Lecture 12

What is the basic lexical unit in lexicology?

• Morpheme
• Word
• Sentence
• Phrase

What is the smallest two-facet unit within a word?

• Phoneme
• Morpheme
• Word
• Sentence

What is the largest two-facet lexical unit comprising more than one word?

• Morpheme
• Word
• Word-group
• Sentence

On which level of analysis are word-groups studied?

• Morphological
• Syntagmatic
• Phonetic
• Semantic

What characterizes set-phrases or phraseological units?

• Semantic independence
• Functional and semantic inseparability
• Phonetic similarity
• Syntactic flexibility

What are set-phrases also called?

• Free phrases
• Winged expressions
• Variable phrases
• Syntactic units

What characterizes free word-groups?

• Semantic inseparability
• Greater semantic and structural independence
• Phonetic unity
• Syntactic rigidity

What is the aptness of a word to appear in various combinations called?

• Phonetic valency
• Lexical valency
• Syntactic valency
• Morphological valency

What restricts the lexical valency of words?

• Phonetic structure
• Inner structure of the word-stock
• Syntactic rules
• Morphological forms

Which verb is collocated with the noun 'question'?

• Lift
• Raise
• Take
• Catch