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.