Lê Triều Phát

MSSV : 030435190155
Unit 1:
Question 5.
a) Speaker meaning. this sentence has two meaning. A bachelor can be understand
either a person who holds an undergraduate degree from a university or college
and they doesn’t have enough time to get married or a bachelor is an unmarried
man.
b) Sentence meaning. Because this sentence coveys a complete meaning expressed
written form
c) Sentence meaning. Speaker wants to emphasize the subject but doesn’t want to
mention a specific subject
d) Speaker meaning. Two sentences have opposite meaning.
1. The bear killed the man or the bear which is killed by the man.
2. The man killed the bear or the man who is killed by the bear.
e) Speaker meaning. This sentence means the feet are killing the speaker but the
speaker means he gets his feet hurt.
Question 7.

a. The President of the United States is the Commander-in-Chief

-> The President of the United States is the person who exercises supreme
command and control over an armed forces or a military branch and have military
competencies that reside in a country's executive leadership.

b. She can’t bear children

-> She can’t get pregnant.

c. You’re sitting in the apple-juice seat

-> You’re sitting in the breakfast table which has four place settings, three with
orange juice and one with apple juice.
d. How long did John stay in New York?

-> John stayed in New York for too long.

e. A tulip is a flower

-> Express the evident truth.

f. John’s present wife is unmarried

-> John’s present wife has an annulled marriage.

g. The car needs to be wash

-> The car is dirty.

h. If John killed Bill is true, then so is Bill is dead

-> John can not be the person who killed Bill

Unit 2:
Question 2. No. Because an utterance is the use by a particular speaker, on a
particular occasion,of a piece of language, such as a sequence of sentences, or a
single phrase, or even a single word. Therefore, semantics don’t concern only with
complete sentences.
Question 3. A sentence is a group of words that convey a meaning. An utterance is
also a group of words or a part of speech in between pauses. Both a sentence and
utterance convey a meaning to the reader or listener. The difference between a
sentence and utterance is that while a sentence conveys a complete meaning
through a combination of clauses, an utterance conveys a meaning through a few
words that may not even compile a clause. A sentence is in both written and
spoken language, but an utterance is in spoken language only.