogical collocations.

Phraseological unities.

What is a phraseological unit?:

Functionally and semantically inseparable word-groups. >

Words joined together to make up single self-contained lexical units,

Any prepositional or postpositional phrases.

The smallest two-facet language unit.

The basic unit of a language.

Phraseological units differ from free word-groups in:

Their reproducibility in speech, idiomaticity and structural stability.

Their reproducibility in speech and structural variability.

Their structural stability and usability in the direct sense.

Their ability to function as independent units of communication.

Their ability to function as word-equivalents.

Vinogradov's classification of phraselogical units is based on:

The criterion of motivation.

The criterion of function

The criterion of idiomaticity.

The criterion of fixed context.

The theory of word equivalence.

A proverb is:

A short familiar saying expressing some well-known truth.

A familiar quotation.

A free word-group.

A verb-adverb combination.

Traditional phrases.

Which of the following statements is the distinctive feature of proverbs?:

Proverbs function as independent units of communication.

Proverbs are neither parts of statement, nor do they stand for the whole statement.

Proverbs are completely non-motivated.

Proverbs function as word-equivalents.

Proverbs function as word-groups.

The last straw breaks the camel's back is:

A proverb.

Euphemism

Taboo.

Free word-group.

A group of words.

A cliche.

An idiom is:

An expression or phrase the meaning of which is different from the literal meanings of its components.

A free word-group.

A proverb.

A cliche.

A saying.

According to the semantic classification word-groups fall into:

Motivated and non-motivated.

Movable.

Immovable.

Communicative.

Non-communicative.

Classification of phraseological units cannot be based on:

Only on the structural principle.

The degree of idiomaticity

Contextual approach.

Functional approach.

On a combination of the functional, semantic and structural features.

Complete the following idiom of comparison as busy as

As busy as a bee.

As busy as a mouse.

As busy as a frog.

As busy as a dove.

As busy as an ant.

Which of the following phraseological units are synonymous?:

Through thin and thick; by hook or by crook; for love or money.

In the soup; in the pink; under a cloud.

To show one's cards; to look through one's fingers; to show the white feather.

To take the bull by the horns; to wear one's heart on one's sleeve; to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs.

To wash one's dirty linen in public; mad as a hatter; Jack of all trades.

The underlined words in the following sentences: "How often do you milk the cows?", "Restaurants in all large cities have ups and downs." "He began to nose about like an old bloodhound." are cases of:

Conversion.

Fusion.

Cliche. '

Metaphor.

Euphemism.

The stem of root or morpheme words contains:

One free morpheme.

Not less than two morphemes of which at least one is bound.

Not less than two free morphemes.

Not less than two free morphemes and one bound morpheme.

Derivatives contain:

Not less than two morphemes of which at least one is bound.

One free morpheme

Not less than two free morphemes.

Not less than two free morphemes and one bound morpheme.

A group of words.

Compound words contain:

Not less than two free morphemes and one bound morpheme.

One free morpheme.

Not less than two morphemes of which at least one is bound.

Not less than two morphemes.

A group of words.

Compound derivatives contain:

Not less than two free morphemes and one bound morpheme.

One free morpheme.

Not less than two morphemes of which at least one is bound.

Not less than two free morphemes.

A group of words.

Form or functional words comprise:

All this group.

Auxiliary verbs.

Prepositions.

Conjunctions.

Relative adverbs.

Which of the following line contains only form words?:

From, oh!, am.

Dog-like, through, to help.

Lonesome, handful, are.

Terror, a computer, out of.

Went, come on, and.

A term is:

A peculiar type of word or word combination expressing a definite conception.

A preposition.

A proverb.

A conjunction.

Slang.

Which of the following line has words belonging to terminology?:

Telegraph, antibiotic, radar, metaphor.

Lovely, beautiful, colorful, handsome.

A book, a shop, a suit, a street.

To go to bed, to get up, to have breakfast, to clean.

Three, above, are, far, straight.

Which of these proverbs expresses best the idea of the following situation? "Very soon after his father's death Mike's mother died and he became an orphan. ":

It never rains but it pours.

Never say die.

Tastes differ.

All is not good that glitters.

Nothing venture, nothing have.

Meaning is:

The relation between the object or notion named, and the name itself.

Stylistic coloring of the word.

An expression in speech of relationship between words based on contrastive features of arrangements in which they occur.

The syntactic valency.

The sound form.

Which of the following synonymic groups belong to total (complete or absolute) synonymy?:

Functional affix, inflection, flexion.

Pretty, handsome, beautiful.

To eat, to partake, to peck

Capable , skillful, qualified.

Companion, friend, associate.

Long-legged, left-handed, sky-colored are:

Compound derivatives.

Derivatives.

Compounds.

Simple words.

Synonyms.

Which of the following sentences has an idiom?:

"Why can't the mayor just cut all the red tape and let us have a parade without a permit?"

There are two possible explanations about the origin of this famous phrase.

Some idioms originated as colloquialisms or slang.

Some idioms were well-known proverbs and short sayings that express practical, basic truth.

It's time to go to bed.

Which of the following antonyms are derivational?:

Careful - careless.

Slow - fast.

correct - incorrect - wrong.

Temporary-permanent.

Enemy - friend.

Which of the following antonyms are mixed antonyms?:

Active - passive - inactive.

Final - first.

Safety - danger.

Temporary - permanent.

Slow - quick

Jargonisms are:

Words used within a particular social group and bearing a secret and cryptic character.

Common colloquial words.

Professionalisms.

Vulgarisms.

Barbarisms.

The following words hell, damn, shut up are:

Vulgarisms.

Terms.

Dialectical words.

Slang.

Synonyms.

Connotational component is:

The emotive charge and the stylistic value of the word.

The grammatical meaning of the word.

Denotational meaning of the word.

The lexical meaning of the word.

The sound form of the word.

What common element do the words cities, tables, relations have?:

The grammatical meaning of plurality.

The lexical meaning,

The stylistic coloring.

The denotational meaning.

The connotational meaning.

(To be) like a bull in a china shop means:

To be a careless, clumsy person who may cause damage through lack of skill or care.

To be a cause of anger

To be an insensitive, crude person.

To feel very proud and happy about something.

To feel uncomfortable, ill at ease in one's surroundings, situation.

Dictionaries of abbreviations, antonyms, borrowings, new words are:

General dictionaries.

Special dictionaries.

Glossaries.

Rhyming and thesaurus type of dictionaries.

Etymological dictionaries.

Glossaries are:

Unilingual books that give definitions of terms.

Thing-books that give information about extra-linguistic factors.

Word-books containing vocabulary items in one language and their equivalents in another language.

Dictionaries explaining origin of words;.

Dictionaries giving information about all branches of knowledge.

Dictionaries of American English are:

Specialized dictionaries.

Explanatory dictionaries. <

Etymological dictionaries.

General dictionaries.

Dictionaries of synonyms.

The main problems in lexicography are connected with:

All the problems mentioned above.

Selection of lexical units and arrangement and setting of the entries.

Selection and arrangement of meaning and definition of the last.

Illustrative examples and choice of adequate equivalents.

Selection and arrangement of word-derivations within a word family.

The main types of dictionaries are:

General and special.

General and etymological.

Special and multilingual.

Usage and slang dictionaries.

General and ideographic.