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WorksheetsSemantics Chapter 1-6 (TN)
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 33mins
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1.
Utterance meaning is the meaning of an utterance as a communicative act in a given social setting.
a)
true
b)
false
2.
Content words are the main carriers of information in a sentence.
a)
true
b)
false
3.
Utterance meaning derives from expression meaning on the basis of the particulars provided by the context of utterance.
a)
true
b)
false
4.
Semantics studies the meanings of linguistic expressions in context.
a)
true
b)
false
5.
The process of composition is a top-down process.
a)
true
b)
false
6.
The meaning of a sentence (complex expression) is determined by its lexical components, their grammatical meaning, and the syntactic structure of the sentence.
a)
true
b)
false
7.
The meaning of a grammatical form is called grammatical meaning.
a)
true
b)
false
8.
Expression meaning is the meaning of an expression in a given context of utterance.
a)
true
b)
false
9.
Semantics studies all 3 levels of meaning: expression meaning, utterance meaning, communicative meaning.
a)
true
b)
false
10.
The meaning of a content word is a concept that provides a mental description for a certain kind of situation.
a)
true
b)
false
11.
The descriptive meaning of a content word is a concept for its potential referents.
a)
true
b)
false
12.
The proposition is the descriptive meaning of the sentence.
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true
b)
false
13.
The expressions like “Hi”, “Please” or “Mr Murple” (proper name as term of address) have expressive meaning.
a)
true
b)
false
14.
The expression “The earth” has constant reference.
a)
true
b)
false
15.
The noun “idiot” in the expression “You idiot!” has social meaning.
a)
true
b)
false
16.
Social meaning and expressive meaning are not parts of expression meanings.
a)
true
b)
false
17.
The use of expressions with social meaning is governed by subjective choice.
a)
true
b)
false
18.
A referent is an object or an entity in the real world or in the world of your imagination.
a)
true
b)
false
19.
“The building is tall.” In this expression, “the building” has constant referent because its referent depends on who is the speaker and who is the addressee in a CoU.
a)
true
b)
false
20.
The connotation of a word is the primary meaning.
a)
true
b)
false
21.
Positive connotations, together with social taboos, are responsible for what is called euphemisms.
a)
true
b)
false
22.
A metonymy is an implicit or indirect comparison in which no function word is used.
a)
true
b)
false
23.
Differentiation is defined as the meaning shift which results in a special case of what the expression denotes in its lexical meaning.
a)
true
b)
false
24.
Light in light blue and light in light breakfast are polysemous.
a)
true
b)
false
25.
The relationship between can (a metal container) and can (able to) is polysemy.
a)
true
b)
false
26.
Two lexemes are homonymous if they have two or more interrelated meanings with each other.
a)
true
b)
false
27.
The expression “a demon” in the sentence “He’s a demon for work.” is metonymically used.
a)
true
b)
false
28.
An expression is used metaphorically if it is used to refer to things that are in crucial aspects similar to the kind of objects to which the expression refers in its literal meaning.
a)
true
b)
false
29.
The expression “The White House” in the sentence “He got a phone call from the White House” is metaphorically used.
a)
true
b)
false
30.
An expression or an utterance is ambiguous if it can be interpreted in more than one way.
a)
true
b)
false
31.
All lexemes are single words.
a)
true
b)
false
32.
A deictic word is one which takes some element of its meaning from the situation (i.e. the speaker, the addressee, the time and the place) of the utterance in which it is used.
a)
true
b)
false
33.
All personal pronouns are definite.
a)
true
b)
false
34.
Proper names are indefinite noun phrases.
a)
true
b)
false
35.
The addressee forms the deictic center.
a)
true
b)
false
36.
“here, there” are time deixis.
a)
true
b)
false
37.
Presuppositions are what a speaker or writer assumes that the receiver of the message already knows.
a)
true
b)
false
38.
To decide whether a condition is a presupposition or not, we can use 2 tests: negation test and question test
a)
true
b)
false
39.
Presuppositions of a sentence will be different under its negation and interrogation.
a)
true
b)
false
40.
The sentences “I like his painting.” and “I don’t like his painting.” have the same presuppositions.
a)
true
b)
false
41.
Presuppositions of a sentence are the truth conditions of that sentence.
a)
true
b)
false
42.
The same attribute cannot at the time both belong and not belong to the same subject in the same respect.
a)
true
b)
false
43.
In a given CoU, with a given reading, a declarative sentence is either true, false or both.
a)
true
b)
false
44.
Negation reverses the truth value of a sentence.
a)
true
b)
false
45.
A sentence (in a given reading) is contingent iff it is true in all CoUs.
a)
true
b)
false
46.
A sentence (in a given reading) is logically true iff it is true in some CoUs.
a)
true
b)
false
47.
A sentence (in a given reading) is logically false iff it is false in all CoUs.
a)
true
b)
false
48.
The sentence “It’s raining.” logically entails the sentence “It’s raining heavily.”
a)
true
b)
false
49.
The sentence “It isn’t raining.” logically entails the sentence “It isn’t raining heavily.”
a)
true
b)
false
50.
The logical relationship between 2 sentences “Today is Monday” and “Tomorrow is Tuesday” is mutual entailment.
a)
true
b)
false
51.
We swap the 2 sides of an entailment if we negate both sides.
a)
true
b)
false
52.
The 2 sentences “The bottle is half empty.” and “The bottle is half full.” are logically equivalent.
a)
true
b)
false
53.
The logical relation between 2 sentences “The room is large.” and “The room is small.” is logical contradiction.
a)
true
b)
false
54.
The 2 sentences “It’s late.” and “It’s not late.” are logical contradictories.
a)
true
b)
false
55.
The 2 sentences “Everyone will win” and “Someone will lose” are logical contradictories.
a)
true
b)
false
56.
Two predicate terms (in given readings) are logically equivalent iff they necessarily yield the same truth value for the same arguments.
a)
true
b)
false
57.
Two predicate terms A and B are logically complementary if they cannot both be true of the same arguments.
a)
true
b)
false
58.
A predicate term A is a logical subordinate of B iff B is true of some arguments whenever A is true of them.
a)
true
b)
false
59.
Negation of a declarative sentence A is true whenever A is False and false whenever A is true.
a)
true
b)
false
60.
Logical subordination is the relationship between a general term and a specific term.
a)
true
b)
false
61.
“beautiful” and “gorgeous” are total synonyms.
a)
true
b)
false
62.
“horse” is the hyperonym of “animals”.
a)
true
b)
false
63.
Two expressions are antonyms iff they express the same relation between 2 entities, but with reversed roles.
a)
true
b)
false
64.
Two expressions are complementaries iff they express two opposite extremes out of a range of possibilities.
a)
true
b)
false
65.
Two expressions are converses iff they express opposite cases with respect to a common axis.
a)
true
b)
false
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