FINAL TEST ON LEXICOLOGY for 408.2
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- Q1
Functional style is ...
a system of expressive means peculiar to a specific sphere of communication
suitability or unsuitability of words to be used in a certain context
the social content of communication
60s - Q2
Literary colloquial words are ...
informal words that are used in everyday conversational speech both by cultivated and uneducated people of all age groups
formal learned words with a refined flavour, mostly polysyllabic, found in descriptive passages of fiction
informal words that are used in everyday conversational speech by the young and the semi-educated
60s - Q3
The function of informal words in modern fiction is NOT
to reflect the speech of modern people
to endow the narrative with conversational features
to create an impersonal atmosphere
60s - Q4
A dialect is ...
a regional variety of language linked to a specific accent, features of grammar and vocabulary and having a literary norm of its own
an informal variety of language employed in everyday conversational speech by old people in a particular area
a variety of language which prevails in a district, with local peculiarities of vocabulary, pronunciation and phrase
60s - Q5
Learned words are ...
bookish words identified by their dry, matter-of-fact flavour, mostly found in descriptive passages of fiction
words of the official, bureaucratic language
words associated with printed page, speeches on formal occasions and also used by the educated in everyday conversational speech
60s - Q6
By the “officialese” we understand ...
words of the official, bureaucratic language
words associated with printed page, speeches on formal occasions and also used by the educated in everyday conversational speech
bookish words identified by their dry, matter-of-fact flavour, mostly found in descriptive passages of fiction
60s - Q7
Archaic words are ...
moribund, already partly or fully out of circulation, current in an earlier time, but rare in present time
words that are in present usage but used to be popular among XIX century poets
words that are no longer in use, denoting objects and phenomena which are things of the past and no longer exist
60s - Q8
According to some linguists, an “ideal” term should not be
monosemantic and exclusive
polysemantic and in common usage
polysemantic and exclusive
60s - Q9
A cognate is ...
a borrowing
a word of the same origin in another language
a word made up of parts that originate from different languages
60s - Q10
A hybrid is ...
a word made up of parts that originate from different languages
a word of the same origin in another language
a borrowing
60s - Q11
Which of the following words is an example of literary colloquial style?
See
Behold
Watch
Observe
45s - Q12
Which of the following words is an example of informal style?
Annihilate
Eradicate
Eliminate
Get rid of
45s - Q13
Which of the following words is an example of archaic style?
They
Thy
Your
You
45s - Q14
Which of the following words is an example of bookish style?
Begin
Start
Initiate
Commence
45s - Q15
In which functional style would the word"ain't" typically be found?
Literary colloquial
Archaic
Bookish
Informal
45s