Define it!
Give me 3 examples
What's the difference?
Random!
True or False
100

Semantics

Meaning/content

100

Give me one example of a verb that describes an event (in a sentence).

e.g 

Harriet licked Moses (active). Moses was licked by Harriet (passive) 

Harriet eats biscuits. Harriet is eating biscuits (progressive) 

100

Reference vs Sense

 Reference (e.g., meanings of words based on objects in real world), e.g orange juice

Sense (e.g., meaning based on mental image) e.g liquid, orange, edible

100

Give me 2 synonyms for candy

Choclate, lollies, sweets, confectionary

100

Can words that have meaning, but don't have a real-word referent (e.g a unicorn, imagination) still have a 'reference'?

True!

200

Thematic roles

Relation between situation the verb is describing

and the arguments (NP) is called SEMANTIC

(OR THEMATIC) ROLE

• Semantic roles are assigned by the verb and

traced back to its semantic features (and that of

the noun)

200

Give me three words that have semantic association with 'nail'.

1. Finger

2. Hammer

3. Hand

4. Drill

5. Nailpolish

200

Ambuiguity vs anomaly:

Ambiguity: when words have more than one meaning/sentences could be interpreted in more than one way

Anomaly: nonsensical - either as they don't have meaning e.g 'blorp' or because they contradict e.g the dead men ate lunch. 

200

Which word contains a velar sound? Think or Mime.

Think! (sorry I know this was very random!!!)

200

An experiencer is not a type of thematic role.

False - an experience is: the entity who receives emotional or sensory input

300

Compositionality

Sentence meaning greater than the sum of the words

- Additional layers of meaning due to grammatical

considerations

• E.g., Sarah runs faster than Abigail.

Abigail runs faster than Sarah.

300

A contradictory sentence (and give an example!)

Two aspects/sentences that cannot be simultaneously true - All bachelors are married. 

300

Homophone vs homonym vs homographs

Homophone: same sound, different spelling and meaning

Homonym: spelt the same, pronounced the same, different meanings

Homograph: spelt same, pronounced differently, different meaning

300

When is a word... considered a word?

Considered a word if the sound pattern is consistently associated with a particular ‘referent’ (person, object, concept etc)

300

"All animals walk on four legs" is this statement an example of a core semantic feature?

False! This is a prototypical - as a lot of animals walk on four legs but not ALL. A core feature is a feature that all things within the catagory share (e.g all birds lay eggs)

400

What is hyponomy?

Different word, more specific term is part of a superordinate term (hierarchica)

e.g a caterpillar is a hyponym of insect

400
Say 3 semantic features that bears and dogs have in common:

1. Animals 

2. Fur

3. Growl

400

Whats the difference between derivational vs inflectional? (Sorry but I've got to keeo you on your toes!!)

Derivational: changes word meaning/class

Infectional: changes the tense e.g walked vs walk

400

What is the semantic location for 'swim'?

In water!

400

A transtive verb has two arguments

True! E.g John kicked the ball

John = one argument

The ball = one argument

500

What is an idiom + give one example.

e.g elephant in the room, break my heart, he has bigger fish to fry, chip on the shoulder etc

500

Give a definition of a semantic distinctive feature and give three distinctive features between the moon and earth.

1. satelite vs planet

2. -water vs water

3. -humans vs humans etc

500

Lexical vs Compositional Semantics

Lexical semantics: Knowledge of words including their meaning and relationships among words 

Compositional semantics: Meaning of syntactic units larger than a word is called phrasal or sentential semantics

500

Give me an example of a gradable antonym:

Hot, warm, tepid

big, medium, small

500

In the sentence: "The ball is kicked by the boy" what is the agent and what is the patient?

The ball = patient (receiving action)

the boy = agent (doing the action)

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