Mid-test Revision on Semantics
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I. Do the following two English sentences mean
(approximately) the same thing/proposition
(yes/no)?
(1) a. He learns English.
b. He learns French.
(2) a. She bought a book.
b. A book was bought by her.

II. Which of the following utterances are tokens
of whole sentences (S) and which are not
(NS)? Circle your choice.
(1) 'A song is sung by her'
S / NS
(2) 'A nice girl'
S / NS

III. Do the following words refer to things in the
world? Circle your choice.
(1)Hat
Yes / No
(2) On
Yes / No

IV. What is intended by the word mean,
meaning, etc. in the following examples,
reference (R) or sense (S)? Circle your choice.
(1)What do you mean when you say “yes”?
R/S
(2) I mean that book?
R/S

V. Could the following possibly be used as
referring expressions? Circle the answer of
your choice.
a) Ho Chi Minh
Yes /
No
b) Under
Yes / No

VI. Are the following equative sentences? Circle
your choice.
(1) Ha Noi is Thang Long
Yes /
No
(2) Da Nang is a big city
Yes / No

VII. Analyze the predicate and predicator in
the following sentences
(1) Hai Phong is near the coast.
(2) He caught a big yellow fish.

VIII. Of what degree is the predicate in the
following sentences
(1) He helped me.
(2) They sent him the book.

Good luck!