自考《英語詞匯學》練習試題3

　　Chapter 5 Word Meaning

　　1. The relationship between the linguistic sign and a referent is___

　　A. conventional B. non-conventional C. concrete D. specific

　　2. Which of the following statements is true?

　　A. Every word has reference.

　　B Every word has sense.

　　C. Every word is semantically motivated.

　　D. Every word is conceptually motivated.

　　3. The relationship between words and things in the world is established by means of_____

　　A reference B. sense C. concept D. meaning

　　4. Which of the following statements is Not true?

　　A. Reference is the relationship between language and the world.

　　B. The relationship between a word and its referent is arbitrary.

　　C. Concept is universal to all men alike.

　　D. Sense denotes the relationships outside the language.

　　5. The word "laconic" is_____

　　A. onomatopoeically motivated B. morphologically motivated

　　C. semantically motivated D. etymologically motivated

　　6. Conceptual meaning is also known as _______meaning.

　　7. _________meaning refers to the part of speech, tenses of verbs, etc.

　　概念：semantic motivation，colocative meaning

　　簡答：What is collocative meaning? Give one example to illustrate your point.

　　分析：The 'pen' is mightier than the 'sword'.

　　Explain what 'pen' and 'sword' mean respectively using the theory of motivation,