Test questions on lexicology

TEST QUESTIONS ON ENGLISH LEXICOLOGY ( English filology) 1.The main function of prefixes in English is ______ the lexical meaning of the same part of speech. {= to change ~to enrich ~to enlarge ~to make 2.What branch of Lexicology deals with the study of Meaning? {=semasiology. ~word-building ~lexicography ~etymology 3.Comparative Lexicology studies ... {=the vocabulary of two or more languages ~the vocabulary of a given language ~the vocabulary of the borrowed language ~the vocabulary common to all languages 4.What branch of lexicology deals with the study of borrowed words? {= etymology ~word-building ~phraseology ~word-structure 5.What branch of Lexicology deals with the theory of dictionaries compiling? {= lexicography ~word-building ~phraseology ~word-structure 6.A dictionary which describes linguistic terminology is called… {=specialised ~functional ~foreign ~Translation 7.What branch of Lexicology deals with the set expressions? {= phraseology ~word-structure ~lexicography ~word-building 8.Which of the given language elements can be qualified as a lexical unit? {=lexeme ~phoneme ~syntaxeme ~sememe 9.What do we understand by a lexical unit? {= a language element having a stable sound form and a stable meaning ~a language phenomenon of lexicalisation ~a language element having a separate meaning ~a set of words united by a similar meaning

10.Which of the following language elements are studied by Lexicology? {=morphemes, words, set phrases ~lexemes, sounds, set phrases ~inflexions, morphemes, sentences ~words, phonemes, synonyms