Lexicography

What is the main advantage of electronic and online dictionaries? A) Being purely historical B) Convenience and fast access C) Used only in scientific fields D) Published only in print

When was Samuel Johnson’s famous dictionary published? A) 1604 B) 1750 C) 1701D) 1755

The study of the origin of words in lexicography is called: A) Morphology B) Phonology C) Etymology D) Syntax

When did the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) gain recognition? A) 18th century B) 19th–20th centuries C) 16th century D) 21st century

What was Robert Cawdrey’s dictionary called? A) A Dictionary of the English Language B) A Table Alphabeticall C) Oxford English Dictionary D) Universal Dictionary

What do synonym and antonym dictionaries provide? A) Words with similar and opposite meanings B) Only polysemous words C) Only historical words D) Only pronunciation

Which of the following is not a function of lexicography? A) Showing pronunciation of words B) Studying vocabulary stock C) Recording dialectal differences D) Giving examples of word usage

Which is the most comprehensive dictionary in English? A) Oxford English Dictionary B) Merriam-Webster C) A Table Alphabeticall D) Chambers Dictionary

What does theoretical lexicography study? A) Dictionary editing B) General principles and methods of dictionary making C) Translation processes D) Corpus creation

Who compiled the first English monolingual dictionary?

For users, dictionaries should be: A) Complicated and scientific B) Convenient and understandable C) Only in written form D) Only theoretical

When was the first English monolingual dictionary published? A) 1755 B) 1604 C) 1901 D) 1850

To which field of linguistics does lexicography belong? A) Theoretical linguistics B) Applied linguistics C) Psycholinguistics D) Sociolinguistics

What was the unique feature of Samuel Johnson’s dictionary? A) It only translated words B)It only showed pronunciation C)It explained words with definitions and examples D) It only provided grammatical forms

From which languages does the word Lexicography originate? A) Latin and Arabic B) Arabic and Greek C) Greek lexis and graphein D) English and Latin

Which of the following is one of the main tasks of lexicography? A) Comparative study of dialects B) Identifying the meaning, grammar, and usage of words C) Studying the history of a language D) Explaining phonetic laws

Practical lexicography deals with which process? A) Dictionary compilation and publication B) Explanation of phonetic rules C) Language teaching methodology D) Speech etiquette

Into how many main branches is lexicography divided? A) Two – theoretical and practical B) Three – phonetics, lexis, semantics C) Two – written and oral D) Four – theoretical, practical, phonetic, grammatical

What is another name for theoretical lexicography? A) Computer lexicography B) Metalexicography C) Etymology D) Phonology

What is the main object of study in lexicography? A) Text structure B) Dictionaries and the process of compiling them C) Speech errors D) Phonetic rules