1) 1Specify the type and subtype of the lexical relations between the following pairs of lexical

items (for synonyms, specify the type of differentiation):

Big (town) spacious (tree) tall, boy, adult (boss) important……………………… /………………………………

Pen – a uniting instrument. Pen - an animal enclosure……………………../………………………………………

There - here……………………………………./………………………………………………..

Near - distant……………………………………./…………………………………………….

Calm - peaceful……………………………./……………………………………………

Fly - fly……………………………………/………………………………………..

Leak - leek…………………………………../…………………………………..

Spend. Buy. deteriorate with use. consume………………………………../………………………

Toy - doll………………………………../………………………………………..

Person - self…………………………………………/…………………………………….

Rose - rose……………………………………../……………………………………………

Stone - rock……………………………………/…………………………………………………

2) Decide if the following are the examples of syntagmatic or paradigmatic relations:

Roast a leg of mutton…………………………………………..

Bat-bad-ban-bash-back……………………………………………

Happy/joyful/ecstatic…………………………………..

The sun is shining-………………………………………………..

3) Identify of the type of the following signs as iconic, indexical or symbolic:

Number 3……………………………..

footprint……………………………………

letter g…………………………

dark clouds……………………………

magnifying glass…………………………………

red octagon on stop sign………………………………….

engagement ring…………………………………………

thermometer………………………………………….

Shopping basket stamp…………………………….

Printer stamp…………………………….
 4) Decide if the following expressions are examples of indexicality or iconicity (auditory icon or
sub-principle of quantity, sequential order, distance):

A number of elderly people have gathered in the main saquare.............................................................

Veni, vedi, vici ‘I came, I saw I conquered…………………………………………………

Department store ad: We have rails and rails of famous fashion…………………………………….

Buzz, crunch, boom………………………………………

A large number of disappointment students were protesting against the change………………………

Krap-krap-krap scratch vigorously (in African)……………………………………………….

Giggle, hiccup, boink……………………………………………..

See Naples an die.........................................................

Cow-cow’cows’, wilwil’bicycle’in Tok Pisin

Cuckoo, splash, hiss.....................................

Where’s the bone?

5) Decide if the componential analysis of the following lexical items is correct. If not, make the
necessary alterations:

widower +human, - adult, + male, - married……………………………………………………………………….

grandson + human, +male, +adult, +paternal, -lineage………………………………………………………………

mare +human, +adult, +male, - married…………………………………………………………………

filly - human, -animate, equine, - male, +adult…………………………………………………………

6) Identify the metaphorical extensions represented by the following linguistic expressions:

We have come to a crossroads in our life…………………………………………………………

This delay will cost us at least two hours………………………………………….

That book is a treasure trove of ideas………………………………………………

That idea died off years ago………………………………………………….

That version of linguistics is an offshoot of an earlier theory………………………………………………….

A light and refreshing snack…………………………………………………….

She pursued him relenlessly……………………………………………………..

Live your life to the fullest………………………………………………….

7) Identify the metonymic extensions represented by the following linguistic expressions:

The buses are on strike today……………………………………………..

She asked him to marry a tiffany.......................................................

Watergate was an important scandal in America politics………………………………………………………….

The gun he hired wanted fifty grand………………………………………………………

Napoleon lost at Waterloo…………………………………………………….

Exxon has raised its prices again…………………………………………………..

Nixon bombed Hanoi……………………………………………

Paris is introducing longer skirts this season……………………………………………….

Let’s not let Thailand become another Vietnam………………………………………..

I’ve got a new four-on-the-floor V-8………………………………………………