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First partial English semantics exam
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1Semantics is...
- AThe study of meanign in language.
- BThe study of composition of words in a language.
- CThe study of sense.
2This is what a speaker means when he/she uses a piece of language.
- ASentence meaning
- BSpeaker meaning
3This is what a sentence or word means.
- ASentence/word meaning
- BSpeaker meaning
4A theory is...
- AThe one that deals with semantic facts abput meaning, such as those stated in the true statements above.
- BIt is a precisely specified, coherent, and economical framework of independent statements and definitions, constructed so that as large a number as possible of particular basic facts can either be seen to follow it or be describable in terms of it.
5Can a semantics theory include the study of syntax (grammar) and phonetics (pronunciation) besides the study os meanig?
- AYes
- BNo
6This is a stretch of talk, by one person, before and after which there is silence on the part of that person. It is the use of a particular speaker, on a particular occasion, of a piece of language, such as a sequence of sentences, or a single phrase, er even a single word.
- ASentence
- BUtterance
- CProposition
7Is "Not much" an example of an utterance?
- AYes
- BNo
8It is considered as a strig of words put together by the grammatical rules of a language, it can be thought as the ideal string of words behind various realizations in utterances and inscriptions.
- AUtterance
- BSentence
- CProposition
9Is "John" an example of a sentence?
- AYes
- BNo
10It is that part of the meaning of the utterance of a declarative sentence which describes some state of affairs.
- ASentence
- BUtterance
- CProposition
11Can an utterance be loud and quiet?
- ATrue
- BFalse
12Can a sentence be loud and quiet?
- ATrue
- BFalse
13Can propositions be loud and quiet?
- ATrue
- BFalse
14Can utterances be grammatical or not?
- ATrue
- BFalse
15Can sentences be grammatical or not?
- ATrue
- BFalse
16Can propositions be grammatical or not?
- ATrue
- BFalse
17Can utterances be true or false?
- ATrue
- BFalse
18Can sentences be true or false?
- ATrue
- BFalse
19Can propositions be true or false?
- ATrue
- BFalse
20Can utterances be in a particular regional accent?
- ATrue
- BFalse
21Can sentences be in a particular regional accent?
- ATrue
- BFalse
22Can propositions be in a particular regional accent?
- ATrue
- BFalse
23Can utterances be in a particular language?
- ATrue
- BFalse
24Can sentences be in a particular language?
- ATrue
- BFalse
25Can propositions be in a particular language?
- ATrue
- BFalse
26By means of referece the speaker indicates which things in the world (including people) are being talked about.
- AYes
- BNo
27How do we call the relationship between parts of a language and thigs outside the language?
- AReference
- BReferent
28How do we call the escence of a word or an expression? it also can be described as the description or the meaning of a word or of an expression.
- AMeaning
- BSense
29This is the description of a word that you can find in a dictionary?
- ASense
- BMeaning
30Considering the following examples:
I have an account in the Bank of Scotland.
She banked the furnance up with coke last night.
Can a word have more than one sense?- AYes
- BNo
31In the following example "A man was here looking for you last night"... is "a man" a referring expression?
- AYes
- BNo
32An __________ ______________ is a part of a sentence which could be made into a complete sentence by the addition of a referring expression, but where the addition of different referring expressions, even though they refer to the same thing or person, in a given situation, will yield sentences with DIFFERENT meaning when uttered in a given situation.
- AEQUATIVE SENTENCE
- BOPAQUE MEANING
33Opaque contexst involve typically a certain kind of verb... Which are these verbs? Choose two options.
- Awant, believe
- Bsmile, refer
- Cpush, thank
- Dthink, wonder about
34Select the sentences with "equative sentences" in them.
- AClaudia Leyra is your semantics teacher.
- BChristian's brother is Sofi's brother too.
- CDiego is my semantics student.
- DToluca is the Capital of the State of Mexico
- EBriseida hit the woman next to her.
35This word or group of words make the most specific contribution to the meaning of the sentece.
- AUtterance
- BProposition
- CPredicator
36Which is the predicator in: Mummy is asleep.
- AMummy
- Bis
- Casleep
37An argument is a role played by referring expressions... So, choose the arguments for the sentence below:
Juan arrested Pablo.- AJuan, Pablo
- Barrested
- CJuan
- DPablo
38In which of the followng sentences does the predicate male functions as a predicator? Choose the best options.
- AThe male gorilla at the zoo had a nasty accident yesterday.
- BThe gorilla at the zoo is a male.
- CThe gorilla at the zoo is male.
39Choose from the following strings of language the one that is a sentence.
- AI would like a cup of coffee
- BCoffee, please
- CIn the kitchen
40Do pavement and sidewalk have the same sense, but in different dialects of English?
- ATrue
- BFalse
41Do sofa and coach have the same sense, but in different dialects of English?
- ATrue
- BFalse
42Choose from the list below the words that can be used as referring expressions:
- AThe girl next to the window
- BYou and me
- CMaria
- Dif
- EJohn
- FI
43Choose the words that could refer of things in the world?
- AWe
- BSinging
- CSleeping
- DThe man
- EThe clasroom
- FMy shoes
44The incomplete sentence “Wili thinks… is a smart person” constitutes…
- Aan equative sentence
- Ban opaque context
45In Claudia is Mexican… the predicator is Mexican, and the argument is Claudia.
- ATrue
- BFalse
46Choose the sentence that has a verb with a three-place predicate:
- AFelipe gave Alfonso
- BFelipe gave a nice present
- CFelipe gave Alfonso a nice present
- DFelipe gave
47Choose the generic sentences from the sentences below:
- AGentlemen prefer blondes
- BDavid is a twit
- CThe male of the species guard the eggs
- DA bee builds up a honeycomb in a tree
- EA wasp just stung me on the neck
48Choose the deictic words from the list below.
- AI
- Bare
- CLeticia
- Dthere
- Eunder
49Which of the following sentences has a direct quotation:
- Aa) John “I like your trainers”.
- Bb) John said he liked my trainers.
- Aa) John “I like your trainers”.
50Choose the best option of the deictical transformation in the following sentence:
Alfonso: “I have too much work to do at the office”
He said he had too much work to do at the office.- AI-he / have-had
- BHe-said/ work-office
51Which sentence below shows "definiteness"?
- AThe world is unique in the universe.
- BA planet is part of the solar system.
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