Exploring Language: A Deep Dive

In semantics, analyze the following sentence for polysemy: "The bank is on the river bank." Identify the two meanings of "bank."

• Financial institution and river edge

• River edge and slope

• Financial institution and slope

• Slope and hill

Evaluate the following conversation for pragmatic inference: Person A: "It's getting late." Person B: "I guess we should head home." What is Person A implying?

• Person A is stating the time.

• Person A is suggesting they leave.

• Person A is asking for the time.

• Person A is making a complaint.

In semantics, evaluate the following sentence for ambiguity: "Visiting relatives can be annoying." Identify the two possible meanings.

• Relatives who visit are annoying and visiting them is annoying.

• Relatives who visit are annoying and they are annoying.

• Visiting them is annoying and they are annoying.

• Relatives are annoying and visiting them is fun.

Define morpheme.

• A morpheme is the largest unit of meaning in a language.

• A morpheme is a synonym.

• A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language.

• A morpheme is an antonym.

What is syntax?

• the set of rules that governs the structure of sentences, including word segmenting.

• the set of rules that governs the structure of sentences, including word manipulation.

• the set of rules that governs the structure of sentences, including word conversion.

• the set of rules that governs the structure of sentences, including word order.

What is pragmatics?

• the study of how context influences the interpretation of meaning in communication

• the study of sound patterns and how they influence the interpretation of sounds in words in communication

• the study of word meanings and the interpretation of word meanings in communication

• the study of how context influences the interpretation of meaning in communication.

What is another name for semantics?

• synonyms

• antonyms

• sounds

• vocabulary

What are three ways SLPs examine language?

• use, sound rules, and sound relationships

• formation, structure, configuration

• form, content, and use

• homonymy, sound relationships, function

What is another term associated with language use?

• syntax

• semantics

• morphology

• pragmatics

What is a term associated with morphology?

• word manipulation

• sound relationships

• language use

• language function