Semantics

Format for Semantics Test
Truong Van Anh
SGU
FOCI
Speaker meaning / Sentence meaning
Referent, reference and sense
Variable reference, constant reference and co-reference
Utterance, sentence, proposition
Referring expressions
Equative sentence, Generic sentence
Predicate, degree of predicate, predicators






Stereotype, prototype
Sense properties: analytic, synthetic and contradictory sentences
Sense relations: synonymy, paraphrase, hyponymy, entailment (one-way, two-way), antonymy, ambiguity, homonymy, polysemy.
Metaphor, metonymy, simile, personification, idiom.









Question 1: Choose the semantics terms in the box that best fit the definitions in the following sentences. Write down your answers in the chart below. Notice that there are more words in the box than needed. (2.0 marks) 10 Words








Question 2: Determine whether these statements are true or false by circling T (true) or F (false). (2.0 marks) 10 sentences.








Question 3: Provide two paraphrases for each of the following ambiguous sentences. (2.0 marks) 4 sentences








Question 4: Questions about Sense relations (synonymy, paraphrase, hyponymy, entailment (one-way, two-way), antonymy, homonymy, polysemy) (2.0 marks) 10 sentences.








Question 5: Questions about Equative sentence, Generic sentence; analytic, synthetic and contradictory sentences (2.0 marks) 10 sentences.












Good luck!