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ASL Linguistics Quiz #22
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211. The relationship between two signs that are opposite in meaning:
a. Antonymy
b. Part/Whole Relationship
c. Synonymy
d. Hyponymy

212. What kind of antonyms can show degrees of the concept to which they refer? (Like "large and small.")
a. Unlimited
b. Gradable
c. Degree Antonyms
d. Nuance Antonyms

213. What kind of antonyms generally are not used to show degrees of the concept to which they refer?
a. Nongradable
b. Fixed
c. No-degree antonyms
d. Limited antonyms

214. "Wife and husband," "teacher and student," "aunt and niece" all show what semantic relationship?
a. Metaphor
b. Antonymy
c. Inverseness
d. Converseness

215. An extension of the use of a word or sign beyond its primary meaning to describe referents that are similar to the words or sign's primary referent:
a. Metaphor
b. Antonymy
c. Inverseness
d. Converseness

216. "DEPRESSED and TIRED" are what kind of Metaphor?
a. Mixed
b. Orientational
c. Ontological
d. Gynecological

217. Treating abstract entities, states, and events as though they were objects is an example of what kind of metaphor? (Treading water, climbing out of depression.)
a. Mixed
b. Orientational
c. Ontological
d. Gynecological

218. Treating one concept in terms of another more tangible concept is an example of what kind of metaphor? (time is money)
a. Mixed
b. Orientational
c. Ontological
d. Structural

219. How sentences show who did what to whom, with whom, or for whom is a function of:
a. Converseness
b. Metaphor
c. Nuance
d. Semantic role

220. Agent, patient, experiencer, instrument, and cause are all examples of: [p]
a. Converseness
b. Metaphors
c. Nuances
d. Semantic roles

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