Meaning Postulates Review

p & ~p is the basic form of?

• Contradiction

• Anomaly

• Meaning Postulates

• Hyponymy

Meaning postulates play a central part in the modern approach to constructing a semantic dictionary.

• True

• False

Anomaly is seen as an indirect case of

Is this sentence a basic contradiction, anomalous, or semantically acceptable: I crossed the street but did not cross the street.

• contradiction

• anomalous

• semantically acceptable

Is this sentence semantically acceptable: The current king of France is handsome.

• Yes

• No

• I don't know

• Oui

"Ms. Chau left the house at noon"- entails one of the sentences below

• Ms. Chau was not at home before noon and not at home after noon.

• Ms. Chau was at home after noon and was at home before noon.

• Ms. Chau was at home before noon but not at home after noon.

• Ms. Chau was at home after noon but not at home before noon.

x TEA -> x BEVERAGE

x BEVERAGE -> x LIQUID

• x BEVERAGE -> x TEA

• x LIQUID -> x TEA

• x TEA -> x WATER

• x TEA -> x LIQUID

______ is semantic oddness (as opposed to grammatical oddness) that can be traced to the meanings of the predicates in the sentence concerned.

Formulate a partial dictionary entry for RED, expressing its relationship to CONCRETE

Can meaning postulates be used to deduce information about sense relations, including hyponymy and some forms of antonymy?

• Maybe

• I don't think so

• Yes

• No