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This document contains the answers to questions about semantics terms from a student named Rahmi Binarti. 1) A predicate is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject is doing. 2) Deixis refers to words that indicate time, place, or situation from the speaker's point of view, such as pronouns. 3) Key semantics terms are defined, including predicator, argument, degree of predicate, and deictic words. 4) Examples of one-place and two-place predicates are given. 5) Deictic expressions in sample sentences are identified and explained.

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Nama: Rahmi Binarti NIM: BIG201017 Uas English Semantics: A. B. C. D. e

This document contains the answers to questions about semantics terms from a student named Rahmi Binarti. 1) A predicate is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject is doing. 2) Deixis refers to words that indicate time, place, or situation from the speaker's point of view, such as pronouns. 3) Key semantics terms are defined, including predicator, argument, degree of predicate, and deictic words. 4) Examples of one-place and two-place predicates are given. 5) Deictic expressions in sample sentences are identified and explained.

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NAMA: RAHMI BINARTI

NIM: BIG201017
UAS ENGLISH SEMANTICS

Answer the following questions!

1. Explain what “predicates” is. (15 points)

Answer: A predicate is the part of a sentence, or a clause, that tells what the subject

is doing or what the subject is.

2. Explain the definition of “deixis”. (15 points)

Answer: Deixis refers to a word or phrase that shows the time, place or situation a

speaker is in when talking. Also known as deictic expressions (or deictics), they

typically include pronouns and adverbs such as 'I', 'you', 'here', 'there', and tend to be

used mostly where the context is known to both the speaker and the person spoken to.

3. Explain these semantics terms and concepts! (25 points)

a. Predicator
b. Argument
c. Degree of predicate
d. Deictic words
e. Reported speech

Answer

a. predictor is someone who predicts something in order to convince others of what it is

meant to be

b. Argument is a written opinion, concept, and opinion to convince the reader or the intended

target
c. The degree of predicate is the level of appreciation or respect for an action or activity

d. Deictic words or (linguistics) are words that indicate the place, time, or participant in

speech from the speaker’s point of view

e. Reported speech is a report by one speaker or writer of words spoken, written, or thought

by another.

4. Give 2 examples of one-place predicate & 2 examples of two-place predicate in

sentences. (20 points)

Answer: One-place predicate: predicate that requires in one argument. Adjective

usually one-place predicate, e.g.: happy, cool, etc. For example: She is happy. “She”

is an argument and “happy” is one-place predicate which has the function as an

adjective. This sentence is intransitive verbs, or it can be called one-argument

predicate. Argument names an actor that carries out the action (predicate).

Predicates tell what an argument did.

Two-place predicate: a verb or predicate with two arguments, namely as a subject

and an object). For example: Jane teaches English. “Jane” is an argument as a

subject in a sentence; “teaches” is two-place predicate which has the function as a

verb; and “English” is an argument as an object in a sentence. Predicate is as a link

between one argument as a subject and another argument as an object.


5. Identify all the deictic expressions in the following sentences and be able to explain

why they are deictic. (25 points)

a. You noticed me standing there

Answer: this expression is dictation because the word (YOU) belongs to the

second personal dictation

b. This book was written by that author over there

Answer: this expression is dictation because it denotes a location or place

c. Just set your briefcase to the right of mine

Answer: this expression is dictation because this includes the second personal

dictation

d. Now we have to make plans for next week

Answer: this expression is dictation because it denotes a location or place

e. All the guests arrived two hours ago

Answer: this expression is dictation because it uses lexeme of time

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