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SEMANTICS – MULTIPLE CHOICE
I. SEMANTICS – SEMANTIC PROPERTY / FIELD – REFERENCE – SENSE

1. Which of the followings is correct about linguistics?
a. Linguistics is the study of all dialects b. Linguistics is the study of English
c. Linguistics is the study of language d. Linguistics is the study of grammar
2. Which of the followings does not belong to linguistics?
a. Semantics b. phonology c. language skills d. pragmatics
3. Which of the following is correct about semantics?
a. Semantics is an independent subject b. semantics is the study of language
c. semantics is the study of language use d. semantics is the study of language
meaning
4. Which of the following is correct about pragmatics?
a. pragmatics is an independent subject b. pragmatics is the study of language
c. pragmatics is the study of language use d. pragmatics is the study of language
meaning
5. Which of the following statements is true.
a. the objective of linguistics is the meaning of language
b. the objective of semantics is the literal meaning of language
c. the objective of semantics is the speaker’s meaning
d. the objective of semantics is the non-literal meaning of language
6. Which of the following statements is not true.
a. pragmatics studies the relationship between language and objects
b. pragmatics studies the relationship between language and the user
c. pragmatics studies the speaker’s meaning
d. pragmatics studies how and what for the speaker uses the language
7. Which of the following statements is true about sentence
a. A sentence is a group of words containing a subject and a verb
b. A sentence is a group of words containing a finite verb
c. A sentence is a group of words grammatically linked to convey a complete
meaning
d. A sentence is a group of words consisting of one clause
8. Which of the following statements is not true about utterance
a. An utterance is a sentence said in a particular situation
b. An utterance is context bound / dependent
c. The meaning of an utterance depends on the situation in which it is uttered
d. The meaning of an utterance is the sum of meanings of the constituent words
9. Which of the following statements is not true
a. it makes sense to talk of the time and place of an utterance.
b. it makes sense to talk of the time and place of a sentence.
c. it doesn’t make sense to talk of a loud sentence
d. it makes sense to talk of a true sentence or utterance.
a. the meaning of a sentence is context-free b. the meaning of an
utterance is context-bound
c. the semantic meaning is out of context d. the pragmatic meaning is the
linguistic meaning
11. The following pair Dr. Findlay caused Janet to die
Dr. Findlay killed Janet consists of:
a. 2 sentences; 2 propositions b. 2 sentences; 1 proposition
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c. 2 utterances; 2 propositions d. 2 utterances; 1 proposition

12. The following pair “Paul opened the door”
“The door was opened by Paul”
consists of:
13. The following pair “Paul loves Mary”
“Mary loves Paul” consists of:
14. The following pair They loaded hay onto the truck
They loaded the truck with hay
consists of:
a. semantic features are the smallest units of meaning in a word
b. the semantic meaning of a word can be analyzed into semantics components
c. the same semantic property can be found in the meaning of different words
d. the pragmatic meaning can be defined by the sum of semantic features
a. A lexical field is the organization of semantically related words into a system
b. A semantic field is a family of words that share the same semantic feature
c. There are different ways to organize semantically related words into lexical field
d. A lexical field is a group of words sharing the same part of speech
17. Which of the following semantic features does not belong to “cat”?
a. [+domestic] b. [+animal] c. [+male] d. [+having a tail]
18. Which of the following semantic properties belongs to “dog”?
a. [+female] b. [+intellect] c. [+mature] d. [+loyal]
19. The relationship between ‘bachelor’ and ‘male’ is:
a. synonymy b. hyponymy c. polysemy d. antonymy
20. The relationship between ‘cock’ and ‘male’ is:
a. synonymy b. hyponymy c. polysemy d. antonymy
21. The relationship between ‘room’ and ‘toilet’ is:
a. synonymy b. hyponymy c. polysemy d. whole-part
22. The relationship between ‘room’ and ‘house’ is:
23. The relationship between ‘furniture’ and ‘desk’ is:
24. The underlined part in ‘cooking and boiling’ is a:
a. hypernym b. hyponym c. synonym d. antonym
25. The underlined part in ‘cooking and boiling’ is a:
a. hypernym b. hyponym c. synonym d. antonym
26. The best hypernym for the lexical field ‘apples, oranges, grapes, bananas,
mangoes’ is:
a. food b. fruits c. vegetables d. greens
27. The best hypernym for the lexical field ‘shirts, pants, shorts, hats, pajamas, jeans,
T-shirts ’ is:
a. goods b. textiles c. clothing d. sport-wears
28. The best hypernym for the lexical field ‘staring, peering, glancing, squinting, ’ is:
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a. behaviors b. characters c. reactions d. ways of looking

29. The best hypernym for the lexical field ‘cleaning the house, doing washing, ironing
clothes, preparing
the meals’ is:
a. working b. doing housework c. activities d. doing
homework
30. The best hypernym for the lexical field ‘cups, glasses, jugs, wineglasses, plastic
cups’ is:
a. things b. tools c. vessels d. glasses
31. The best hypernym for the lexical field ‘square, circular, triangular, rectangular,
hexagonal, polygonal’ is:
a. figures b. polygonal c. forms d. plane shapes
32. Which of the followings is a correct description of ‘reference’?
a. a relationship between expressions and other expressions which have the same
meaning
b. the set of all objects which can potentially be referred to by an expression
c. the relationship between a particular object in the world and an expression used in
an utterance to
pick that object out.
33. Which of the followings is a correct description of ‘sense’?
a. all words in a language may be used to refer, but only some words have sense
b. If two expressions have the same referent, they always have the same sense.
c. the sense of an expression is its relationship to semantically equivalent or
semantically related
expression in the same language
34. Which of the followings is not a type of reference?
a. same reference b. variable reference c. constant reference d. referring
expression
35. The type of reference in which the same expression is used to refer to different
objects is:
a. same reference b. variable reference c. constant reference d. no reference
36. The type of reference in which different expressions are used to refer to the same
object is:
37. The type of reference in which the same expression always refers to the same
object is:
38. When an expression has a sense but does not refer to anything, it is said to be :
39. Which of the following statements is true?
a. all words in a language may be used to refer, but only some words have sense
b. If two expressions have the same referent, they always have the same sense.
c. sense is a relationship between expressions and other expressions which have the
same meaning
d. reference is the set of all objects which can potentially be referred to by an
expression
40. An expression used to refer to someone or something particular
is a:
a. same reference b. variable reference c. constant reference d. referring
expression
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41. The underlined part in ‘the boy standing at the bus stop’ has:
a. variable reference b. same reference c. constant reference d.
no reference
42. The underlined part in ‘I saw a boy standing at a bus stop’ is:
a. referring expression b. same reference
c. constant reference d. no reference
43. The underlined part in ‘I survived from the air crash thanks to a parachute’ is:
a. referring expression b. not a referring expression
44. The underlined part in ‘My sweetheart is a teacher’ is:
45. The underlined part in ‘Silk Black is a famous singer from Tay Nguyen’ is:
46. The underlined part in ‘I’m looking for a car to buy’ is:
47. The underlined part in ‘Yesterday, I bought a car in a showroom on NH street’ is:
48. The underlined part in ‘A boy was in here looking for you last night’ is:
49. The underlined part in ‘Paul fell off the horse, wounded by an arrow’ is:
50. The underlined part in ‘You cannot kill a tiger with an arrow’ is:
KEY TO PART I
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II. TYPES OF MEANING

1. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. the denotative meaning of a word is the central meaning of that word found in a
dictionary
b. the denotative meaning of a word can be described in terms of a set of semantic
features
c. the denotative meaning of a word describes an object, an event, a state or an
affair
d. the denotative meaning of a word is the meaning that the speaker wants to
convey
2. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. the connotative meaning of a word is the implied meaning that word has beyond
its literal meaning
b. the connotative meaning of a word can be described in terms of a set of semantic
features
c. the connotative meaning of a word shows people’s emotions and attitudes
d. the connotative meaning of a word is the meaning that the speaker wants to
convey
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3. Which of the followings is not a term used to describe denotative meaning?

a. descriptive meaning b. referential meaning c. literal meaning d. additional
meaning
4. Which of the followings is not a term used to describe connotative meaning?
a. descriptive meaning b. social meaning c. affective meaning d.
additional meaning
5. Which of the followings does not belong to the denotative meaning of ‘woman’?
a. human b. female c. talkative d. mature
6. Which of the followings does not belong to the connotative meaning of ‘woman’?
a. irrational b. female c. talkative d. devoted
7. Which of the followings does not belong to the denotative meaning of ‘pig’?
a. animal b. domestic c. hairy d. lazy
8. Which of the followings does not belong to the connotative meaning of ‘pig’?
a. domestic b. greedy c. dirty d. stupid
9. Which of the following statements is true?
a. The semantic role of a word is its syntactic function in the sentence
b. The semantic role of a word is its grammatical function in the sentence
c. The semantic role of a word is the role performed by that word in relation to the
verb
10. Which of the followings is not a type of semantic role?
a. agent b. patient c. object d. locative
11. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘ On the river bank sat little
Robert,
covered with mud’ is :
a. Instrument b. cause c. patient d. stimulus
12. The semantic role performed by the underlined NP in ‘This pill can make you sleep
deeply’ is :
13. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘Water boils at 1000 C’ is :
14. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘The door opened suddenly
at the first blow of
wind’ is :
15. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘The door opened suddenly
at the first blow of
wind’ is :
16. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘They loaded the truck with
hay’ is :
17. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘Peter recognized his
mistakes’ is :
a. Agent b. experiencer c. patient d. stimulus
18. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘my brother is afraid of
spiders’ is :
19. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘the snow melts at the
morning sunshine’ is :
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20. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘the snow melts at the
morning sunshine’ is :
a. temporal b. cause c. patient d. stimulus
21. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘the beer made from rice
drinks very well’ is :
a. temporal b. cause c. patient d. stimulus
22. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘the beer made from rice
drinks very well’ is :
a. instrument b. cause c. patient d. stimulus
23. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘Alan was sent a special gift
on her birthday’ is
a. benefactive b. agent c. patient d. recipient
24. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘At the reunion, he ran into
his cousin Karl’ is :
a. temporal b. locative c. patient d. recipient
25. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘I enjoy reading books in my
free time’ is
a. experiencer b. agent c. patient d. stimulus
26. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘Acid can dissolve a corpse in
5 minutes’ is
a. instrument b. agent c. patient d. cause
27. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘A bottle of acid has
dissolved the corpse in 5
minutes’ is
28. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘Trembling with fear, she
opened the letter’ is
29. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘Delayed by the bad
weather, the plane arrived
in HN one hour late’ is
30. The semantic role performed by the underlined part in ‘Delayed by the bad
weather, the plane arrived
in HN one hour late’ is
31. Consider the following short conversation:
Tom: ‘Would you like to have a coffee?”
Mary: ‘I have a lot of homework to do.”
Semantically, what does Mary mean?
a. ‘I’m afraid that I have to refuse your invitation.’
b. ‘I don’t like coffee.’
c. ‘The teacher gave me a lot of assignments to do at home.’
d. ‘Could you help me do homework?’
32. Pragmatically, what does Mary mean in the above conversation?
a. ‘I’m afraid that I have to refuse your invitation.’
b. ‘I don’t like coffee.’
c. ‘The teacher gave me a lot of assignments to do at home.’
d. ‘Could you help me do homework?’
33. The semantic meaning of “Oh, it’s too noisy in here!” is:
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a. There is a lot of noise in here b. Keep silent, please

c. Do you like noise? d. This place is very exciting
34. The figure of speech used in “She has an ear for music” is:
a. metaphor b. metonymy c. synecdoche d. personification
35. The figure of speech used in “A disease has cut his breath” is:
a. metaphor b. euphemism c. synecdoche d. simile
36. The figure of speech used in “I’ll make him eat his words” is:
37. The figure of speech used in “Hearing the news, the tears stream down her face” is:
a. personification b. euphemism c. metonymy d. metaphor
38. The figure of speech used in “He washed his hands out of the matter” is:
39. The figure of speech used in “Why don’t you recognize the power of the purse?” is:
a. personification b. euphemism c. metonymy d. synecdoche
40. The figure of speech used in “She has an ear for music” is:
41. The figure of speech used in “He looks as though he hasn’t had a square meal for
months” is:
a. personification b. euphemism c. metonymy d. metaphor
42. The figure of speech used in “He has a kind heart” is:
43. The figure of speech used in “Research says that these methods are best” is:
a. metaphor b. euphemism c. metonymy d. synecdoche
44. Figuratively, the sentence ‘Life is a dream’ may mean:
a. Life is short b. Life is vulnerable c. Life is fragile d. Life is
not true
45. Figuratively, the sentence ‘The man is a demon for work’ may mean:
a. The man is workaholic b. the man is energetic and works very hard
c. The man is evil d. the man is lazy
46. Figuratively, the sentence ‘Spare the rod, spoil the child’ may mean:
a. you shouldn’t use the rod with children
b. you should punish children severely
c. if you don’t punish the child when he does wrong, you’ll spoil his character
d. you shouldn’t love children
47. Figuratively, the sentence ‘When the White House calls, the ambassador comes at
once’ may mean:
a. When the President calls, the ambassador comes at once.
b. When the U.S. President calls, the ambassador comes at once.
c. When the Government calls, the ambassador comes at once.
d. When the General Officer calls, the ambassador comes at once.
48. Figuratively, the sentence ‘My dormitory room is like a cave’ may mean:
a. my dormitory room is small but cozy b. my dormitory room is
small and uncomfortable
c. my dormitory room is not modern d. my dormitory room is dark
49. Figuratively, the sentence ‘The captain was in charge of one hundred horses’ may
mean:
a. The captain has got 100 horses b. the captain has to take care of 100 horses
c. the captain needs 100 horses d. the captain was in charge of 100 cavalries
50. Figuratively, the sentence ‘You can depend on Paul; he is a rock when trouble
comes’ may mean:
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a. Paul is honest b. Paul is indifferent c. Paul is pitiless d. Paul

has strong nerves
51. Figuratively, the sentence ‘He is so hardheaded that he won’t listen to anyone’ may
mean:
a. he is very obstinate b. he has a very hard head
c. he is very intelligent d. he is very courageous
52. Figuratively, the sentence ‘Right at this minute, I could drink a barrel of water
without stopping’ may
mean:
a. I need a barrel of water b. I’m very thirsty and I can drink a lot of water
c. I stop drinking water d. I can bring a barrel of water for a
minute without stopping
53. Figuratively, the sentence ‘It is amazing what a great mind he is’ may mean:
a. he is open-minded b. I’m amazed by his
intellectual power
c. he has a very big head d. he is not intelligent at all
54. Figuratively, the sentence ‘Alice came in gently, like a May breeze’ may mean:
a. Alice is as young, fresh, sweet and warm as a breeze of May
b. Alice is gentle but weak c. Alice is as fragile as a breeze d. Alice
is in a hurry
55. Figuratively, the sentence ‘He is as mute as a fish’ may mean:
a. he is dumb b. he is very quiet c. he is very fast d. he is talkative
56. Figuratively, the sentence ‘We stopped to drink in the beautiful scenery’ may mean:
a. we stopped drinking because of the beautiful scenery
b. we stopped to enjoy the beautiful scenery
c. we stopped to drink at this beautiful scenery
d. we looked at the beautiful scenery because we have nothing to drink
57. Figuratively, the sentence ‘His words can be trusted’ may mean:
a. we can trust him b. we cannot trust him c. he is a liar d.
he tells the truth
58. Figuratively, the sentence ‘The boss gave her a hot look’ may mean:
a. the boss loves her b. the boss looked at her
angrily
c. the boss wants her d. the boss treated her
warmly
59. Figuratively, the sentence ‘He attacked every weak point in my argument’ may
mean:
a. he severely criticized every weak point in my argument
b. he could not response to my argument
c. he is a foxy and brave fighter d. we are playing war-games
60. Figuratively, the sentence ‘I am the captain of my soul’ may mean:
a. I am the leader in this battle b. I can decide my own life
c. I am the only soldier d. I am in agony
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PART III. MEANING CHARACTERISTICS AND RELATIONS

1. Which of the followings is correct?
a. An anomalous sentence is ungrammatical
b. An anomalous sentence is syntactically incorrect
c. An anomalous sentence follows semantic rules
d. An anomalous sentence is grammatically correct but breaks the semantic rules
2. Which of the followings is correct?
a. An anomalous sentence is literally nonsensical but figuratively understandable
b. An anomalous sentence may be figuratively meaningful but semantically
nonsensical
c. An anomalous sentence has more than one meanings
d. An anomalous sentence is literally and figuratively nonsensical
3. A sentence that has more than one meaning is :
a. anomalous b. ambiguous c. analytic d. synthetic
4. A sentence that is always true is :
5. A sentence that is always false :
a. anomalous b. contradictory c. analytic d. synthetic
6. A sentence that is a violation of semantic rules to create nonsense is :
7. Semantically, the sentence ‘Christopher is killing phonemes’ is :
8. Semantically, the sentence ‘This pen is empty’ is :
9. Semantically, the sentence ‘Babies can lift one tone’ is :
10. Semantically, the sentence ‘My brother is a spinster’ is :
a. contradictory b. ambiguous c. analytic d. synthetic
11. Figuratively, the sentence ‘James sliced ideas’ is :
a. anomalous b. ambiguous c. metaphor d. personification
12. Semantically, the sentence ‘My brother is a bachelor’ is :
13. Semantically, the sentence ‘Puppies are animal’ is :
14. Semantically, the sentence ‘Bachelors are female’ is :
15. Semantically, the sentence ‘Bachelors are unmarried’ is :
16. Figuratively, the sentence ‘The sorrow is chewing my bones’ is :
a. anomalous b. ambiguous c. metaphor d. hyperbole
17. Figuratively, the sentence ‘Ly Duc is so strong that he can lift one tone’ is :
a. anomalous b. hyperbole c. metaphor d. personification
18. Figuratively, the sentence ‘Oh, my back is killing me!’ is :
a. anomalous b. ambiguous c. metaphor d. personification
19. The type of ambiguity in ‘Are the chickens ready to eat?’ is :
a. lexical b. grouping c. functional
20. The type of ambiguity in ‘Do you want to try on the dress in the window?’ is :
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21. The type of ambiguity in ‘I understand money matters’ is :
22. The type of ambiguity in ‘He gave her dog meat’ is :
23. The type of ambiguity in ‘Tristan left directions for Isolde to follow’ is :
24. The type of ambiguity in ‘Is he really that kind?’ is :
25. The type of ambiguity in ‘This is not a Raphael’s painting’ is :
26. The type of ambiguity in ‘The police are talking about Mr. Thompson’s murder’ is :
27. Which of the followings may be one meaning of ‘They are moving sidewalks’ ?
a. They are walking on the sidewalks b. these sidewalks are moveable
c. the streets are under repair d. the sidewalks are moving
28. Which of the followings may be one meaning of ‘she is a baby sitter’ ?
a. she is a baby b. she is a sitter c. this sitter is a baby d. she likes babies
29. Which of the followings may be one meaning of ‘the man gave the library books’ ?
a. the man is a librarian b. the man borrowed books from the library
c. the man gave someone the books of the library d. the man is a bookworm
30. Which of the followings may be one meaning of ‘Paula is a girl hunter’ ?
a. Paula is a good hunter b. Paula loves girls
c. Paula is going hunting with a girl d. Paula’s job is hunting girls
31. Which of the followings may be one meaning of ‘My fiancee is reserved’ ?
a. I am engaged b. my fiancee is married c. my fiancee is kept only for me
32. Which of the followings may be one meaning of ‘The doctor made them well’ ?
a. the doctor is very talented b. the doctor made a well for them
c. the doctor made the patients healthy d. the doctor is very
good
33. Which of the followings may be one meaning of ‘I considered those errors’ ?
a. I made a lot of mistakes b. I examined those errors
c. I found many errors d. I corrected the errors
34. Which of the followings may be one meaning of ‘Dick finally decided on the boat’ ?
a. Finally, Dick had to decide on the boat b. Dick decided on the
boat finally
c. Dick finally made a decision about the boat d. Dick finally decided
to buy the boat
35. Which of the followings may be one meaning of ‘He passed the hammer and saw
through the
window’?
a. He went past the window b. He climbed through the window
c. He saw a hammer through the window d. He passed the hammer and the saw
through the window
36. Two words having the same or almost the same denotative meaning are :
a. synonyms b. antonyms c. homonyms d. hyponyms
37. Two words having opposite meanings are :
a. synonyms b. antonyms c. homonyms d. hyponyms
38. Two words having the same sound but different spellings and different meanings are
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a. homophones b. antonyms c. homonyms d. hyponyms

39. Two words having the same spelling but different sounds and different meanings are
:
a. homophones b. homographs c. homonyms d. hyponyms
40. Two words having the same sound, the same spellings but different meanings are :
a. homophones b. antonyms c. homonyms d. hyponyms
41. Word having different but related meanings are :
a. homophones b. antonyms c. homonyms d. polysemy
42. The relationship between ‘you & ewe’ is:
a. homophony b. homography c. homonymy d. polysemy
43. The relationship between ‘to flog & to whip’ is:
a. homophony b. antonymy c. synonymy d. polysemy
44. The relationship between ‘similar & different’ is ………….. antonymy
a. gradable b. non-gradable c. complementary d. relational
45. The relationship between ‘love & hate’ is ………….. antonymy
a. gradable b. non-gradable c. complementary d. relational
46. The relationship between ‘conceal & reveal’ is ………….. antonymy
a. gradable b. non-gradable c. relational d.
converse
47. The relationship between ‘own & belong to’ is ………….. antonymy
complementary
48. The relationship between ‘lesser & lessee’ is ………….. antonymy
complementary
49. The relationship between ‘to wind & the wind’ is:
a. homophony b. homography c. synonymy d. polysemy
50. The relationship between ‘a bear & to bear’ is:
a. homophony b. homography c. homonymy d. polysemy
51. The relationship between the sentences in the following pair…………. is:
i. Paul walked to school yesterday.
ii. Paul went to school yesterday.
a. paraphrase b. entailment c. contradiction d. no relation
52. The relationship between the sentences in the following pair…………. is:
A/ “David did not steal a pound of beef”
B/ “David did not take a pound of beef”
a. A entails B b. B entails A c. paraphrase d. No relation
53. The relationship between the sentences ‘I saw a big mouse & I saw an animal’
is:
54. The relationship between the sentences ‘I saw a big mouse & I saw a big animal’
is:
55. The relationship between the sentences ‘John killed the lion & the lion is still alive’
is:
56. The relationship between the sentences ‘Paul teaches English at the Community
College & Paul is a
teacher’ is:
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57. The relationship between the sentences

A. ‘He took all the silver in my safe’ & B. ‘He took everything in my safe’ is:
a. A entails B b. B entails A c. paraphrase d. No relation
58. The relationship between the sentences ‘Paul teaches English at the Community
College & Paul is
an English teacher’ is:
59. The relationship between the sentences ‘Vera is an only child & Paul is Vera’s
brother’ is:
60. The relationship between the sentences ‘It is hard to lasso elephants & Elephants
are hard to lasso’ is:
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SEMANTICS – MULTIPLE CHOICE

I. SEMANTICS – SEMANTIC PROPERTY / FIELD – REFERENCE – SENSE

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c. 2 utterances; 2 propositions d. 2 utterances; 1 proposition

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a. behaviors b. characters c. reactions d. ways of looking

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II. TYPES OF MEANING

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3. Which of the followings is not a term used to describe denotative meaning?

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a. There is a lot of noise in here b. Keep silent, please

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a. Paul is honest b. Paul is indifferent c. Paul is pitiless d. Paul

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PART III. MEANING CHARACTERISTICS AND RELATIONS

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a. lexical b. grouping c. functional

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a. homophones b. antonyms c. homonyms d. hyponyms

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57. The relationship between the sentences

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