[ اسئلة اختبارات ] : اسئلة اختبار مادة علم المعاني والبراغماتيك

[حااتم الواسي]

1-What does the term “Semantics” as we use it today refer to?
a-Semantics refer to the study of meaning .
b- Semantics refer to the study of the history of meaning .
c- Semantics refer to the study of sentence structure.
d- Semantics refer to the study of meaning in a particular context.


2- What does the term “Pragmatics” as we use it today refer to?
a-Pragmatics refer to the study of meaning
b- Pragmatics refer to the study of the history of meaning .
c- Pragmatics refer to the study of sentence structure.
d- Pragmatics refer to the study of meaning in a particular context.


3-Which area of meaning covers what a speaker means when he uses a piece of language?
a-Sentence meaning
b-word meaning
c-listener meaning
d-utterance meaning



4-The sentence “Nice day” can mean:”This is not a nice day!” depending on
a-the dictionary meaning of the words in the sentence.
b-what the sentence counts as the ********************alent of in the language.
c-the speaker’s facial expressions , tone of voice and the context.
d-the meaning of the sentence without looking at the context.


5-“The chicken is ready to eat.” This sentence shows that
a-one sentence can have two different senses.
b-only words have sense but not sentences.
c-only sentences have sense but not words.
d-one sentence cannot have more than one sense.

6-the relationships that “sense” deals with are
a-inside the language only
b-outside the language only
c-in the world only
d-between the language and the world

7-The relationships that refence deals with are
a-inside the language only
b-outside the language only
c-in the world only
d-between the language and the world

8-“Riyadh” and “the capital of saudia arabia” are
a-the same referring expression used to refer to two different referents
b-two different referring expressions that have the same referent
c-never used as referring expressions
d-referring expressions that do not have referent

9-Every meaningful expression has
a-reference
b-sense
c-a referent
d-a referring expression

10-In the phrases “ a red door “ and “ a green door”, the words”red” and”green’ are
a-not related to each other in any way
b-in a paradigmatic relation with ‘door”
c-in a paradigmatic relation to each other
d- in a syntagmatic relation to each other

11-The words “Saturday,” “ Sunday,” and “Monday” in English
a-are part of the same semantic field
b-are not part of the same semantic field
c-are not part of any semantic field
d-are part of all semantic field


12-The colors “red-green”and “orange-red”are
a-compatible inside their semantic field
b-mixtures inside their sematic field
c-naturally ordered inside their semantic field
d-have blurred distinction inside their semantic field



13-The numerals “one,” “two,” :three,”etc.,are
a-compatible inside their semantic field
b-mixtures inside their sematic field
c-naturally ordered inside their semantic field
d-have blurred distinction inside their semantic field


14-Animal name like “lion” and “rabbit” are
a-incompatible inside their semantic field
b-mixtures inside their sematic field
c-naturally ordered inside their semantic field
d-have blurred distinction inside their semantic field


15-Which of the following is true about collocation?
a- collocation can be seen as part of the meaning of a word
b- collocation is an example of paradigmatic relations.
c- Collocation can always be predicted from meaning.
d- Collocation can always be predicted from range.

16-synonymy is the relationship between two words that have
a-the same reference
b- the opposite reference
c- the same sense
d-the opposite sense


17-How are the synonyms “gentleman”and”man’ different?
a-Each of them belongs to a different style
b- Each of them belongs to a different dialect
c-They are collocationally restricted to different environments
d-They each have different emotive meaning


18-How are the synonyms “autumn”and”fall” different?
a-Each of them belongs to a different style
b- Each of them belongs to a different dialect
c-They are collocationally restricted to different environments
d-They each have different emotive meaning


19- How are the synonyms “hide”and”concea l” different?
a-Each of them belongs to a different style
b- Each of them belongs to a different dialect
c-They are collocationally restricted to different environments
d-They each have different emotive meaning


20-An antonym describes a relation between two things,and the same time the other antonym describes the relation in the opposite order,in the case
a-binary antonymy
b-complementarity
c-gradable antonymy
d-converses

21-“Hyponymy is a sense relation between words in which the meaning of one word is __________ the meaning of other.”Complete the definition.
a- Unrelated to
b- The same as
c- The opposite of
d- Included in



22-The word “happiness: is a--------of the word “emotion.”
a- Superordinate
b- Subordinate
c- Co-hyponym
d- hyponym



23-The word “plant” is a-------------of the word “flower”.

a- Superordinate
b- Subordinate
c- Co-hyponym
d- hyponym



24-A senserelation in which the same word has several very closeiy related meanings is called
a-polysemy
b-antonymy
c-homography
d-homophony


25-Which sense relation has two words spelled the same but have very different meanings?
a-polysemy
b-antonymy
c-homography
d-homophony


26-We can rule out “pregnant man”through the following componential analysis:
a-man is (-male)and pregnant is (+_ male)
b-man is (+male)and pregnant is (+_male)
c-man is (-male)and pregnant is(-male)
d-man is (+male)and pregnant is (-male)


27-choose the correct components for the word “child’
a-(ovine),(female),(adult)
b-(human),(non-adult)
c-(bovine),(male),(adult)
d-(human),(adult)


28-The sapir-whorf hypothesis suggests that a language
a-may create its own world and so its own semantics
b-must have similar semantics to other languages
c-can only have a few distinct semantic features
d-may have many similar semantic features to other language

29- The difference between “cow” and”elephant”is universal because of
a-common origin
b-contact between societies
c-physical reality
d-cultural reality

30-The language of Europehave a similar color system because of
a-common origin
b-contact between societies
c-physical reality

d-cultural reality

32-The pair “grandparent-grandchild” are
a- binary antonymy
b- converses
c- gradable antonyms
d- not antonyms


33-The pair “same-different”are

a- binary antonymy
b- converses
c- gradable antonyms
d- not antonyms


34-The pair ‘married-unmarried” are
a- binary antonymy
b- converses
c- gradable antonyms
d- not antonyms


35-The pair “below-above” are
a- binary antonymy
b- converses
c- gradable antonyms
d- not antonyms

41-Which of the following is a performative verb?
a-eat
b-laugh
c-promise
d-read


42-An implicit performative
a-contains a performative verb that names the act
b-does not contain a performative verb that names the act
c-contains a constative verb that names the act
d- contains a constative verb that describes something as true or false


43-In speech act theory, a locutionary act
a-causes a certain effect on the hearer.
b-reflects the intention of the speaker in making the utterance.
c-simply produces a meaningful utterance.
d-None of the above



44-In speech act theory, an illocutionary act
a-causes a certain effect on the hearer.
b-reflects the intention of the speaker in making the utterance.
c-simply produces a meaningful utterance.
d-None of the above



45-In speech act theory , a perlocutionary act
a-causes a certain effect on the hearer.
b-reflects the intention of the speaker in making the utterance.
c-simply produces a meaningful utterance.
d-None of the above

46-We can simply state the co-operative principal as trying to
a-mislead the hearer as much as you can
b-give the hearer irrelevant information
c-give the hearer false information
d-help the hearer as much as you can

47-“Do not say what you believe to be false.”This statement describe the following Maxim of Grice:
a-The Maxim of Quantity.
b- The Maxim of Quality.
c- The Maxim of Relation.
d- The Maxim of Manner


48- “Tell the hearer just what he needs to know, no more and on less.” This statement descries the following Maxim of Grice:
a-The Maxim of Quantity.
b- The Maxim of Quality.
c- The Maxim of Relation.
d- The Maxim of Manner


49-The hearer assumes that the speaker is not violating any of the conversational Maxims of Grice in the case of
a-perlocution
b-collocation
c-implicature
d-informativeness


50-Why is the second speaker not cooperative in the following situation?
Traffic policeman talking to a man parked in a no-parking zone:’Is this your car , sir?’
Man (who owns the car):’No ,this car is not mine.’
a-He is being uninformative
b- He is being unclear
c- He is being untruthful
d- He is being irrelevant

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