English Linguistics - Assignment 6 James Madison University

[This assignment will be marked only as an acceptable or unacceptable effort, but you must do all parts of the assignment.]

Lexical semantics:

1. Ask at least 4 people (separately, so they don't hear one another's responses) to give one example of each of the following:
   1. The best example of a sterotypic...

      bird
      toy
      college class
      jump
      song

   2. The opposite of ...

      cat
      old
      shoe
      (to) staple

   3. A synonym for ...

      friend
      (to) laugh
      cool
      artichoke

2. Present your results in a table, replacing the names of respondents with numbers or some other private code.

3. Now, study your data carefully and answer the following questions: Were all your responses the same? If so, discuss why you think this happened. If not, discuss all the factors that you think may have affected particular responses. Be thorough. (The type of question, the type of word, and differences between individual respondents are just some of the factors you might consider.)

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