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EXERCISES FOR SEMANTIC REVIEWS
Ex1: T or F? Correct the false
1. Semantics is the systematic study of meaning or the way languages organizes and express the
world.
2. Expressions of the siminlar meanings are synonymy.
3.Litotes is defined as expressing something in the affirmative by the negative of its contrary
4. Hyponymy is often defined in terms of combination.
5. A proposition can be either true or false, hence has a two values.
answers
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Ex 2: Fill the blank with the best words
1. Proposition: is about what we say while (1) ____________ is about what we do with what we
say like thanking, promising, ect. It can be seen correspondingly as (2)________and
(3)_________acts.
2. (4)_________ is the member whose intentional meaning is (5) ________enough to cover the
meaning of the superodinate whereas (6) _________member is the one whose extensional
meaning is broad enough to cover the hyponym.
3. The interpersonal meaning expresses the (7)_________ and (8) ________of the speaker
toward the representational content of the sentence.
4. (9) ___________is the combination of cohesion and (10) ____________in the text.
answers
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7

8.

9.

10.

Ex 3: Disambuguate the sentence


1. the mother of the boy and the girl will come soon
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2. he saw the petrol can explore
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3. she saw my head
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4. I will tell you when they arrive
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5. she can’t bear the child
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Ex 4: decide the relatiosnhip between 2 words
1. flower – petal
2. narrow – wide
3. sun – son
4. big- large
5. ugly – not very beautìul
6. die – pass away
7. house – living room
8. repair – fix
9. key – quay
10. light - heavy


KEYS
Ex 1
1. F the world meaning

2. F synonymy –
synonymous

3. T

4. F combinationinclusion

5. T

Ex2:
1. Modality
2. locutionary
3. illocutionary
4. hyponym
5. specific

6. superodinate
7. attitude
8. opinion
9. textual meaning
10. coherence

Ex 3:
1. A. the mother of the boy and the girl is coming soon.
B. . the mother of the boy and a girl are coming soon.
2. A. he looked at the of the box of petrol.
B. he know that the box of the petrol maybe explore
3. A. she saw a part of my body.
B. she saw my chief of my company.
4. A. I will tell you the time they arrive.
B. When they arrive, I will tell you.
5. A. she can’t give birth to the child.
B. she can’t tolerate the child.

Ex 4:
1. Meronymy

2. antonymy

3. homonymy

4. synonymy

5. litotes

6. euphemism

7. Meronymy

8. synonymy

9. homonymy

10. antonymy