NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA,
PLOT 91, CADASTRAL ZONE, JABI, ABUJA
FACULTY OF ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES
JULY 2018 EXAMINATION
COURSE CODE: ENG331
COURSE TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO SEMANTICS (3 Units)
TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTION: Answer ALL Questions (Your correct use of language elements will earn you additional 1 mark)
1. (a) Define semantics, giving its core focus (7 marks)
(b) Identify (4 marks) and discuss four major concerns of semantics (12 marks). (23 marks, 40 minutes)
2. (a) Give four fallacies of misinterpretation. (8 marks)
(b) Discuss each of the identified fallacies of misinterpretation in (a) above. (15 marks) (23 marks, 40 minutes)
3(a) Words usually have collocates in our everyday usages of the English lexis. Look at the table below and give the collocates of these English words in common usage:
S/N
Words
Collocates
1
Enigma
2
Legible
3
Comprehensible
4
Accent
5
Empty
6
Adapt
7
Nutritive
8
Taxied
9
Smart
10
Amicable
11
Broach
12
Key
13
Endangered
14
Smooth
15
Conceited
16
Hard
17
Ascent
18
Comprehension
19
Auspicious
20
Epic
21
Self-centred
22
Adopt
23
Dependable
24
Abdicate
(12marks, 20 minutes)
3(b) Choose or pick any eleven words from the table in question 3 above and make sentences with them showing their actual meanings.
(11 marks, 20 minutes)
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