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Lexical Analysis Answer KeyVocabulary connections: multi-word items in English
Reading Comprehension test 3
Answer key.
I. Are the statements T (True) or F (False) (10 pts)
1. T The idiom principle restricts the choices not just in a given slot, but in the surrounding co-textual slots.
2. F Many open or two- word compounds are noun such as brown-eyed, long-haired, three-legged.
3. F The uncommonness particles are up and out, followed by off, in, on and down.
4. F Idioms chosen reflects the genre: technical terms and clear signaling of structure and clause relationships.
5. T Multi-word items are the result of lexical and semantic processes of fossilization and word-formation, rather than the results of the operation of grammatical rules.
6. T Compounding is an extremely productive process in word-formation.
7. F Fixedness is language specific and it has particular sociocultural connotations and associations.
8. T Multi-word items are typically presented as a problem in teaching and learning as foreign language.
9. T Restricted collocations are cases where certain words occur almost entirely in the co-text of one or two other words, or of a narrow set of words.
10. F Phrasal verbs are typically metaphorical in historical or etymological terms.
II. Match the following statements with the correct answer (10 pts)
1. _F_ is the degree to which a multi-word item is conventionalized in the language A. Compounds
2. _E_ is the degree to which a multi-word item cannot be interpreted B. Phrasal Verbs.
3. _J_ is the degree to which a multi-word item is frozen as a sequence of words C. Idioms
4. _A_ are the largest and most tangible group, but arguably the least interesting. D. Prefabs
Lexical Analysis Answer KeyVocabulary connections: multi-word items in English
5. _B_ are combinations of verbs and adverbial or prepositional particles E. Non-compositionality
6. _C_ are very complex group and they have holistic meanings. F. Institutionalisation
7. _ I_ has been deliberately chosen here as very general term G. Pragmatic errors
8. _D_ are preconstructed phrases, phraseological chunks, which form structuring devices. H. Collocation
9. _G_ also include the use of multi-word with inappropriate evaluations I. Fixed phrases
10. _H_ is a very important principle underlying the structure of language J. Fixedness
III. Read and complete with the appropriate answer. (10 pts)
1. Torrential rain is an example of a Restricted collocation
2. Multi-word item is a vocabulary item which consists of a sequence of two or more words.
3. Idioms are especially associated with journalism as well as informal conversation
4. FORMAL ERRORS with multi-word items may arise simply through failure to recognize a string as NON- COMPOSITIONAL
5. Learners of a L2 have several problems of MISTRANSLATION and MISCOMMUNICATION
6. The most appropriate strategy for teaching the multi-word items is the use of SHORT DIALOGUES
7. Some multi-word are infrequent items and have important roles in REAL DISCOURSE
8. Collocations studies are now inevitably associated with CORPUS STUDIES
Total score: 30 pts.
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