Semantics

Semantics is...

• the study of word formation.

• the study of the sound system of language.

• the study of meaning of words, phrases, and sentences.

"If Jasmine cannot go to the morning appointment, she will go to the afternoon one. (one = appointment)." This is an example of what type of linguistic reference?

• Anaphora

• Coreference

• Deixis

The study of reference can be divided into which two areas..

• prototype

• speaker reference

• linguistic reference

• coreference

Truth conditions are the study of conditions under which a statement can be judged as true or false. Truth conditions can exist in individual sentences or between sentences.

• True

• False

"A triangle has four sides" is an example of a _______________ sentence.

• synthetic

• analytic

• contradictory

This is a proposition (expressed in a sentence) that must be assumed to be true in order to judge the truth or falsity of another sentence. Example: "Rosa bombed anatomy."

• Analytic sentence

• Entailment

• WH questions

• Presupposition

Lexical ambiguity refers to...

• words that have the same meaning.

• a word that contains the meaning of a more general words.

• a word that has more than one meaning.

• words that have different meanings.

Select the two words that would be an example of "gradable antonyms".

• hungry

• borrower

• lender

• full

Connotations are associations that speakers have with words. Choose all the words that have positive connotations.

• Veteran

• Geezer

• Senior Citizen

• Old Coot

Semantics can be divided into the study of which three categories? (Choose the three that apply)

• Sense

• Reference

• Pragmatics

• Truth