Semantics and Pragmatics Quiz

1.     Semantics is a branch of ________ which studies _________in _____________

• linguistics, meaning, context

•   linguistics, meaning, language

2. Sense refers to relationships between a language and the world.

• True                

• False

3. ------ semantics deals with how phrases are assembled.

• Compositional

• Lexical

4. The thing signified is the…

• Referent

• Reference

5. The following are relational pair antonyms, except

• give x take

• buy x sell

• life x death

• teach x learn

6. The following words are hyponyms of gemstones, except

• ruby

• gold

• emerald

• diamond

7. Hand is the --- of finger

• meronym

• holonym

8. Truth value refers to a statement that is always true or false, regardless of the condition.

• True

• False

9. Alex's wife has called presupposes that

• Alex is married.

• Alex is male.

• Alex's wife has called the speaker.

10. Pragmatics looks at  

• what preceded a particular utterance in a discourse

• the use language in context

• the relationships between speakers and their roles