Graduation Examination in Linguistics 28 - ? at USSH

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Duration: 150 minutes 

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Part 1: SEMANTICS (6 marks)

1.2.
3.
a) greater than/less than
→Relational antonymy

b) conceal/reveal - (che giấu/tiết lộ)
→Binary antonymy

c) maintenance/preservation - (bảo trì/bảo quản)
→Synonymy

d) lettuce/broccoli - (rau diếp/bông cải xanh)
→Incompatibility

4.a) He gave her another expensive gift.
→He gave her some gift before that.

b) If only you had agreed to go, it could have saved us lots of embarrassment.
→You didn't agree to go.

c) What time did you meet her?
→You met her.

d) My cousin will visit for a week.
→I have a cousin.

5.a) She had 50 hands on her ranch.
→Metonymy. Hands stand for workers.

b) Don't argue with him. He is mentally challenged.→Euphemism. Mentally challlenged is equivalent to mad.

6.
It is her favourite dish.

Part 2 : ESSAY WRITING (4 marks)