1) Semantics is a study of the meaning in a particular language (Spanish, English, Arabic, etc.) a) True b) False 2) Semantics is a study of the principles of constructing meaning in human language. a) True b) False 3) The two subfields of linguistics focusing on meaning of human language are a) Phonetics b) Semantics c) Pragmatics d) Syntax 4) Lexical semantics studies the a) structure of words and expressions b) meaning of words and expressions c) relation among words and expressions as related to meaning 5) _______ refers to the mental representation of a concept or an object in the reality. a) Sense b) Semantic representation c) Referent 6) Referent is the particular representation in the world to which a word or an expression refers. a) True b) False 7) A leading role in the Sense/Referent dichotomy is played by _____ a) Sense b) Referent 8) We may have a sense of something, which does not have a referent in the real world. a) True b) False 9) "Mermaid" is a word that does not have a) sense b) referent 10) The same sense may have different referents in the real world. a) True b) False

HUM 215HM HY - Module 1.1: Content 1 - Semantics - Introduction (Defineition, Sense & Referent)

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