TL | Chapter: 4 Semantics Quiz

What is the primary focus of sentential semantics?

• Meaning of words

• Meaning of phrases

• Meaning of sentences

• Meaning of morphemes

What does the word "pragmatics" primarily study?

• The structure of sentences

• The meaning of morphemes

• How context affects meaning

• Phonological features of language

What is an example of a semantic property of the word "doctor"?

• Female

• Human

• Inanimate

• Young

Which type of semantics studies the meaning relationships among words?

• Lexical semantics

• Syntactic semantics

• Pragmatics

• Phonological semantics

Which term refers to the components of meaning of a word?

• Morpheme

• Semantics

• Syntactic property

• Semantic properties

What term refers to a formal device for expressing the presence or absence of semantic properties?

• Syntactic markers

• Semantic features

• Morphological markers

• Lexical markers

Which type of semantics studies how context affects meaning?

• Lexical semantics

• Syntactic semantics

• Pragmatics

• Phonological semantics

What is the primary goal of lexical semantics?

• To study sentence structure

• To understand the meaning of words

• To analyze sound patterns in language

• To explore the syntax of phrases

What term describes how context affects the meaning of language?

• Syntax

• Pragmatics

• Morphology

• Semantics

What is the meaning of "Re" as a morpheme?

• Before (in front of a noun)

• Again (in front of a verb)

• Cause to (used at the end of adjectives)

• Opposite of