uas semantics and pragmatics

What is the difference between a sentence and an utterance?

• A sentence must be loud.

• A sentence is abstract; an utterance is real.

• They are always the same.

• Only utterances have meaning.

"Hello!" spoken at 7 a.m. is an example of...

• A sentence only.

• An utterance only.

• Both a sentence and a dictionary word.

• A sound with no meaning.

Which one is a sentence?

• 'What time is it?'

• 'What time'

• 'What'

• 'Is'

What is a proposition?

• A part of a sentence that gives a full idea.

• A single word.

• The opposite of an utterance.

• A type of question.

Which pair means the same thing?

• John gave Mary a book / Mary was given a book by John

• John loves Mary / Mary loves John

• John is a teacher / John was a teacher

• John killed Bill / Bill is alive

What can we say about "The Earth goes around the sun"?

• It is a sentence only.

• It is a sentence and a proposition.

• It is just a sound.

• It is a sentence with no meaning.

Why is it important to know the difference between sentence meaning and speaker meaning?

• Because it helps us understand what people really want to say.

• Because grammar is not important.

• Because speakers never use sentences.

• Because speakers always say the same thing.

What does semantics study?

• Grammar rules.

• The history of words.

• The meaning of language.

• The sound of language.

What is sentence meaning?

• The personal message of the speaker.

• The dictionary meaning of each word.

• The general meaning a sentence has in all contexts.

• The tone of the sentence.

What is speaker meaning?

• The grammar of the sentence.

• What the speaker wants to communicate.

• The same as sentence meaning.

• Always written.