1-Try to paraphrase (restate in your own words) each of the following uses of

the word mean as it is employed in the sentences below. Which sentences are
more reflective of speaker meaning and which are more reflective of sentence
meaning? Briefly explain.
a I mean to be there tomorrow
b Astallingcarmaymeanatune-up
c Calligraphy means beautiful handwriting d
Itwasn’twhathesaidbutwhathemeant
e What does the German word Hund mean?
f Those clouds mean rain
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A -Im about to be there tomorrow
B- callinggraphy is a beautiful handwriting
C: DOG
E: not all clouds producerain

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2-What is meant by a theory of semantics? Try to explain this briefly in your
own words.

In linguistics, semantics is the study of how words convey meaning. A

semantics theoryattempts to account for the relationship between a word, or signifier, and the
real-world object, idea, etc. that it describes, which is called the signified or denotata

3- Is meaningfulness synonymous with informativeness? Explain in your own

words and supply an illustration.

-Meaningfulness refers to the significance or value of something, while

informativeness refers to the amount of useful or relevant information
conveyed.

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4- Explain in your own words the statement that ‘No theory . . . [including]
semantic theory . . . is complete’

because there will always be facts that need meaning.