Worksheetssemantic A+
Total questions: 59
Worksheet time: 59mins
The denotation of a word is the...... or ........ of the word found in a dictionary.
(a)
A...... may have its denotation described in terms of a set of ..... that serve to identify the particular concept associated with the word.
(a)
The connotation of a word is the................... that the word has beyond its denotative meaning. Its show people's........................... towards what the word refers to
(a)
Child is denotatively described as ______ _______ ________
(a)
Denotation
core, central
peripheral
social, affective
emotions and/or attitudes towards what a lexical item refers to
Connotation.....
social, affective
what a lemeans item means
core, central
referential
Child is denotatively described as [+human], [-mature], [+-male] Child ......... under a certain circumstance, Child may positively be
[+affectionate] or [+innocent]
[+noisy]
[+ irritating]
[+beauty]
Child is denotatively described as [+human], [-mature], [+-male] Child ......... under a certain circumstance, Child may negatively be
[+ noisy] [+irratiating]
[+innocent]
[+affectionate]
[+ugly]
Speaker meaning is what (a) (i.e intends to convey) when he uses a piece of language.
Sentence meaning/ word meaning is what a sentence/ word means, i e. what it counts as the (a) of in the language concerned.
A sentence is a ........... complete string of words expressing a complete/ partial thought.
particular occasion
piece of language
the utterances
grammatically
An utterance is the use by a particular speaker on a ......... of ........ such as a sequence of sentences, a single phrase, or even a single word.
(a)
A proposition is that part of the meaning of the........ of a declarative sentence that describes some state of affairs.
particular occasion
grammatically
the utterances
piece of language
Propositions are also involved in the meaning of other types of sentences, such as
interrogatives
imperatives
interrogatives and imperatives
utterances
When a speaker utters a simple declarative sentence, he asserts the.....
utterances
interrogatives
proposition
sentence
When a person utters a simple interrogative or imperative, he can mention a particular (a) without asserting its truth.
A Referent is......... or....... in the real world or the world of your imagination which is talked about.
(a)
The reference of a word or a linguistic expression is the (a) between that world or expression an the thing, the action, the event, the quality, etc. ie it refers to.
When the same linguistic expression refers to different referents, it has.....
constant variable
variable reference
co- reference
linguistic reference
When one linguistic expression refers to one and the same referent, it has..........
variable reference
constant reference
co - reference
linguistic expression
When two or more linguistic expressions share the same referent they have........
co - reference
variable reference
constant reference
linguistic expression
The sense of a word of a linguistic expression shows ....... between that word or expression an others in the.......... of a language.
(a)
A dog is chasing a cat .......
has some sense
has no sense
has sense
A dog is human (a)
(a) are basis elements in differentiating the meaning of each word in a language from other words.
(a) is any expression used in an utterance to refer to something or someone ( or a clearly delimited collection of things or people) , ie, used with a particular referent in mind
" Fred hit me " Fred is
Refferring expression
not refferring expression
" There's no Fred at this address" (a) Fred is
........... is any word ( or sequence of words) which ( in a given single sense) can function as..........
(a)
Predicates are commonly describes as zero - place, one-place, two - place, three- place, etc.,, according to the number of............ they take
utterances
sentence
linguistics
arguments
(a) of a simple declarative sentence is the word ( sometimes a group of words) that does not belongexpressionsreferring expressions and which, of the remainder, makes the most specific contribution to the meaning of the sentence.
The predicator describes (a) the referring expressions are involved.
Any linguistic form used to accomplish " pointing" is called a (a)
......... which takes some element of its meaning from the context or situation ( ie. the speaker, the addressee, the time, and the place) of the utterance in which it is used.
utterances
sentence
a deictic word
arguments
(a) is a rhetorical device that features the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences, phrases, or clauses.
Anaphora is a rhetorical device that features the ........ of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences, phrases, or clauses.
feautures
phrase
repetition
unit
Anaphora is a rhetorical device that features the repetition of a word or ........ at the beginning of successive sentences, phrases, or clauses.
repetition
phrase
clauses
pronoun
(a) is the relationship between two predicates that have the same use.
(a) is a relation in which a single word has two or more slightly different but closely related meanings.
(a) is a relation in which the referent of a word is totally included in the referent of another word
Homonymy........
is a relation in which the referent of a word is totally included in the referent of another word
is a relation in which various words have the same (sound and written) from but have different meanings
is a relation in which various words have the same sound form but have different meanings and written forms
Homophony......
is a relation in which the referent of a word is totally included in the referent of another word
is a relation in which various words have the same (sound and written) from but have different meanings
is a relation in which various words have the same sound form but have different meanings and written forms
(a) is a relation in which various words have the same sound form but have different meanings and written forms
Hyponymy.....
is a relation in which the referent of a word is totally included in the referent of another word
is a relation in which various words have the same (sound and written) from but have different meanings
is a relation in which various words have the same sound form but have different meanings and written forms
(a) is a relation in which two words have different ( written and sound) forms and are opposite in meaning
.....is a relation in which two members of a pair of antonyms are mutually exclusive and cannot be used in a comparative or superlative sense
Binary antonymy
Complementary antonymy
A and B
EX: Binary/ complementary antonymy
single ....., alive.....
(a)
EX: Gradable antonymy
(a)
there are three intermediate terms i.e warm, tepid/lukewarm and cool
(a) is a relation in which two members of a pair of antonymy are gradable. (Palmer, 1981) and can be used in questions with how to ask about degrees.
(a) when two members of a pair of relational antonyms display symmetry in their meaning
is a relationship that applies between two sentences, where the truth of one implies the truth of the other because of the meanings of the words involved
(a)
How many types of entailment ?
3
4
2
1
There are two types of entailment (a)
The entailments of this first type come about because of hyponymic relations between words.
Ex; Alfred saw a bear asymmetrically entals Alfred saw (a)
The entailments between a pair of sentences are mutual since the truth of either sentence guarantees the truth of the other..
Ex; Paul borrowed a car from sue symmetrically entails (a)
A (a) is considered structurally ambiguous when its structure permits more than one interpretation.
Any ambiguity resulting from the ambiguity of a word is (a)
A/An (a) is one that is necessarily TRUE, as a result of the senses of the words in it.
A/An _______ which is also called ______, is one that is necessarily FALSE, as a result of the sense of words in it.
(a)
