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General Linguistics

  • Theory, Model, Method
  • Phonetics and Phonology
  • Morphology
  • Syntax
  • Semantics
    • Focus and content
    • Exercises
      • Describe sign models
      • Symbol, icon, or index?
      • Identify referents
      • Identify sense
      • Identify extension and intension
      • Identify types of meaning
      • Identify homonyms and polysemes
      • Identify sense relations
      • Find examples of sense relations
      • Research Exercise: Establish a lexical field
      • Give a componential analysis
      • Classify classes of events
      • Identify thematic roles
      • Mark predicates and arguments
      • List propositional cores
      • Identify meaning relations among sentences
      • Explain structural ambiguity
      • Identify presuppositions
      • Identify presupposition-triggers
      • Presupposition or entailment?
      • Identify the type of modality
      • Identify quantifiers
      • Rate the items in each category
      • List criteria for rating items
      • Identify metaphors I
      • Identify metaphors II
      • Draw semantic networks
      • Develop a semantic frame
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Semantics » Exercises

Semantics


Exercises

Like in all other modules of General Linguistics the exercises in this section are grouped thematically and designed in three degrees of difficulty, marked by different colors:

  • green: easy
  • orange: moderate
  • red: difficult


  • Basic notions

  • Describe sign models
  • Symbol, icon, or index?
  • Identify referents
  • Identify sense
  • Identify extension and intension
  • Identify types of meaning


  • Structure-oriented semantics

Lexical word structure I
  • Identify homonyms and polysemes
  • Identify sense relations
  • Find examples of sense relations
  • Research Exercise: Establish a lexical field
  • Give a componential analysis

Context-sensitive lexical structure I
  • Classify classes of events
  • Identify thematic roles

Sentence semantics
  • Mark predicates and arguments
  • List propositional cores
  • Identify meaning relations among sentences
  • Explain structural ambiguity
  • Identify presuppositions
  • Identify presupposition-triggers
  • Presupposition or entailment?
  • Identify the type of modality
  • Identify quantifiers


  • Cognitive semantics

Lexical word structure II
  • Rate the items in each category
  • List criteria for rating items
  • Identify metaphors I
  • Identify metaphors II
  • Draw semantic networks

Context-sensitive lexical structure II
  • Develop a semantic frame

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