1. In first order logic conjunction is symbolised as follows:
a. p&q b. ~p/￢p c. p v q d. p→q
2. Please fill in the table below by putting a tick in the right column
utterance sentence proposition
|
Utterance |
Sentence |
proposition |
Can be loud or quiet |
+ |
- |
- |
Can be grammatical or not |
+ |
+ |
- |
Can be true or false |
+ |
+ |
+ |
In a particular regional language |
+ |
- |
- |
In a particular language |
+ |
+ |
- |
3. Hypothetical, imaginary, or unverifiable, subjective reactions and emotions; expressing personal feelings
(expressive meaning), relations between people (interpersonal meaning) - this is a description of
a. propositional meaning b. non-propositional meaning c. synthetic truth d. Analytic truth
4. John loves Mary and Mary loves John are two
a. different propositions b. same proposition c. different utterances d. same utterances
5. “Only facts count, extralinguistically-oriented” - these features are about:
a.utterances b. sentences c. Propositions
6. Conjunction is only true when P and Q are true.
a. yes b. No
7. If a sentence is true before we check it in reality, it is known a priori, i.e. prior to our experience, we are
talking about
a. propositional truth b. truth condition c. synthetic truth d. analytic truth
8. Fill in the table making a tick where the statement is true
|
sense |
denotation |
reference |
Involves a set |
|
+ |
|
Independent or particular occasions or utterances |
|
+ |
|
Connects language to the world |
|
+ |
+ |
9. The relationship between two propositions that have the same sense is the definition of
a. synonyms b. antonyms c. hyponyms d. polysemous items
10. A relationship between two propositions (predicates, phrases) such that the meaning of one predicate is
included in the meaning of the other is the definition of
a. synonym b. antonym c. hyponym d. polysemous item
11. Fill in the table below making a tick where the statement is true
|
Relation between pairs of senences |
Relation between pairs of words |
Not necessarily symmetric |
|
|
symetric |
|
|
12. In a declarative sentence, the word which does not belong to any of the referring expressions and which
makes the most specific contribution to the meaning of the sentence is
a. an argument b. a predicate c. quantifier d. Sense
13. Identify the predicator in the following sentence: Mummy is asleep:
a. Mummy b. is c. asleep d. none of these
14. Love exemplifies
a. monadic predicate b. dyadic predicate c. triadic predicate d. none of
these
15.In Juan took Pablo to Rio the arguments are
a. Juan, take, Pable b. Juan, Pablo, Rio c. take, Pable, Rio d. Juan, take, Rio
16.John was running to the phone box exemplifies
a. telic predicate b. atelic predicate c. stative predicate d. none of these
17.Does Have you seen my laptop? express any proposition? a. yes b. No
18. I love you and I like you exemplify two different
a. sentences b. utterances c. propositions d. they do not
19.The following x clever(x) means
a. somebody is clever b. nobody is clever c. there is one person who is clever
d. everybody is clever
20. When one thing is seen in terms of another we are talking about:
a. axiology b. metaphor c. trajector d. Landmark
21. In conceptual metaphors “down is unpleasant”. Is it true? a. yes b. No
22. In cognitive linguistics trajector is another name for figure and landmark for ground. a. yes b. No
23. When arc is the profile, what is its base? …………………………………
24. In The ball is under the table which is the landmark
a. ball b. under c. table d. none of these
28. . I'm a genius and Am I a genius? have the same
a. propositional content b. utterance content c. sentences content d.
they haven't any common content.
29. Pxgotmgt exemplifies
a. a sentence b. an utterance c. a proposition d. none of these
30. Truth conditional semantics is
a. formal semantics b. cognitive semantics c. Functional
31. Identification, or indication, of things and persons in the world that are being talked about by
a speaker is
a. sense b. reference c. denotation d. referring expression
32. Any expression used in an utterance to refer to something or somebody, i.e. used with a
particular referent in mind, typically it is a proper name or a title, is
a. sense b. reference c. denotation d. referring expression
33. In A man was in here looking for you last night which word is a referring expressing?
a. a man b. you c. last night d. none of these
SENTENCES, UTTERANCES, PROPOSITION
1. “Only facts count, extralinguistically-oriented” - these features are about:
a. utterances b. sentences c. Propositions
2. I am tired and You are tired illustrated
a. two different propositions b. two same propositions
3. Does Have you seen my laptop? express any proposition? a. yes b. no
4. Semanticism, complementarism, pragmaticis - these were proposed by a. Leech b.
Wierzbicka c. Chomsky
5. Chopin is Chopin illustrates a. tautology b. contradiction c. analytic truth d.
synthetic truth
6. Long live the king a. has propositional meaning b. has no propositional meaning
7. The dog ate the chocolate. The chocolate was eaten by the dog exemplify two
a. sentences b. utterances c. propositions d. they do not
exemplify the same problem
8. I am cold and Jest mi zimno exemplify two
a. sentences b. utterances c. propositions d. they do not
exemplify the same problem
9. I am tired and You are tired exemplify two
a. sentences b. utterances c. propositions d. they do not
exemplify the same problem
10. I love you and I like you exemplify two different
a. sentences b. utterances c. propositions d. they do not
exemplify two different problems
11. A part of the meaning of a declarative sentence which describes the same state of affair is
the definition of
a. a sentence b. an utterance c. a proposition d. a preposition
12. John loves Mary and Mary loves John are two
a. different propositions b. same proposition c. different utterances d. same
utterances
13. A string of words put together by the grammatical rules of a language is a definition of
a. a sentence b. an utterance c. a proposition d. a preposition
14. Grammaticaly correct and complete must be
a. a sentence b. an utterance c. a proposition d. a preposition
15. Stop it! and You will stop it have the same
a. propositional content b. utterance content c. sentences content d.
they haven't any common content.
16. Dogs can bark and I'm Polish have the same
a. propositional content b. utterance content c. sentences content d.
they haven't any common content.
17. I'm a genius and Am I a genius? have the same
a. propositional content b. utterance content c. sentences content d.
they haven't any common content.
18. Any stretch of talk, by one person, before and after which there is silence is a definition of
a. a sentence b. an utterance c. a proposition d. a propositional
content
19. Is any proposition asserted in the Get away!
a. yes b. no c. it cannot be stated
20. Pxgotmgt exemplifies
a. a sentence b. an utterance c. a proposition d. none of these
21. In John is looking for a new car the nominal exemplifies
a. a referring expression b. propositional content c. agent d. location
23. Truth conditional semantics is
a. formal semantics b. cognitive semantics c. functional
p |
q |
pvq |
T |
t |
t |
T |
f |
t |
F |
t |
t |
F |
f |
f |
1. Chopin is Chopin exemplifies
a. synonymy b. paraphrase c. tautology d. contradition
2. It is raining and It is not raining exemplify
a. synonymy b. paraphrase c. tautology d. contradition
3. If a sentence is true before we check it in reality, it is known a priori, i.e. prior to our
experience, we are talking about
a. propositional truth b. truth condition c. synthetic truth d. analytic
truth
4. Hypothetical, imaginary, or unverifiable, subjective reactions and emotions; expressing
personal feelings (expressive meaning), relations between people (interpersonal meaning) -
this is a description of
a. propositional meaning b. non-propositional meaning c. synthetic truth d.
analytic truth
5. Long live the King! exemplifies
a.propositional meaning b. non-propositional meaning c. synthetic truth d.
analytic truth
6. In first order logic conjunction is symbolised as follows:
a. p&q b. ~p/￢p c. p v q d. p→q
7. In first order logic implication is symbolised as follows:
a. p&q b. ~p/￢p c. p v q d. p→q
8. Conjunction is only true when P and Q are true.
a. yes b. no
9. Fill in the following table
p |
q |
P&q |
~p&q |
t |
t |
t |
f |
t |
f |
f |
t |
f |
t |
f |
t |
f |
f |
f |
t |
10. Snow is white iff Schnee ist weiss illustrates
a. implicature b. equivalence c. conjunction d. Disjunction
PRAGMATICS
1. Who proposed locutionary speech acts?
a. Chomsky b. Austin c. Searl d. Lakoff
2. I pronounce you husband and wife is
a. a locutionary act b. illocutionary act c. perlocutionary act d. it's not a speech
act
3. Representatives, directives, commissives, expressives, and declarations were proposed by
a. Chomsky b. Austin c. Searl d. Lakoff
4. Shall we go to the cinema or the theatre? illustrates
a. pressuposition b. implicature c. perlacutionary act d. illocutionary act
5. Cooperative principles were proposed by
a. Grice b. Leech c. Searl d. Lakoff
6. `Be informative' is the maxim of
a. quality b. quantity c. relevance d. manner
7. `Avoid obscurity and ambiguity' is the maxim of
a. quality b. quantity c. relevance d. manner
8. `Be truthful' is the maxim of
a. quality b. quantity c. relevance d. manner
9. `Speak to the point' is
a. the maxim of relevance b. the rule `don't impose' c. the maxim of tact d. the
maxim of modesty
10. The maxims of generosity, approbation and tact were proposed by
a. Grice b. Lakoff c. Leech d. Austin
11. I'm so stupid, I didn't take any notes. Did you? illustrates the maxim/rule of
a. quality b. give choice c. generosity d. Modesty
COGNITIVE SEMANTICS
1. When one thing is seen in terms of another we are talking about:
a. axiology b. metaphor c. trajector d. landmark
2. In conceptual metaphors “down is unpleasant”. Is it true? a. yes b. no
3. In cognitive linguistics trajector is another name for figure and landmark for ground. a. yes b. no
4. When arc is the profile, what is its base? ………circle…………………………
5. Enumerate atemporal relations in cognitive semantics? …………………………………………………………………………..
6. Underline the trajector in the following sentence: The suger is in the red jar.
7. The target domain designates
a. concrete meaning b. metaphorical meaning c. idiomatic meaning d. none of these
8. Which correspondences link domain substractures?
a. ontological b. epistemic c. target d. source
9. The claim that when on the abstract level one can find vestiges of its concrete level is known as
a. schema b. invariance hypothesis c. Fundamental Axiological Matrix d. Gestalt
10. Which types of metaphors were not distingushed by Lakoff and Johnson (1980)?
a. structural b. ontological c. orientational d. axiological
11. Here's something interesting exemplifies the schema of
a. whole-part b. here-there c. contact d. attraction
12. We're a perfectly united family illustrates the schema of
a. centre-periphery b. balance c. link d. force
13. In The ball is under the table which is the landmark
a. ball b. under c. table d. none of these