ENG508 Quiz 1 Set 2

Q1. Both semantics and pragmatics involve studying ________, but they are generally seen as different fields.

1. meaning
2. pronunciation
3. structure
4. grammar

Correct answer: meaning

Q2. Which branch of linguistics mainly is concerned with the transmission of meaning through language in use?

1. Phonology
2. Phonetics
3. Pragmatics
4. Semantics

Correct answer: Pragmatics

Q3. In semantic analysis, there is always an attempt to focus on what the words_______________ mean.

1. informally
2. inadvertently
3. conventionally
4. casually

Correct answer: conventionally

Q4. Collocative meanings may simply be a/an _________________property of individual words.

1. diagnostic
2. symptomatic
3. characteristic
4. idiosyncratic

Correct answer: idiosyncratic

Q5. Since linguistic description is an attempt to show a speaker’s knowledge, semantics is ascribed to elaborate_______________ knowledge.

1. traditional
2. morphological
3. semantic
4. syntactical

Correct answer: semantic

Q6. The basic unit of traditional logic is the ________; a significant term in the discussions of meanings in linguistics.

1. thought
2. idea
3. proposition
4. all of the given options

Correct answer: proposition

Q7. Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege introduced the term ‘sense and __________________.

1. morpheme
2. reference
3. displacement
4. duality

Correct answer: reference

Q8. The meaning of linguistic expressions derives from two sources one is "the word they describe" and the other one is__________ .

1. Grammatical error
2. Language of that part
3. Surface meaning of sentence
4. None of the given options

Correct answer: Surface meaning of sentence

Q9. The concepts/mental images that the word/phrase evokes is called_________________.

1. qualm
2. purview
3. intention
4. extension

Correct answer: intention

Q10. Thematic meaning refers to what is communicated by the way in which the message is organized in terms of ___________________and emphasis?

1. scale
2. muddle
3. pattern
4. order

Correct answer: order