Chapter 3- Semantics and Pragmatics
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- Q1
The study of the linguistic meaning of _______, words, phrases, and sentences are called semantics
a. Grammar
b. Vocabulary
c. Morphemes
a. Grammar
c. Morphemes
b. Vocabulary
30s - Q2
Which of these are not lexical subfields
a. Lexical
b. Phrasal
c. Sentential
d. Grammatical
a. Lexical
c. Sentential
b. Phrasal
d. Grammatical
30s - Q3
Pragmatic deals with the interpretation of ________________.
State you answer.
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Involve knowledge of who is speaking, who is listening, what objects being discussed, general facts about the world we live in.
The statement above talks on which context.
a. Linguistic
b. Situational
b. Situational
a. Linguistic
30s - Q5
These are semantic relationship between words EXCEPT.
a. Homonym
b. Antonym
c. Metonym
d. Hominy
c. Metonym
a. Homonym
b. Antonym
d. Hominy
30s - Q6
Which statement below is wrong about paraphrase? Read CAREFULLY.
a. Expression of the meaning of a word, phrase or sentence using other words, phrases or sentences which have (almost) the same meaning.
b. Involves a relation of semantic equivalence between syntactically different phrases or sentences
c. Goes into 3 categories: structural, lexical, grammatical
b. Involves a relation of semantic equivalence between syntactically different phrases or sentences
c. Goes into 3 categories: structural, lexical, grammatical
a. Expression of the meaning of a word, phrase or sentence using other words, phrases or sentences which have (almost) the same meaning.
30s - Q7
The use of a phrase/ sentence in place of another phrase or sentence semantically equivalent to it, although they have different syntactic structure
Which category of paraphrase is this?
a. Lexical
b. Structural
b. Structural
a. Lexical
30s - Q8
Some phrases and sentences exhibit when their (constituent) syntactic structure and can be interpreted in more than one way.
Which ambiguity that is described above:
a. Structural Ambiguity
b. Morphological ambiguity
a. Structural Ambiguity
b. Morphological ambiguity
30s - Q9
Which statement below is wrong about implicature?
a. Any meaning that is conveyed indirectly or through hints, understood implicitly without ever being explicitly stated.
b. A meaning that is present on every occasion when an expression occurs.
c. Is meant to cover the family of verbs such as 'imply', 'suggest', 'mean' which refer to the meaning of utterance as understood in a given context.
a. Any meaning that is conveyed indirectly or through hints, understood implicitly without ever being explicitly stated.
c. Is meant to cover the family of verbs such as 'imply', 'suggest', 'mean' which refer to the meaning of utterance as understood in a given context.
b. A meaning that is present on every occasion when an expression occurs.
30s - Q10
Qualities of maxim are below, EXCEPT
a. Quantity
b. Quality
c. Ambiguity
d. Relevance
d. Relevance
c. Ambiguity
b. Quality
a. Quantity
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