The meaning a word within a language?

Related Mcqs:

1. The substitution of the aspirated /k/ for the un__aspirated /k/ in the word ‘sky’ does not alter the meaning of the worD. It is an instance of ______________ ?

   A. Complementary distribution
   B. Contrastive distribution
   C. Non__complementary distribution
   D. None of the above

2. ______________involves a different analysis of the structure of the word by attaching a consonant at the end of a word or a vowel at the beginning of the next word ?

   A. Portmanteau
   B. Onomatopoeia
   C. Clipping
   D. Met analysis

3. Which word comes from a Greek expression meaning ‘goat-song’?

   A. Harmony
   B. Poetry
   C. Tragedy
   D. None of these

   Submitted by: Ihsan Ali

4. I would not have it imagined, however, that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school, who joy in the smart of their subjects; on the contrary, he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity; taking the burthen off the backs of the weak, and laying it on those of the strong. What is the meaning of the word “smart” in this context ?

   A. Stupidity
   B. Silliness
   C. Pain
   D. Intelligence

5. In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues; while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim. What is the meaning of the word audacity ?

   A. Fearless daring or aggressive boldness
   B. Auditory city
   C. Authority
   D. Insanity or dementia

6. Monadnock on his forehead hoar Doth seal the sacred trust, Your mountains build their monument, Though ye destroy their dust. What is the meaning of the word “hoar” ?

   A. Scarred
   B. Grey or white with age
   C. Ancient or venerable
   D. Wrinkled with age

7. It was possible, I reflected, that a mere different arrangement of the particulars of the scene, of the details of this picture, would be sufficient to modify, or perhaps to annihilate its capacity for sorrowful impression; and, acting upon this idea, I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the dwelling, and gazed down – but with a shudder even more thrilling than before – upon the re-modelled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly tree-stems, and the vacant eyelike windows. What is the meaning of the word tarn? Veldu eitt ?

   A. A bird
   B. A small mountain lake
   C. A wide river
   D. A high cliff

8. Plato used the word mimesis in relation to literature with the meaning ?

   A. Copying
   B. Criticism of life
   C. Representation
   D. Interpretation

9. What is the original meaning of the word “Gothic” ?

   A. Of or relating to anything Medieval
   B. Of or relating to anything rude, uncivilized, or ignorant; devoid of culture and taste
   C. Of or relating to the Germanic tribes that invaded and established kingdoms in Europe in the first millennium
   D. Of or relating to a particular style of architecture

10. The study of language and mind, which has greatly advanced our understanding of the way in which we acquire language is_________?

    A. Sociolinguistics
    B. Psycholinguisctics
    C. Biolinguistics
    D. None of these

    Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo