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Quiz Unit 1

The document contains 20 multiple choice questions about linguistics terms related to semantics and pragmatics. It provides the question, possible answers, and indicates whether the answer selected is correct or incorrect, scoring 1 point for a correct answer and 0 points for an incorrect answer. The questions cover topics such as denoting, utterances, compositionality, semantics, pragmatics, and others.

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Quiz Unit 1

The document contains 20 multiple choice questions about linguistics terms related to semantics and pragmatics. It provides the question, possible answers, and indicates whether the answer selected is correct or incorrect, scoring 1 point for a correct answer and 0 points for an incorrect answer. The questions cover topics such as denoting, utterances, compositionality, semantics, pragmatics, and others.

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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
Correcta

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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
Correcta

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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
Correcta

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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
Correcta

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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

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