NGÂN HÀNG CÂU HỎI ÔN THI HỌC PHẦN NGỮ NGHĨA HỌC
BỘ MÔN: LÝ THUYẾT TIẾNG ANH
I – NHÓM CÂU HỎI 1:
CHƯƠNG 2:
1. “Word meaning”, the difference between forms and expressions.
2. Homonymy and it’s classification.
3. The polysemy and give examples for illustration, the criteria for distinction between
homonymy and polysemy.
U
4. Synonymy? Classify synonymy, examples.
5. Antonymy?, types of antonymy, examples.
M
CHƯƠNG 3:
_T
6. “Meaning change” (semantic change)?, main causes of semantic change, examples.
7. Metaphor?, the difference between metaphor and simile, some basis of metaphor transference.
8. Metonymy? The cases of metonymy, examples.
TM
9. Hyperpole, litotes, irony and euphemism, examples for illustration.
CHƯƠNG 4:
10. Sense relations, the types of sense relations?
DH
11. Hyponymy? Features of hyponymy.
12. Semantic field or lexical field, paraphrase and contradiction, examples for illustration.
II – NHÓM CÂU HỎI 2:
CHƯƠNG 5:
1. Entailment and the truth of sentences? Types of the truth of sentences, examples.
2. Meaning of the sentence? The difference between sentence and utterance.
3. How do you understand the terms “grammaticality, acceptability and meaningfulness” when
talking about sentence meaning? Give examples.
4. Explain some kinds of variables in the function of sentence meaning. Give examples.
5. What are the types of processes? Give examples for each type.
6. Give an explanation of the types of circumstances and examples for illustration.
CHƯƠNG 8
7. The difference between context and cotext? Give examples.
8. Give the definition of speech acts. Classify speech acts according to J.L Austin.
III. SAMPLE TEST (ĐỀ THI MẪU)
Question 1: (5 points)
a. What is “word meaning”? specify the difference between forms and expressions. Give
examples.
U
b. Explain the semantic ambiguity of the following sentence:
M
1. Because of the cold, I had to put on a warm coat.
2. She cannot bear children.
_T
c. Decide whether the sentences have polysemy or homonymy.
1. a. The house is at the foot of the mountains.
TM
b. One of his shoes felt too tight for his foot.
2. a. We booked in at the hotel
b. We booked our tickets this morning
DH
d. Comment on the types of homonyms
1. fair – fare
2. fine (adj) – fine (v)
3. desert (n) – desert (v)
4. right (adj) - right (n)
5. Wind (v) – wind (n)
e. Comment on the types of antonyms
1. Come – go
2. Doctor – patient
3. Rich – poor
4. Drunk - sober
5. Late – early
Question 2: (5 points)
a. What types of meaning transference do the following sentences belong to?
1. Time is water under the bridge.
2. English is the key to success.
3. Can you lend me your hand?
4. Don’t sit on the fence. Choose one now!
5. She is famous for her kind heart.
b. Look at the following sentences and identify which of them will qualify as entailments
U
1. “Less than five students are over 30 years of age” entails “Less than five students are over
35 years of age.”
M
2. “The president was assassinated” entails “the president is dead.”
3. “No student came to class early” entails “no student came to class.”
_T
4. “John and Mary are happy” entails “John is happy”.
5. “My father was working on a project” entails “My father was working on his financial
project”.
TM
c. Identify which of the following sentences will be necessarily true or contingently true.
1. Everest is the highest peak.
2. A mother has children.
DH
3. Vietnam defeated French invaders in 1954.
4. A Child is young.
5. Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam.
d. Identify types of participants, processes and circumstances in the following sentences
1. They believe that their team will win the match.
2. Most of them thought of moving to a new place.
3. The president dissolved the Parliament.
4. There is a cat in the corner of the room.
5. The president is selling his plan to Congress.
