Anglistik 3 | Department of English Language and Linguistics

Semantics

Quiz

Mark those statements below which hold true for the following pairs of words:
celebrated (e.g. a celebrated scholar) : notorious (e.g. a notorious criminal)
1. These adjectives form a pair of synonyms: both celebrated and notorious mean "well-known".
2. They are not interchangeable in all contexts.
3. Celebrated and notorious differ with regard to regional variety: celebrated is American; notorious is British.
4. Celebrated and notorious differ with regard to their connotations: celebrated bears a positive evaluative connotation and notorious a negative one.
5. They can be classified as absolute synonyms.
Which of the following semantic components are not necessary conditions for membership in the category GIRL?
1. [+human]
2. [+beautiful]
3. [+female]
4. [+blonde]
5. [-married]
Which NPs in the following statements are referential?
1. You need a microphone.
2. Pete’s car has been damaged.
3. The microphone is over there.
4. Our house has to be sold.
5. We are looking for a new house.
Mark those statements which are correct.
1. Autumn and fall do not have the same intension.
2. To begin and to commence do not differ with regard to their non-descriptive meaning.
3. Leader of the Labour party and prime-minister of the UK can be co-referential.
4. To kill and to murder differ with regard to their descriptive meaning.
5. Mare and stallion do not have the same extension.