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6. She brings him a cup of coffee and She brings a cup of coffee to him are the same
sentence.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
3. The expressions the Morning Star and the Evening Star have the same referent
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
4. The expression the queen of the United Kingdom always has constant reference
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
10. Every expression that has meaning has sense, but not every expression has reference
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
8. Identify all the deictic words in the sentence Yesterday I took the book from his house
over there
A. Yesterday, I, the book, his house, over there
B. I, the book, his house, over there
C. Yesterday, I, the, his, there
8. Identify the deictic words in the sentence Your son should leave the town now
A. Your son, the, now
B. The, now
C. Your, the, now
9. Extension and sense pertain to all examples while prototype and stereotype pertain to
typical examples
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
3. A number of old members of staff have left in recent years can be rewritten as A number
of senior members of staff have left in recent years.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
2. Translate the sentence Dan reads a book and Jane reads a magazine into a logical
notation.
A. d READ b j READ m
B. d j READ b m
C. d READ b & j READ m
3. What is the participant role of me in the sentence She cooked me dinner?
A. Beneficiary
B. Affected
C. Instrument
4. What is the participant role of he in the sentence He knows Joanna because she is his
sister.
A. Agent
B. Experiencer
C. Subject
5. What is the participant role of America in the sentence America attacked Irag in 1991?
A. Agent
B. Location
C. Experiencer
7. Given below is a set of predicates.There is a predicate that does not belong to the same
natural class as all the others ( odd man out). Identify the odd man out
Autumn, winter, spring, season, summer, fall
A. Fall
B. Autumn
C. Season
5. Which of the following can be the perlocutionary effect of the utterance: “I admit I stole
your wallet”
A. Asserting
B. Confessing
C. The hearer is angry
6. What illocutionary act is performed by the utterance ‘Can I have a salad and a medium
rare steak’?
A. Ordering
B. Asking
C. The waiter writes down the meals
1. Which of the following is the direct illocution of the utterance ‘Can I have a chicken
rice’?
A. Ordering
B. Asking
C. Advising
2. Which of the following is the indirect illocution of the utterance: A tour guide
introducing about the dinner destination: ‘The Sea World is the best restaurant in
town’?
A. Asserting
B. Describing
C. Suggesting
6. Decide if the statement is about sentence meaning or utterance meaning: I can’t walk
any further because these heels are killing me.
A. Sentence meaning
B. Utterance meaning
7. Which of the following is the directive illocution of the propositional content: You will
have a dinner with me tonight
A. Will you have a dinner with me tonight?
B. I’m thinking about a dinner at Chez Mary tonight
C. I’m easy going, any Cantonese restaurant would be perfect
8. Which of the following is the commissive illocution: A student agrees to submit the
assignment within 3 days:
A. The teacher requires me to submit the assignment within 3 days
B. I’ll submit the assignment within 3 days
C. Is it possible to submit the assignment within 3 days?
2. Which of the following is an implicature of ‘Don’t forget to bring your umbrella again’ ?
A. The listener always forget his umbrella
B. It’s not going to rain
C. The speaker cannot predict the weather
3. Which of the following is NOT an inference of ‘Martha ate all the fruits on the table’ ?
A. There were some fruits on the table
B. Martha likes eating fruits
C. Somebody ate the apples on the table