Linguistics Semantics Quiz

What is the study of the linguistic meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences called?

• Phonetics

• Syntax

• Pragmatics

• Semantics

Which type of semantics deals with the meaning between units larger than words, such as clauses, phrases, and sentences?

• Compositional Semantics

• Pragmatic Semantics

• Phrasal Semantics

• Lexical Semantics

What is the term for sentences that are always true, regardless of context or situation?

• Tautologies

• Contradictions

• Paradoxes

• Ambiguities

What is the term for sentences that are always false?

• Ambiguities

• Paradoxes

• Contradictions

• Tautologies

Which term refers to words, phrases, or sentences that have more than one meaning?

• Tautologies

• Ambiguities

• Contradictions

• Paradoxes

What does 'entailment' refer to in semantics?

• Two sentences are contradictory

• Two sentences are paraphrases

• One sentence entails the negation of the next sentence

• One sentence entails another

Which type of semantics focuses on the truth value of sentences by formulating semantic rules?

• Lexical Semantics

• Phrasal Semantics

• Pragmatic Semantics

• Compositional Semantics

What is the term for sentences that have no truth value or are difficult to ascribe truth value?

• Contradictions

• Tautologies

• Ambiguities

• Paradoxes

What is the term for words, phrases, or sentences that have contradictory meanings?

• Tautologies

• Ambiguities

• Contradictions

• Paradoxes

What term refers to words, phrases, or sentences that have contradictory meanings?

• Tautologies

• Ambiguities

• Contradictions

• Paradoxes