lt;variant> a subsidiary element of one additional semantic component

<variant> a subsidiary element of all additional semantic components

<variant> the main stylistic component in the semantic structure of a word

64. <test>

American English and British English are variants of the same language …

<variant> because differences between the two variants are not systematic

<variant> because similarities between the two variants are not systematic

<variant> because pronunciation in the two variants is not systematic

<variant> because grammar between the two variants is not systematic

<variant> they are different languages

65. <test>

The history of compiling dictionaries for English comes as far back as …

<variant> the Old English period

<variant> the Middle Ages

<variant> the 17^th century

<variant> the 18^th century

<variant> the 19^th century

66. <test>

… describe different objects, phenomena, people and give some data about them

<variant> encyclopedic dictionaries

<variant> linguistic dictionaries

<variant> translation dictionaries

<variant> etymological dictionaries

<variant> phraseological dictionaries

67. <test>

Antonyms are …

<variant> words belonging to the same part of speech, identical in style, expressing contrary or contradictory notions

<variant> have exactly the same meaning but belong to different styles

<variant> words belonging to the different parts of speech, different in style, expressing contrary or contradictory notions

<variant> words belonging to the same part of speech, identical in style, expressing identical notions

<variant> words belonging to the different parts of speech, identical in style, expressing contrary or contradictory notions

68. <test>

To slang we refer …

<variant> phrases and words which are emotionally colored and often figurative.

<variant> old words used by various groups and classes with entirely new meaning

<variant> words used in a definite trade

<variant> used only in folk speech of a certain geographical area

<variant> rough, swear words, oaths and curses

69. <test>

Jargonisms are …

<variant> old words used by various groups and classes with entirely new meaning

<variant> mispronounced or amalgamated words

<variant> words used in a definite trade

<variant> used only in folk speech of a certain geographical area

<variant> rough, swear words, oaths and curses

70. <test>

Professionalisms are …

<variant> words used in a definite trade

<variant> mispronounced or amalgamated words

<variant> old words used by various groups and classes with entirely new meaning

<variant> used only in folk speech of a certain geographical area

<variant> rough, swear words, oaths and curses

71. <test>

Dialectal words are …

<variant> used only in folk speech of a certain geographical area

<variant> mispronounced or amalgamated words

<variant> old words used by various groups and classes with entirely new meaning

<variant> words used in a definite trade

<variant> rough, swear words, oaths and curses

72. <test>

Nonce-words are …

<variant> usually created by authors for once

<variant> old words used by various groups and classes with entirely new meaning

<variant> words used in a definite trade

<variant> used only in folk speech of a certain geographical area

<variant> rough, swear words, oaths and curses

73. <test>

The theory of inclusion is called:

<variant> hyponymy

<variant> metonymy

<variant> synonymy

<variant> antonymy

<variant> homonymy

74. <test>

The following etymological doublets canal - channel, capture - cha se, captain –chieftain are:

<variant> Latin – French

<variant> Scandinavian – English

<variant> Native

<variant> Scandinavian – Latin

<variant> Native – French

75. <test>

The following etymological doublets of-off, dike-ditch, thorough-through are:

<variant> Native

<variant> Latin – French

<variant> Scandinavian – English

<variant> Scandinavian – Latin

<variant> Native – French

76. <test>

What type of meaning presents the center of the semantic structure of a polysemantic word?

<variant> main

<variant> secondary

<variant> double

<variant> previous

<variant> common

77. <test>

In the sentences “ The book treats of poetry ” and “ They treated me to sweets ” the verb to treat is a …

<variant> polysemantic word

<variant> homonym

<variant> synonym

<variant> antonym

<variant> slang word

78. <test>

The example of contradictories is:

<variant> dead – alive

<variant> mirror - looking glass

<variant> wet – dry

<variant> white – black

<variant> thick – thin

79. <test>

The Americanism for the British word pavement is:

<variant> sidewalk

<variant> candy

<variant> freight

<variant> corn

<variant> saloon

80. <test>

The case of diverging meaning development is:

<variant> flower-flour

<variant> to love- love

<variant> I-eye

<variant> to drink-drink

<variant> to sleep-sleep

81. <test>

How many layers is the English language divided into?

<variant> 3

<variant> 5

<variant> 4

<variant> 5

<variant> 1

82. <test>

Slang belongs to:

<variant> colloquial layer

<variant> literary layer

<variant> bookish layer

<variant> neutral layer

<variant> borrowed layer

83. <test>

Proper archaic words are:

<variant> words that are no longer recognized

<variant> words that are gradually passing out of general use

<variant> words that have already gone out of use but are still recognized

<variant> words which denote phenomena that no longer present in our life

<variant> all the variant are correct

84. <test>

The Latin synonym to the word sun is:

<variant> solar

<variant> dental

<variant> infantile

<variant> filial

<variant> manual

85. <test>

Lexicology is

<variant> the part of linguistics dealing with the vocabulary of a given language and the properties of words as the main units of a language

<variant> the part of linguistics dealing with compiling dictionaries

<variant> the part of linguistics dealing with different layers of the vocabulary of a given language

<variant> the part of linguistics dealing with the historical development of the English vocabulary

<variant> the branch of linguistics which studies the semantics of linguistic units.

86. <test>

The word lines in the meaning poetry is the case of:

<variant> lexicalization

<variant> substantivization

<variant> conversion

<variant> juxtaposition

<variant> abbreviation

87. <test>

The Scandinavian element is represented by the following words:

<variant> sky, skill, skin, ski, skirt

<variant> regime, routine, police, ballet

<variant> atom, cycle, ethics, esthete

<variant> father, mother, son, daughter

<variant> cherry, pear, plum, beet

88. <test>

Two main approaches to the study of language material:

<variant> synchronic and diachronic

<variant> historical and diachronic

<variant> descriptive and general

<variant> general and special

<variant> general and diachronic

89. <test>

The ‘basic triangle’ represents:

<variant> the referential approach to meaning

<variant> the functional approach to meaning

<variant> the diachronic approach to meaning

<variant> the synchronic approach to meaning

<variant> all the approaches

90. <test>

Phonetical motivation implies

<variant> a direct connection between the phonetical structure of the word and its meaning

<variant> an indirect connection between the phonetical structure of the word and its meaning

<variant> the relationship between morphemes

<variant> a direct connection between morphemes

<variant> notion

91. <test>

The word hand has a meaning “a pointer of a clock or watch” because of the similarity of:

<variant> function

<variant> colour

<variant> size

<variant> position

<variant> place

92. <test>

The origin of the suffixes – dom, -hood, -ish is:

<variant> Native

<variant> French

<variant> Latin

<variant> Scandinavian

<variant> Greek

93. <test>

A positional variant of a morpheme occurring in a specific environment and so characterized by complementary distribution is

<variant> allomorph

<variant> morpheme

<variant> suffix

<variant> prefix

<variant> infix

94. <test>

Words made up of elements derived from two or more different languages are called:

<variant> hybrids

<variant> suffixes

<variant> prefixes

<variant> infixes

<variant> allomorphs

95. <test>

What science deals with the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries?

<variant> lexicography

<variant> hyponymy

<variant> synonymy

<variant> lexicology

<variant> history

96. <test>

Words that came into different languages as a result of simultaneous or successive borrowing from one and the same source are called:

<variant> international

<variant> foreign

<variant> native

<variant> semantic

<variant> polysemantic

97. <test>

According to V. V. Vinogradov’s classification the word-group “ a pretty kettle of fish ” is:

<variant> phraseological fusion

<variant> phraseological unity

<variant> phraseological collocation

<variant> one top unit

<variant> two top unit

98. <test>

According to V. V. Vinogradov’s classification the word-group “ to make both ends meet ” is:

<variant> phraseological unity

<variant> phraseological collocation

<variant> phraseological fusion

<variant> one top unit

<variant> two top unit

99. <test>

According to V. V. Vinogradov’s classification the word-group “ to bear a grudge ” is:

<variant> phraseological collocation

<variant> phraseological unity

<variant> phraseological fusion

<variant> one top unit

<variant> two top unit

100. <test>

Forming new words by means of adding affixes, that is suffixes and prefixes, is called:

<variant> affixation

<variant> blending

<variant> sound interchange

<variant> back – formation

<variant> composition

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