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Mark:__________ Lexical Analysis Quiz 2 Name:______________________

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Score: ____ 30 pts

I. Match the following words with the appropriate meaning. (10 pts) a) Phrasal verb b) Idiom c) Multi-word Item d) Homonymy

e) Affective meaning f) Polysemy g) Homophyny

h) Translation i) Chunks of language

j) Pronunciation

__ Ability to recognise and reproduce item in speech. __ Distinguishing between the different shades of meaning that synonymous words have (e.g. extend, increase, expand). __ Multi-word verbs, idioms, strong and weak collocations, lexical phrases. __ Distinguishing between the various meaning of a single word form with several but closely related meanings (head: of a person, of a pin, of an organization). __ Awareness of certain differences and similarities between the native and the foreign language (e.g. false cognates). __ Understanding words that have the same pronunciation but different spellings and meanings (e.g. flour, flower). __ Distinguishing between the various meaning of a single word form which has several meanings which are NOT closely related ( e.g. a file: used to put papers in or a tool). __ A vocabulary item which consists of a sequence of two or more words. __ Are combinations of verbs and adverbial or prepositional particles. The verbs are typically but by no means always mono syllabic and of Germanic origin. __ Are a very complex group, not least because the term frequently occurs in the literature with a variety with different meanings. __ Being able to distinguish between different levels of formality, the effect of different contexts and topics, as well as differences in geographical variation.


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