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Quiz. and Introduction to Functional Shift. Which of the following statements about metaphor is not accurate?. (a) Modern language does not make use of metaphor. (b) Metaphor is the same thing as analogy. (c) Metaphor creates polysemy . (d) Metaphors make abstract concepts concrete.

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  1. Quiz and Introduction to Functional Shift

  2. Which of the following statements about metaphor is not accurate? (a) Modern language does not make use of metaphor. (b) Metaphor is the same thing as analogy. (c) Metaphor creates polysemy. (d) Metaphors make abstract concepts concrete. (e) All of the above statements are accurate.

  3. The expression We’re coming up on Fall Break exemplifies which of the following metaphors? (a) Time is a Moving Object (b) Time is a Journey (c) A dead metaphor (d) Life is a Journey (e) None of the above

  4. In the metaphor Life is a Journey, which concept is being used to understand the other? (a) Life (b) Journey (c) Etymology (d) Poetic license (e) Analogy Examples She’s just starting out in life. She followed in her mother’s footsteps. Somehow her life got off on the wrong track.His family connections paved the way for him. Some people just sail through life. His life was an uphill struggle.

  5. Why is metaphor relevant to the study of word histories? (a) Metaphors create extra word meanings over time. (b) Metaphors die rapidly. (c) Metaphor was relevant prior to the development of modern science. (d) Metaphors come about because of polysemy. (e) Reasons (a) and (d).

  6. Which of the following is an example of metonymy? (a) We have some new faces around here. (b) I have a Picasso on my wall. (c) We should normalize relations with Cuba. (d) Remember the Alamo! (e) All of the above.

  7. Which of the following words has undergone semantic narrowing? (a) The word cow (b) The word excruciating (c) The word deer (d) The word meat (e) All of the above

  8. Functional Extension • A word’s function is its grammatical category. • The following are all grammatical categories: 1. noun 2. verb 3. adjective 4. adverb 5. preposition

  9. Functional Extension • How can you tell what the grammatical category of a word is? 1. noun 2. verb 3. adjective 4. adverb • Both context and form matter.

  10. Functional Extension • Functional extension occurs when a word comes to be used in more than one function, as when a noun is used as a verb. • Latin adjectives frequently get used as nouns: agent, patient, inhabitant. • Sometimes these the word has a different pronunciation in the noun usage and the verb usage: permit, record, suspect, house.

  11. Functional Extension • Sometimes it’s hard to tell which usage came first, the verb or the noun usage: paint, judge, notice, visit, call • Following are some verbs derived from nouns. • Try to explain their groupings.

  12. Denominal Verbs

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