TESOL 104 - Exam 4
T/F The value that society places on a concept results in a secondary layer of meaning
known as the word's connotation. - Answer- true
T/F Listeners can gain a good understanding of what they hear by focusing on the
meaning of individual words independent of context. - Answer- false
Word meaning is the association speakers make between ________. - Answer- real-
world ideas and their symbolic form
English language learners make sense of the L2 vocabulary by _____________. -
Answer- linking new words with existing ideas in their L1
The primary idea that a word represents is also known as the word's _____. - Answer-
referent
T/F The common notions and experiences that speakers use to create figurative
language are tied to cultural customs and traditions. - Answer- True
Sometimes a selection of words used figuratively may become popular and repeated so
often that it begins to function as a cohesive unit we call _____. - Answer- idioms
T/F Figurative language is extremely common in English but much less so in other
languages. - Answer- false
The referential meaning of words may expand over time because ________. - Answer-
their referents acquire a wider usage among speakers
The creative expansion of a word meaning in a figurative way is accomplished through
the use of ______. - Answer- metaphors
Which of the following ideas is not an essential feature of dictionaries? - Answer-
showing the origins of words
Cognates may be defined as words that... - Answer- share the same form and have
similar meaning.
T/F Overgeneralization occurs when L2 learners mistakenly pair words that are not true
cognates. - Answer- true
