Semantics QUIZ ch1-ch2

If a speaker says "Pxgotmgt", and this word belongs to a language some where,it would be considered as an utterance

• Yes

• No

Speaker A: can you pass the salt?The sentence meaning of speaker’s A sentence is that

• He is asking about the hearer’s ability of passing the salt

• He is politely commanding the hearer to pass the salt

The modern theories of meaning are in some sense inferior to Aristotle's semantic theory.

• True

• False

Sentences are like utterances, both can belong to a particular language.

• True

• False

Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT about Sentence ?

• A sentence can belong to a particular language.

• A sentence can be grammatical or not.

• A sentence can be loud or quite.

• None of the above

• All of the above

Utterances can be grammatical or not

• True

• False

An UTTERANCE is a grammatically complete string of words expressing a complete thought.

• True

• False

We adopt the convention that anything written between single quotation marks represents an utterance, and anything italicized represents a sentence.

• True

• False

The meanings of words and sentences in a language can not safely be taken as known to competent speakers of the language.

• True

• False

If the sentence John killed Bill is true of any situation, then so is the sentence Bill is dead.

• True

• False