Utterances, Sentences, and Propositions

Which of the following is an example of an utterance?

• A word in a dictionary

• 'I am going to the store'

• A grammar rule

• A book title

An utterance can only be spoken, not written.

• True

• False

An example of an utterance is:__________

• When I went to the store

• 'I am really excited about the concert tonight'

• dog

• The quick brown fox

A sentence is neither _______ event nor a _______ object.

• chemical/physical.

• chemical/ chemical

• biological/chemical.

• physical/physical

Sentences can be said to belong to a particular language.

• TRUE

• FALSE

We are studying semantics. What is that?

• An utterance

• A sentence

• A proposition

• All are incorrect

A given sentence always consists of the same words, and in the different order.

• True

• False

Any change in the words, or in their order, makes a ….. sentence, for our purposes.

• Same

• Another

• True

• Different

Which is not a sentence?

• He always walks to school.

• Hello.

• Will invited me to his birthday party.

• It's hers.

A PROPOSITON is that part of the meaning of the utterance of a __________ which describes some state of ____.

• imperative, confusion

• interrogative, affairs

• exclamatory, emotions

• declarative, affairs