Pregunta 1
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"Phew" is an example of:
a. Expressive meaning
b. Connotational semantics
c. Denoting
La respuesta correcta es: Expressive meaning
Pregunta 2
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An utterance is ...
a. A sentence used in a specific context.
b. A string of words with logical sense.
c. A simple sentence.
La respuesta correcta es: A sentence used in a specific context.
Pregunta 3
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Are the denoting terms context-dependant?
a. FALSE
b. TRUE
La respuesta correcta es: TRUE
Pregunta 4
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Idioms are an exception of:
a. The relationship between form and meaning
b. Semantics and Pragmatics
c. Denoting
La respuesta correcta es: The relationship between form and meaning
Pregunta 5
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In the sentence "Mercedes wants to buy a computer", does the NP "a computer" refer to something specific?
a. YES
b. NO
La respuesta correcta es: NO
Pregunta 6
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Semantics and Pragmatics belong to ...
a. Grammar
b. Phonology
c. Linguistics
La respuesta correcta es: Linguistics
Pregunta 7
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Sentence meaning refers to:
a. The meaning of each of the words and the context.
b. The usage within a context.
c. The semantic content of the sentence.
La respuesta correcta es: The semantic content of the sentence.
Pregunta 8
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Speaker meaning and utterance meaning are not the same.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
La respuesta correcta es: FALSE
Pregunta 9
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The expression “green light” shows permission to proceed or go ahead. This is an example of:
a. Expressive meaning
b. Denoting
c. Referring
La respuesta correcta es: Denoting
Pregunta 10
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The literal meaning is the same as sentence meaning.
a. FALSE
b. TRUE
La respuesta correcta es: TRUE
Pregunta 11
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The meaning of words can be derived from their physical properties
a. FALSE
b. TRUE
La respuesta correcta es: FALSE
Pregunta 12
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The meaning of words is derived from the relations between words, concepts and things in the real world.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
La respuesta correcta es: TRUE
Pregunta 13
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The relation between the form of a sentence and its meaning is arbitrary
a. FALSE
b. TRUE
La respuesta correcta es: FALSE
Pregunta 14
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The relation between utterance meaning and the form of the utterance is neither arbitrary nor compositional.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
La respuesta correcta es: TRUE
Pregunta 15
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The term FORM refers to:
a. The phonetic shape of a word
b. The sound it has
c. The drawing of a word
La respuesta correcta es: The phonetic shape of a word
Pregunta 16
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Utterance meaning refers to:
a. The semantic content of a sentence.
b. The semantic content plus any pragmatic meaning within a specific context.
c. The isolated meaning of words.
La respuesta correcta es: The semantic content plus any pragmatic meaning within a specific context.
Pregunta 17
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What's Pragmatics?
a. The study of meaning within a specific context
b. A set of rules
c. The study of context
La respuesta correcta es: The study of meaning within a specific context
Pregunta 18
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What's Semantics?
a. The study of meaning only
b. The study of the relationship between form and meaning
c. The study of meaning and context
La respuesta correcta es: The study of the relationship between form and meaning
Pregunta 19
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When the speaker and the hearer have the same perception of what is being talked about refers to:
a. Referring
b. Denoting
c. Expressing
La respuesta correcta es: Referring
Pregunta 20
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When we say that the meaning of the expression is predictable from the meanings of the words we are talking about ...
a. Compositionality
b. Arbitrariness
c. Both of the above mentioned
La respuesta correcta es: Compositionality
