Question 1

What is the main focus of psycholinguistics?

Accepted Answer

The nature and operation of mental processes involved in language processing

Answer

The study of the relationship between language and the situational context

Answer

The study of different languages and their structures

Answer

The study of the meanings of words and their relationships

Answer

The study of the sounds used in language

Question 2

What is semantics?

Accepted Answer

The study of the meanings of words and their relationships

Answer

The study of the mental representation of language

Answer

The study of the relationship between language and the situational context

Answer

The study of the sounds used in language

Answer

The study of the syntax and grammatical structure of language

Question 3

What does syntax refer to?

Accepted Answer

The combinatorial possibilities of linguistic elements

Answer

The meanings of words and their relationships

Answer

The cognitive processes involved in language processing

Answer

The relationship between language and the situational context

Answer

The sounds used in language

Question 4

What is the role of pragmatics in language understanding?

Accepted Answer

The relationship between language and the situational context

Answer

The sounds used in language

Answer

The cognitive processes involved in language processing

Answer

The meanings of words and their relationships

Answer

The combinatorial possibilities of linguistic elements

Question 5

What are allophones?

Accepted Answer

Segments present systematically but without distinctive function

Answer

The cognitive processes involved in language processing

Answer

The sounds used in language

Answer

The meanings of words and their relationships

Answer

The combinatorial possibilities of linguistic elements

Question 6

What is the study of the physical characteristics of sounds used in language called?

Accepted Answer

Fonetics

Answer

Syntax

Answer

Psycholinguistics

Answer

Pragmatics

Answer

Semantics

Question 7

What is the term for the segments that have a distinctive function in a language?

Accepted Answer

Phonemes

Answer

Morphemes

Answer

Graphemes

Answer

Allophones

Answer

Lexemes

Question 8

What is the term for words that have the same denotative meaning and can be used interchangeably?

Accepted Answer

Synonyms

Answer

Hyponyms

Answer

Antonyms

Answer

Homonyms

Answer

Hypernyms

Question 9

What is the term for words that have opposite meanings?

Accepted Answer

Antonyms

Answer

Homonyms

Answer

Hyponyms

Answer

Hypernyms

Answer

Synonyms

Question 10

What is the term for a group of words that share a common hypernym?

Accepted Answer

Hyponyms

Answer

Antonyms

Answer

Synonyms

Answer

Homonyms

Answer

Hypernyms

Question 11

What is the term for a word that represents a whole of which another word represents a part?

Accepted Answer

Hypernyms

Answer

Antonyms

Answer

Synonyms

Answer

Homonyms

Answer

Hyponyms

Question 12

La psicolinguistica è una disciplina che studia:

Accepted Answer

i meccanismi mentali coinvolti nell'elaborazione linguistica

Answer

la lingua

Answer

il significato delle parole

Answer

la grammatica

Question 13

Quali sono i quattro aspetti del linguaggio?

Accepted Answer

Semantica, fonologia, sintassi, pragmatica

Answer

Fonetica, semantica, sintassi, pragmalinguistica

Answer

Fonetica, semantica, sintassi, lessico

Answer

Semantica, morfologia, sintassi, pragmatica

Question 14

Cosa studia la semantica?

Accepted Answer

I significati delle parole e le loro relazioni

Answer

La struttura delle frasi

Answer

Le regole grammaticali

Answer

La pronuncia delle parole

Question 15

Cosa riguarda la sintassi?

Accepted Answer

Le possibilità combinatorie degli elementi linguistici di base

Answer

La struttura delle frasi

Answer

I significati delle parole

Answer

La pronuncia delle parole

Question 16

Cosa studia la fonologia?

Accepted Answer

I suoni usati per dare forma alle parole e alle frasi

Answer

La pronuncia delle parole

Answer

I significati delle parole

Answer

La struttura delle frasi

Question 17

Cosa studia la pragmatica?

Accepted Answer

Il rapporto tra il linguaggio e il contesto situazionale

Answer

I significati delle parole

Answer

I suoni delle parole

Answer

La pronuncia delle parole

Question 18

Cosa sono i foni?

Accepted Answer

I segmenti che hanno funzione distintiva all'interno di un sistema fonologico

Answer

I suoni usati nelle lingue naturali

Answer

Le unità di significato delle parole

Answer

I punti di articolazione dei suoni

Question 19

Cosa è il lessico?

Accepted Answer

L'insieme delle parole di una lingua

Answer

Le regole grammaticali

Answer

I significati delle parole

Answer

La struttura delle frasi

Question 20

Cosa sono le famiglie lessicali?

Accepted Answer

Insiemi di parole che condividono la stessa radice

Answer

Le parole che condividono lo stesso significato

Answer

Le parole che iniziano con la stessa lettera

Answer

Le parole di una stessa categoria grammaticale

Question 21

Cosa significa l'antonimia?

Accepted Answer

Quando due parole hanno significato opposto

Answer

Quando una parola ha più significati

Answer

Quando due parole hanno lo stesso significato

Answer

Quando una parola indica assenza dell'altra

Question 22

Qual è l'oggetto di studio della psicolinguistica?

Accepted Answer

Il linguaggio

Answer

Le parole

Answer

La comunicazione

Answer

La lingua

Question 23

Quale aspetto del linguaggio studia i significati delle parole e le loro relazioni?

Accepted Answer

Semantica

Answer

Pragmatica

Answer

Fonologia

Answer

Sintassi

Question 24

Qual è l'aspetto del linguaggio che riguarda le possibilità combinatorie degli elementi linguistici di base?

Accepted Answer

Sintassi

Answer

Fonologia

Answer

Semantica

Answer

Pragmatica

Question 25

Quale aspetto del linguaggio riguarda il rapporto tra il linguaggio e il contesto situazionale?

Accepted Answer

Pragmatica

Answer

Fonologia

Answer

Sintassi

Answer

Semantica

Question 26

Qual è la disciplina che si occupa dello studio dei suoni utilizzati nelle lingue per comunicare significati?

Accepted Answer

Fonologia

Answer

Sintassi

Answer

Semantica

Answer

Pragmatica

Question 27

Quale aspetto del linguaggio riguarda i suoni utilizzati per dare forma alle parole e alle frasi?

Accepted Answer

Fonologia

Answer

Sintassi

Answer

Pragmatica

Answer

Semantica

Question 28

Quale aspetto del linguaggio regola la relazione tra i codici interno ed esterno?

Accepted Answer

Sintassi

Answer

Pragmatica

Answer

Fonologia

Answer

Semantica

Question 29

Which aspect of language studies the meanings of words?

Accepted Answer

Semantics

Answer

Fonology

Answer

Sintaxis

Answer

Pragmatica

Question 30

What does syntax regulate in language?

Accepted Answer

The combinatorial possibilities of linguistic elements

Answer

The meanings of words and their relationships

Answer

The sounds used in words and phrases

Answer

The relationships between language and the situational context

Question 31

What does pragmatics study in relation to language?

Accepted Answer

The relationship between language and the situational context

Answer

The sounds used in words and phrases

Answer

The meanings of words and their relationships

Answer

The combinatorial possibilities of linguistic elements

Question 32

What is the distinction between phonology and semantics in terms of code?

Accepted Answer

Phonology refers to the external code of language, while semantics refers to the internal code

Answer

Phonology and semantics both refer to the internal code of language

Answer

Phonology refers to the internal code of language, while semantics refers to the external code

Answer

Phonology and semantics both refer to the external code of language

Question 33

What is the difference between fonema and foni?

Accepted Answer

Fonema is an abstract representation of a sound, while foni are the different physical manifestations of a fonema

Answer

Fonema and foni both refer to physical manifestations of sounds

Answer

Fonema is a physical manifestation of a sound, while foni are abstract representations of a fonema

Answer

Fonema and foni both refer to abstract representations of sounds

Question 34

What is the function of a spoken word in the mental lexicon?

Accepted Answer

To recognize and understand words presented in auditory mode

Answer

To distinguish between different meanings of words

Answer

To program the articulation of sounds

Answer

To store the visual form of words

Question 35

What is the purpose of the orthographic lexicon?

Accepted Answer

To represent the visual form of words

Answer

To store the different meanings of words

Answer

To program the articulation of sounds

Answer

To recognize and understand words presented in auditory mode

Question 36

What is the role of the lexical-semantic network?

Accepted Answer

To represent the structural descriptions of objects

Answer

To store the visual form of words

Answer

To recognize and understand words presented in auditory mode

Answer

To program the articulation of sounds

Question 37

What is the distinction between polisemia and omonimia?

Accepted Answer

Polisemia refers to words with multiple related meanings, while omonimia refers to words with unrelated meanings

Answer

Polisemia and omonimia both refer to words with multiple related meanings

Answer

Polisemia refers to words with unrelated meanings, while omonimia refers to words with multiple related meanings

Answer

Polisemia and omonimia both refer to words with unrelated meanings

Question 38

What is the term for when a word indicates the absence of another word?

Accepted Answer

Complementarietà

Answer

Sinonimia

Answer

Ipotesi

Answer

Iponimia

Question 39

Which aspect of language studies the meanings of words and their relationships?

Accepted Answer

Semantics

Answer

Fonology

Answer

Pragmatica

Answer

Sintaxis

Question 40

What characterizes the relationship between a word and its denotation?

Accepted Answer

Arbitrariness

Answer

Synonymity

Answer

Iconicity

Answer

Semanticity

Question 41

Which aspect of language deals with the possible combinations of basic linguistic elements?

Accepted Answer

Syntax

Answer

Fonology

Answer

Semantics

Answer

Pragmatics

Question 42

What aspect of language focuses on the relationship between language and situational context?

Accepted Answer

Pragmatics

Answer

Fonology

Answer

Syntax

Answer

Semantics

Question 43

What is the term for segments of language that are present systematically but have no distinctive function?

Accepted Answer

Allophones

Answer

Allomorphs

Answer

Homophones

Answer

Synonyms

Question 44

What is the branch of grammar that studies the sounds used in natural languages?

Accepted Answer

Phonetics

Answer

Pragmatics

Answer

Syntax

Answer

Semantics

Question 45

What are the segments that have distinctive function within a phonological system called?

Accepted Answer

Phonemes

Answer

Morphemes

Answer

Allophones

Answer

Syllables

Question 46

What is the term for words that have the same denotative meaning?

Accepted Answer

Synonyms

Answer

Homonyms

Answer

Hyponyms

Answer

Antonyms

Question 47

What is the term for words that have opposite meanings?

Accepted Answer

Antonyms

Answer

Synonyms

Answer

Homonyms

Answer

Hyponyms

Related quizzes

Related quizzes