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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