semantics

1. Which of the following is not a type of reference?

• a. referent

• b. variable reference

• c. constant reference 

• d. same reference

The type of reference in which the referent varies with speaker is

• a. constant reference

• b. same reference

• c. variable reference

• d. no reference

The type of reference in which different expressions are used to refer to the same object is

• a. constant reference

• b. variable reference

• c. same reference

• d. no reference

The type of reference in which the same expression always refers to the same object is

• a. same reference

• b. variable reference

• c. constant reference

• d. no reference

The underlined part in "the boy standing at the bus stop' has / is_

• a. variable reference

• b. same reference

• c. referring expression

• d. a&c

The underlined parts in 'He is an English teacher at the O.U' is / has_

• a. same reference

• b. referring expression

• c. constant reference 

•  d. no reference 

Which of the followings is a correct description of 'sense'?

• all words in a language may be used to refer, but only some words have sense

• If two expressions have the same referent, they always have the same sense.

•  the sense of an expression is its relationship to semantically equivalent or semantically related

• expression in the same language

Which of the followings is a correct description of 'reference'?

• a relationship between expressions and other expressions which have the same

• the set of all objects which can potentially be referred to by an expression

•  the relationship between a particular object in the world and an expression used in an utterance to pick that object out

Which of the following statements is true?

• all words in a language may be used to refer, but only some words have sense

• If two expressions have the same referent, they always have the same sense.

• sense is a relationship between expressions and other expressions which have the same meaning

• reference is the set of all objects which can potentially be referred to by an expression 

 "______" refers to different forms or versions of a language spoken in various regions or among specific groups of people