Semantics 1

What is semantics?

• The study of morphology in language

• The study of phonetics in language

• The study of syntax in language

• The study of meaning in language

According to Roman Jakobson, what is language without meaning?

• Incomprehensible

• Meaningless

• Useless

• Meaningful

What are words with the same meaning called?

• Homophones

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Homographs

What is the relationship between 'come' and 'go'?

• Synonyms

• Homographs

• Antonyms

• Homophones

What is the term for words spelled the same but with different meanings?

• Homophones

• Antonyms

• Homographs

• Synonyms

What is the part-whole relation called?

• Hyponomy

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

• Meronyms

What does the intension of an expression define?

• The class of entities to which it can be applied

• The semantic properties that define it

• The direct relation to the extra-linguistic world

• The set of semantic features it possesses

What is the study of phrase and sentence meaning called?

• Syntax

• Semantics

• Morphology

• Phonetics

What type of sentences contradict each other?

• Paraphrases

• Presuppositions

• Contradiction

• Entailment