Test No 2: Stylistic Lexicology

1.Archaisms may be used in a literary text

1. to show that the speaker is attached to usage of unusual words;

1. to create the historic atmosphere;

2. to produce humorous effect.

2.Terms belong to

a) super-neutral vocabulary;

2. the bulk of neutral words;

3. sub-neutral vocabulary.

3. If bookish words are used in the colloquial context

1. they elevate the speech;

2. they produce humorous effect;

3. they characterize the speaker as a well-educated person.

4. The sentence «Philoprogenitiveness, says we, is strong in semi-rural communities...» contains

a) an archaic word;

2. an archaic word and the collocation typical of the uncultivated speech;

3. a bookish word and the collocation typical of the uncultivated speech.

5. Poetic words are used in poetic diction

1. due to the poetic tradition only;

2. to create the romantic atmosphere;

3. to produce the effect of elevation;

d)to comply with the poetic tradition and to create romantic atmosphere.

6. Jargon words are used within a certain professional group

1. to facilitate the communication;

2. to show that the speaker also belongs to this group;

3. to stress the informal character of communication.

7. Jargon words and slang words

1. are characterized by the same degree of degradation;

2. differ in their degree of degradation.

8. Slang is used

1. to show that the speaker shares the same ideas as are possessed by his communicants;

2. to make speech more expressive;

3. to produce humorous effect.

9. In the sentence «Ain't it awful, Sam?» the underlined word is used

1. for the sake of characterization;

2. to produce humorous effect;

3. to make speech expressive.

10.Vulgar words are subdivided into

1. lexical vulgarisms and semantic vulgarisms; •

2. lexical vulgarisms and stylistic vulgarisms;

3. semantic vulgarisms and stylistic vulgarisms.