Semantics

In the branches of semantics, what refers to the meaning of individual words?

• Lexical Semantics
• Phrasal/Sentenial Semantics
• Pragmatics

In the branches of semantics, what refers to the meaning of phrases/sentences?

• Lexical Semantics
• Phrasal/Sentenial Semantics
• Pragmatics

In the branches of semantics, what refers to how context affects meaning?

• Lexical Semantics
• Phrasal/Sentenial Semantics
• Pragmatics

In Truth and Meaning-Making, what refers to truth based on the structure and composition of a sentence?

• Compositional Semantics
• Tautologies
• Contradictions

In Truth and Meaning-Making, what refers to statements that are always true?

• Compositional Semantics
• Tautologies
• Contradictions

In Truth and Meaning-Making, what refers to statements that are always false?

• Compositional Semantics
• Tautologies
• Contradictions

What refers to if one statement is true, then the other must be true as well? “Jack swims,” and “Jack swims beautifully.”

• Entailment
• Synonymous Statements
• Contradictory Statements
• Self-Contradiction

What refers to statements that entail each other? “Bill is alive,” and “Bill has a pulse,"

• Entailment
• Synonymous Statements
• Contradictory Statements
• Self-Contradiction

What refers to both statements that can’t be true at the same time? “I’m married,” and “I’m single,”

• Entailment
• Synonymous Statements
• Contradictory Statements
• Self-Contradiction

What refers to a statement that contradicts itself? “The corpse is alive.”

• Entailment
• Synonymous Statements
• Contradictory Statements
• Self-Contradiction