Which one is NOT among the functions of Euphemism?

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I. Choose the correct answer.

1. The bridge between referent and symbol is settled thorough, …

a) meaning

b) sounds of words

c) concepts

d) no correct answer

e) words

Which one is NOT among the reasons of borrowing words?

a) To be able to express deeper

b) To communicate more effectively

c) To be able to lend words to other languages

d) Gap between the words and referents

3. Borrowed words, …

a) Phologically change

b) Semantically change

c) All of them are correct

d) no correct answer

e) Morphologicalyy change

How can you account for the fact that English vocabulary contains such an immense number of words of foreign origin?

a) Because of its history

b) Because if its influences on other nations

c) All the answers are correct

d) Because of being a great empire

5. The basic vocabulary is, …

a) Native words

b) Borrowed words

c) Slang words

d) Professional terms

What are the main ways of enriching the English vocabulary?

a) Borrowing-lending-conversion-composition

b) Borrowing-word building-lending-composition

c) Borrowing- composition –lending-word building

d) all answers are correct

e) Borrowing-word building-conversion-composition

Which of them is NOT correct about Dialect words?

a) Regional form of words

b) Sound changes

c) Word changes

d) Nothing changes

e) Meaning changes

8. Derivation, …

a) Is word building

b) Finding the new meanings for the old words

c) Inflection

d) no correct answer

e) Producing new words by using the process of affixation

9. The Archaic words, …

a) Completely lost words

b) None of them-service

c) in use words

d) Can be seen in historical novels

Which one is NOT among the lexicological problems?

a) semantic

b) word-building

c) context

d) sound system

Which categories of parts of speech are especially affected by conversion?

a) Noun-adjective c) verb-adverb

b) Noun-verb d) verb-adjective

What do we call words made by the process of composition?

a) Complex words

b) Derived words

c) Compound words

d) Inflected words

13. Lexicology is the, …

a) Scientific study of meaning

b) Scientific study of language

c) All of them

d) Scientific study of sound of words

e) None of them

14. In idiomatic words there is, …

a) Partial relationship between the semantical and morphological structures of the compound words

b) No relationship between the semantical and morphological structures of the compound words input-process-output

c) Complete relationship between the semantical and morphological structures of the compound words

d) No correct answer

15. Which group of words are the formal words in;

a) Colloquial words. b) Dialect words

c) Slang words. c) Basic words

e) None of them

What do we understand by etymological doublets?

a) Synonyms b) homonyms c) ambiguity

d) Polysemy e) none of them

17. Informal words are used, …

a) In family b) At work c) In office d) In banks.

18. Denotative Components of words are, …

a) Second meaning of a word

b) Third meaning of a word

c) Bare meaning of a word

d) Opposite meaning of a word

19. Susceptibility of grammatical employment of a word is; …

a) Semantical changeability

b) Functional changeability

c) Phonological changeability

d) Morphological changeability

e) All of them

20. Connotative Components of words are, …

a) Basic meaning of a word

b) First meaning of a word

c) Bare meaning of a word

d) Situational meaning of a word

21. Internal structure of a word is; …