Exercise

A. Identify the following as True or False (25).

1 Semantics is the study of proposition meaning.

2 A simple proposition is constructed by two arguments and one
predicate only.
3 The word blue is She is blue contains denotational meaning.
4 The bold in They swam in Lake Ontario contains unique reference.
5 An utterance is any stretch of talk, by one person, before and after
which there is silence on the speaker.
6 Homonymy occurs if the senses of a word are not related.
7 The sentence The water is high has two arguments.
8 The word key in The key for the door is gone is a concrete
reference.
9 The pair far and close is simple antonym.
10 Nice is the necessary condition of a best friend.
11 Idioms cannot be translated literally.
12 The pair sidewalk and pavement is antonym.
13 The sentence They are broke has one predicate only.
14 The pair insane and mad is a synonymous.
15 The sentence is anomaly, The flock of frog welcomes the rain.
16 The member friendly is necessary condition for a teacher.
17 One of the notations for Mr. Tommy is a high achiever and he
commits to what he said is t ACHIEVER .
18 When we have difficulties in how to pronounce the words, we
consult a dictionary.
19 Perlocution is the time for the speaker to decide the form of the
language.
20 Metonymy occurs if the senses are related.
21 There must be violation of maxim of manner if we use deixis.
22 The sentence If I am you, I will do the same thing is untrue.
23 The verb in My mother prepared dinner is inchoative.
24 The verb in She made him leave the town is causative.
25 Presupposition does not allow the hearer to save the information in
negation.

B. Identify the underlined by its thematic roles.

1. What you did was amazing.

2. Denise ate the sandwich using a small spoon.

3. They surprise me.

4. The book is returned in time to the library.

5. We copied the journal from the internet.

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C. Decide what kind of lexical relations (synonymy, antonymy,
meronymy, homonymy, polysemy, or hyponymy) these
following pairs have (10 points).

1. Boy and lad

2. Trainer and trainee
3. Male and Female
4. Tooth and face
5. Fall and autumn
6. Saw (n) and saw (v)
7. Furniture and side table
8. Dispose and throw out
9. Vehicle and car
10.Interviewer and interviewee

D. Name the statements below by their types of speech acts ( assertive,

performative, verdictive, expressive, commissive, directive, phatic)

1. We declared that the plane was in a good condition before flying.

2. I announced the meeting is postponed, said the Dean.

3. I sentence you to 90 days in prison, said the judge.

4. I will see you soon.

5. I get excited.

6. The teacher reminded the class, “Do your work in ten minutes and collect
your work.”

7. We are sorry to hear that you failed your exam.

8. I believe that the exam will be tomorrow.

9. They blamed the media for not presenting the truth.

10. We will finish our work next week.