SEMANTICS QUESTIONNAIRE------------- UNIT 1,2,3
1.- WHAT IS
SEMANTICS?
2.- WHAT IS
MEANING?
3.- WHAT IS
CONCEPTUAL MEANING? WRITE THREE EXAMPLES
4.- WHAT IS
ASSOCIATIVE MEANING? WRITE THREE EXAMPLES
5.- WHAT IS A
SIGNIFIER?
6.- WHAT IS A
SIGNIFIED?
7, WHAT IS ARBITRARINESS?
8.- WHAT IS A
SYMBOL?
9.- WHAT IS A SYNONIMY?
WRITE THREE EXAMPLES
10.- WHAT IS HOMONIMY?
WRITE THREE EXMPLES
11.- WHAT IS
POLYSEMY? WRITE THREE EXAMPLES
12.- WHAT IS
HYPONYMY? WRITE AN EXAMPLE
13.- WHAT ARE
HOMOPHONES? WRITE AN EXAMPLE
14.- WHAT IS
METONYMY? WRITE AN EXAMPLE
15.- HOW MANY
TYPES OF ANTONYMS ARE THERE? DEFINE THEM AND WRITE ONE EXAMPLE OF EAC
16.- WHAT IS
COLLOCATION WRITE THREE EXAMPLES
17.- WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN UTTERANCE AND A SENTENCE?
a) write an
utterance b) write a sentence
18.- WHAT IS A
PROPOSITION?
19.- ARE ALL
PROPOSITIONS TRUE?
20.- WHAT TYPE OF
PROPOSITION IS A FACT?
21 WHAT TYPE OF
PORPOSITION IS A LIE?
22.- WHAT ARE THE
MOST IMPORTANT TYPE OF SENTENCE RELATION?
23- WHAT IS A
PARAPHRASE?
24.- PARAPHRASE
THE NEXT SENTENCE.
Alan survived because people
were merciful with him
25.- what is entailment?
Determine if the first sentence of the next paragraph is entails the
second one;
I enjoy sports, I swim every
day in my pool.
Now you write an example ;
26.- write two
sentences illustrating a contradiction.
27.-Mention the
semantic roles
28.- what is the
difference between Agent and Patient?
29.- what is an
experiencer ?
30.- what is an
instrument?
31:- Write three
sentences using agent , patient and instrument.
32.- In describing
an entity we can say where it is, where it comes from, where it goes to;
according to semantics they are a) _____________b)________________c)____________
33.- what is the
difference between an argument and a predicate?
34.- write Three sentences
signaling the argument or arguments
35 Write three
sentences signaling the predicate.
