Semantics.

Test 1

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1. Which of the following is not correct?
a. Semantics is the study of language meaning b. Pragmatics is the study of language use
c. Linguistics is the study of all dialects d. Linguistics is the study of language
2. Which of the following does not belong to linguistics?
a. English pronunciation b. phonology c. morphology d. pragmatics
3. Which of the following is correct about semantics?
a. Semantics is the study of the relation between language and user
b. Semantics is the study of how a speaker uses the language
c. Semantics is the study of the literal meaning of language
d. Semantics is an independent subject
4. Which of the following is not correct about pragmatics?
a. Pragmatics is the study of the speaker’s meaning
b. Pragmatics is the study of the linguistic meaning of language
c. Pragmatics is the study of how a speaker uses the language
d. Pragmatics is the study of the meaning of language in a particular situation
5. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. The objective of semantics is the non-literal meaning of language
b. The objective of linguistics is the language
c. The means to convey the meaning in semantics is the sentence
d. The means to convey the meaning in pragmatics is the utterance
6. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Pragmatics studies the relationship between language and objects
b. Pragmatics studies the relationship between language and the user
c. Pragmatics studies the speaker’s meaning
d. Pragmatics studies how and what for the speaker uses the language
7. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. A sentence is a group of words linked by grammar to convey a complete meaning
b. A sentence must contain at least one finite verb
c. A sentence is a group of words out of context
d. An utterance is a group of words context dependent
8. Which of the following statements is not true about utterance?
a. The meaning of an utterance is the meanings of the constituent words
b. An utterance is context bound / dependent
c. The meaning of an utterance depends on the situation in which it is uttered
d. An utterance is a sentence said in a particular situation
9. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. It makes sense to talk of the time and place of a proposition.
b. It is meaningless to talk of the time and place of a sentence.

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 c. A proposition must be meaningful
d. It makes sense to talk of the truth of a sentence or an utterance.
10. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. The pragmatic meaning is the meaning of the words in the sentence
b. The meaning of an utterance varies with the situation in which it is said
c. The semantic meaning is the meaning of the words in the sentence
d. The meaning of a sentence is the semantic meaning
11. The following pair: Dr. Findlay killed Janet
Dr. Findlay caused Janet to die consists of_____.
a. 2 utterances; 2 propositions b. 2 sentences; 1 proposition
c. 2 sentences; 2 propositions d. 2 utterances; 1 proposition
12. The following pair “Paul opened the door”
“The door was opened by Paul” consists of_____.
a. 2 utterances; 1 proposition b. 2 sentences; 1 proposition
c. 2 utterances; 2 propositions d. 2 sentences; 2 propositions
13. The following pair “Paul loves Mary”
“Paul & Mary love each other” consists of_____.
a. 2 utterances; 2 propositions b. 2 sentences; 1 proposition
c. 2 sentences; 2 propositions d. 2 utterances; 1 proposition
14. The following pair They loaded hay onto the truck
The truck was loaded with hay consists of_____.
a. 2 utterances; 1 proposition b. 2 sentences; 1 proposition
c. 2 sentences; 2 propositions d. 2 utterances; 2 propositions
15. Which of the following statements is true?
a. The pragmatic meaning cannot be defined by the sum of semantic features.
b. The semantic meaning of a word cannot be analyzed into semantic components.
c. A semantic property can exist in the meanings of different words of the same part of speech
d. Semantic features are the meaningful units of a word.
16. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. A lexical field is a group of words sharing the same part of speech.
b. A semantic field is a family of words that share the same semantic feature.
c. There are different ways to organize semantically related words into lexical fields.
d. A lexical field is a group of semantically related words.
17. Which of the following semantic features does not belong to “horse”?
a. [+domestic] b. [+animal] c. [+male] d. [+having a tail]
18. Which of the following semantic properties does not belong to “mouse”?
a. [+domestic] b. [+having legs] c. [+having a tail] d. [+animal]
19. The relationship between ‘bachelor’ and ‘spinster’ is_____.
a. hyponym b. hypernym c. hyponymy d. incompatibility
20. The relationship between ‘cock’ and ‘stallion’ is_____.
a. hyponym b. hypernym c. hyponymy d. incompatibility