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Ngữ Nghĩa Học - Mid-Term Test: I. TRUE/FALSE: Decide whether each of the following statements is TRUE or False

This document contains a mid-term true/false test for a linguistics course. It lists 30 statements and asks the test taker to identify whether each one is true or false. The statements cover various topics in linguistics including propositions, predicates, reference, sentences, and generic sentences. The test taker is asked to submit their answers and is warned not to include passwords in the response.

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Ngữ Nghĩa Học - Mid-Term Test: I. TRUE/FALSE: Decide whether each of the following statements is TRUE or False

This document contains a mid-term true/false test for a linguistics course. It lists 30 statements and asks the test taker to identify whether each one is true or false. The statements cover various topics in linguistics including propositions, predicates, reference, sentences, and generic sentences. The test taker is asked to submit their answers and is warned not to include passwords in the response.

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NGỮ NGHĨA HỌC _

MID-TERM TEST          
      
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I. TRUE/FALSE: Decide whether each of


the following statements is TRUE or
FALSE.

1. A proposition cannot be said to be in a *


particular language.

2. A sentence is tied to a particular time *


and place; an utterance is not.

F
3. If two expressions have the same *
referent, they always have the same sense.

4. Every noun phrase beginning with the *


definite article 'the' is necessarily
semantically definite.

5. The predicates 'buy – sell' are converses. *

6. Contradiction is a sense property of *


sentences.

F
7. A 'double-decker' could be a prototype for *
the predicate 'bus' for the Vietnamese.

8. The stereotype of 'cat' would include *


some characteristics: quadruped,
domesticated, either black or white in
colour, etc.

9. Reference is independent of any *


particular occasion of utterance.

10. 'dusty', 'drink', 'woman', 'not' and 'about' *


are all predicates.

F
11. In 'Ronald is a fool', the predicate 'fool' *
functions as a predicator.

12. 'give' could be called a three-place *


predicate.

13. There are two deictic words in “This *


book was written by that author over there.”

14. 'Mary saw a cat' entails 'Mary saw an *


animal.'

F
15. Analytic sentences can be sometimes *
true, sometimes false, depending on the
circumstances.

16. 'We had to decide on the bus' is *


ambiguous.

17. 'Tom is a liar.' & 'Is Tom a liar?' have the *


same propositional content.

18. 'my house', 'this book', 'the present *


Prime Minister of Vietnam' always have
constant reference.

F
19. 'The whale is a mammal' is an equative *
sentence.

20. Propositions can be true or false. *

21. A prototype of a predicate is a typical *


member of its extension.

22. Reference is a relationship between *


sentences and things in the world.

F
23. A single sentence could be expressed *
by using several different propositions.

24. 'Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam'  is an *


equative sentence.

25. Mary in 'Tom gave Mary a book' is the *


Affected.

26. 'The computer' in 'The computer is *


sitting on the desk' is a Theme.

F
27. The phrase 'a tall tree' is sometimes a *
referring expression and sometimes not,
depending on the context and
circumstances of use.

28. The universe of discourse in ‘Santa *


Claus might bring you a toy car’ is the real
world.

29. 'Flower' is the hyponym of 'tulip'. *

30. 'A bird lays eggs' is a generic sentence. *

F
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