Semantics

Reference is a relationship in which

• a symbol or signsignifies something

• concepts it refers to in the real world

• refers to which person or thing being talked about

• deals with something having linguistic relationship

Antonyms in which the presence of one quality of state signifies the absense of the other

• complementary pairs

• gradable pairs

• relational opposites

• homographs

Can you ring the doorbell for me, please!

• A piece of jewerly.

• To sound a bell.

In the Semantic Triangle, the Sign symbolizes the Thought about the referent

• True

• False

In the Semantic Triangle, the Referent is the real world thing or phenomenon.

• True

• False

The KEY to the door and the KEY problem are an example of

• polysemy

• metonymy

• reversives

Lexical semantics is

• The study of word formation

• The study of the meanings of words

• The study of the meanings of sentences

The component that does NOT belong to the Semantic Triangle is:

• Thought

• Referent

• Sign

• Ambiguity

Feelings and reactions to words are the element of meaning called

• associative meaning

• referential meaning

• definite meaning

Semantic features are

• elements of a word's associative meaning

• elements of a word's referential meaning

• elements of context