Group's name :

1. Attifa Lutfitria (21202244144)

2. Adila Evawidayati (21202241091)
3. Aldena Fiorentina (21202244145)
4. Niken Siwi Utami (21202241097)
Class :C
Subject : Introduction to Linguistics

Yule, Study Question Semantics (2020, p. 141)

1. What semantic feature must a noun have in order to be used in this sentence?
The human were discussing what to do.

2. Using semantic features, how would you explain the oddness of these sentences?
(a) The television drank my water.
(b) His dog writes poetry.
Answer:
a) The verb drink requires a subject with the feature [+animate] and the noun television has
the feature [-animate].
b) The verb write requires a subject with the feature [+human] and the noun dog has the
feature [-human].

3. What phrase is used more often instead of "thematic roles" and what other term is used
instead of "theme" in the semantic analysis of noun phrases?
Answer: Instead of "thematic roles", the phrase that is usually used more often is semantic
roles and instead of “theme” used the term patient.

4. What kind of opposites can be identified via the "negative test"?

Answer: Opposites that are non-gradable can be identified via the negative test.

5. How is the term "prototype" used in semantics!

Answer: The term "prototype" is used to refer to the category's most distinctive
representative. This category, which is verbal rather than visual, is only relevant for analyzing
and comprehending speech.
6. Identify the roles of the seven noun phrases in this sentence:
With her new golf club, Anne Marshall whacked the ball from the woods to the grassy area
near the hole and she suddenly felt invincible.
Answer: Instrument (her new golf club), Agent (Anne Marshall), Theme (the ball), Source
(the woods), Goal (the grassy area), Location (the hole), Experiencer (she).

7. Which of the following words are co-hyponyms?

ant, cabbage, insect, plant, turnip, vegetable.
Answer: cabbage and turnip

8. What is the basic lexical relation between each pair of words listed here?
(a) assemble/disassemble: antonymy
(b) damp/moist: synonymy
(c) deep/shallow: antonymy gradable
(d) dog/schnauzer: hyponymy
(e) furniture/table: hyponymy
(f) married/single: antonymy non-gradable
(g) move/run: hyponymy
(h) peace/piece: homophony
(i) pen/pen: homonymy

9. Which of the following opposites are gradable, non-gradable, or reversive?

(a) absent/present : non-gradable
(b) appear/disappear : reversive
(c) fail/pass : non-gradable
(d) fair/unfair : gradable
(e) fill it/empty it : reversive
(f) high/low : gradable

10. What is the lexical relation between the English words swallow (- a small bird) and
swallow (make food or drink go down the throat).
Answer: Homonym because these two words are spelled and pronounced the same but have
different meanings.
11. What is the hierarchical relationship in the meanings of this set of words:
bronchitis, disease, influenza, pneumonia, tuberculosis?
Answer: The hierarchical relationship in the meanings of this set of words is disease is a
subordinate term of all these different types of disease and the words bronchitis, influenza,
pneumonia also tuberculosis are co-hyponyms of each other.

12. Are the underlined words in these sentences best described as examples of polysemy or
metonymy?
(a) The pen is mightier than the sword.
(b) I had to park on the shoulder of the road.
(c) Yes, I love those. I ate a whole box on Sunday!
(d) The bookstore has some new titles in linguistics.
(e) Computer chips created an important new technology.
(f) I'm going to sue your ass!
(g) I think that kind of music was called new wave.
Answer:
(a) metonymy
(b) polysemy
(c) metonymy
(d) metonymy
(e) polysemy
(f) metonymy
(g) polysemy