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The following questions have been answered in this video:
1 What semantic feature must a noun have in order to be used in this sentence? The
___________ were discussing what to do.
2 Using semantic features, how would you explain the oddness of these sentences?
(a) The television drank my water.
(b) His dog writes poetry.
3 What phrase is used more often instead of “thematic roles” and what other term is used
instead of “theme” in the semantic analysis of noun phrases?
4 What kind of opposites can be identified via the “negative test”?
5 How is the term “prototype” used in semantics?
6 Identify the roles of the seven noun phrases in this sentence:
With her new golf club, Anne Marshall whacked the ball from the woods to the grassy area
near the hole and she suddenly felt invincible.
7 Which of the following words are co-hyponyms?
ant, cabbage, insect, plant, turnip, vegetable
8 What is the basic lexical relation between each pair of words listed here?
(a) assemble/disassemble (d) dog/schnauzer (g) move/run
(b) damp/moist (e) furniture/table (h) peace/piece
(c) deep/shallow (f) married/single (i) pen/pen
9 Which of the following opposites are gradable, non-gradable, or reversive?
(a) absent/present (c) fail/pass (e) fill it/empty it
(b) appear/disappear (d) fair/unfair (f) high/low
10 Are the underlined words in these sentences best described as examples of polysemy or
metonymy?
11 What is the lexical relation between the English words swallow (= a small bird) and swallow (= make food or drink go down the throat).
12 What is the hierarchical relationship in the meanings of this set of words: Bronchitis, disease, influenza, pneumonia, tuberculosis.
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Solved and Explained Study Questions | Chapter 9 | Semantics | The Study of Language | [ ENGLISH ]
