REFERENCE IN SEMANTIC

The kinds of reffering expressions, except...

• Proper names

• Pronouns

• Adverbs

• Noun phrases

There was a strange painting on the wall. I wonder where . . . had come from. Which one is the correct answer?

• she

• it 

• he

• them

Which is the word that can be both countable and uncountable nouns?

• some milk

• a lot of snow

• any sugar

•  any seats

What is the definition of intension ?

• is the set of entities which it denotes

• is the set of properties shared by all members of the extension

• is an object or referent that is considered typical of the whole set

• referring expressions

If someone wants to play games, …. must follow the rules

The blank space shift to ….

• You

• She

  / he

• They

•  It

It is an object or referent that is considered typical

of the whole set, what is it?

• An extension

• A lexeme

• An anapora

• A prototype

There are three kinds of referring expressions ….

• proper names, pronouns and anaphora

• proper names, pronouns and extension

• pronouns, extension and intension

• pronouns, lexeme and anaphora

“All who have written seriously on translating agree that translators should know both the source and the receptor languages”

From the statement above, which reference makes the sentence ambiguity?

• All

• Translator

• The source

• the receptor

We watched a sheep moving slowly across the pasture. _____ seemed to be in no hurry at all. what is the anaphoric word to complete the sentence?

• it

• they

• she

• he

A referring expression is...

• a piece of language, a noun phrase, that

  is used in an utterance and is linked to something outside language,

  some living or dead or imaginary entity or concept or group of entities

  or concepts

• a piece of language, a noun phrase, that

  is used in an utterance and is linked to something outside language, living things only

• a piece of cake, a noun phrase, that

  is used in an utterance and is linked to something outside language,

  some living or dead or imaginary entity or concept or group of entities

  or concepts

• a piece of sentences, a noun phrase, that

  is used in an utterance and is linked to something outside language,

  some living or dead or imaginary entity or concept or group of entities

  or concepts