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    Đề thi Semantics

    Part I Semantics

    1. What semantic feature(s) do the words in each group share ?

    a. ice cream, avocado, soup, corn, beef

    b. tigress, doe, girl, actress, debutante

    c. man, woman, mare, bull, ewe

    d. poodle, Alsatian, Labrador, collie, dachshund

    2. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that is an entailment of the sentence printed
    before it. (=> is used to show one-way entailment and ó to show two way entailment).

    a. Mama Bear is in front of Papa Bear.

    => Papa Bear is…………………………………

    b. Jim borrowed abike from Ted.

    => Ted ……………….

    c. My brother repaired my car.

    => My brother repaired……………..

    d. Margaret is thin.

    => Margaret is………………………..

    3. Identify the sentence as analytic (A), synthetic (S), or contradictory (C)

    People who run move their bodies.

    4. Write down one IMPLICATURE that can be drawn from the second speaker’s response in the following
    exchange.

    Professor 1: Is Tom a good student ?

    Professor 2: He has beautiful handwriting and is neatly dressed.

    5. Point out the deictic word(s) in the following utterance and state where the speaker is or is not.

    “Mary, I’d like to invite you to come up the stage.’


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    6. Identify one sincerity condition that must be satisfied for the following utterance to be appropriate.

    “Please open your mouth.”

    Part I Semantics

    1. Identify the homonyms, homophones and homographs in each of the following sentences.

    a. I won’t shed a tear if you tear my old shirt into shreds.

    b. We must raze the old buildings before the sun’s rays can raise the temperature.

    c. If the judges are fair, our rabbit will win a rubborn at the fair.

    d. I found it hard to believe that he planned to found a new church.

    2. What are the semantic features of the following words ?

    a. Man

    b. Girl

    c. Mother

    d. Mare

    3. Identify the word(s) used figuratively, name the figure of speech and provide its meaning.

    That club is blossoming now.

    4. Identify the presupposition(s) in the following sentence.

    The actress described the photographs of her as an invasion of privacy.


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    5. In the follwing conversation, what maxim(s) of conversation does B not follow ? Is B cooperative ?

    A: “ Is Peter a good cook ?”

    B: “ He’s a nice guy.”

    6. What illocutionary act might the utterance “ It’s hot in here” in the following conversation perform ?
    What type of speech act is it ? Is it a direct or indirect speech act ? Is there a performative verb? If there is,
    what is it ?

    A: “ It’s hot in here.”

    B: “Let me open the window.”

    A: “ Thank you”

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