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TEST BORRADO, QUIZÁS LE INTERESEExamenes 2019 SEMÁNTICA INGLESA UNED

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Título del test:
Examenes 2019 SEMÁNTICA INGLESA UNED

Descripción:
Febrero (F1,F2), Septiembre, Reserva

Autor:
AVATAR

Fecha de Creación:
25/01/2020

Categoría:
Idiomas

Número preguntas: 40
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1. In which case the underlined indefinite expression is not referring? a. SOME WOMAN asked me for directions. b. I liad A DREAM ABOUT you last night. c. There is A CERTAIN REASON for her distress. d. A PROMISE is a promise.
2. Choose a pair where (i) entails (ii): a. (i) John and Susan are married. (ii) John and Susan are married to each other. b. (i) John's brother went to London. (ii) John has a brother. c. (i) Everyone passed the exam. (ii) No one failed the exam. d. (i) Some friend helped her to move. (ii) Some fiend helped her to pack. .
3. Which of the Grice maxims is exemplified by the following dialogue: A: Is John intelligent? B: Well, he is extremely nice. a. The Maxim of Quantity b. The Maxim of Quality c. The Maxim of Relevance d. None of the above .
4. Choose the correct statement: a. Complex tenses are always past in English. b. The progressive aspect in English is incompatible with accomplishments. c. Stative verbs typically do not occur in imperatives in English. d. Accomplishments, achievements and activities are characterized by [+telic] feature. .
5. Choose the correct logical representation for the following sentence, where negation takes scope over the whole sentence: It is not the case that if the parents take the van, then Mary drives. a. ¬[T(p,v) A D(m)] b. ¬ [T(p,v) —> D(m)] c. [T(p,v) ¬ —>D(m)] d. ¬ T(p,v) —>¬D(m).
6. According to the theory of prototypes developed by E. Rosch and her colleagues, prototypes are organized by levels of generality, i.e. a superordinate level, a basic level and a subordinate level. Choose an example that illustrates this hierarchy: a. predator – tiger – mammal b. mammal – tiger – Siberian tiger c. tiger – Siberian tiger – white Siberian tiger d. cat – tiger – paw .
7. Which of the following statements correctly characterizes a perlocutionary act? a. It characterizes the effect that the utterance causes. b. It is an indirect speech act. c. Perlocutionary is a synonym of performative. d. Only interrogative and imperative statements can have perlocutionary force. .
8. A conventional metaphor a. is an innovative use of the language. b. is commonly used in everyday language. c. is baked on a symmetrical comparison. d. is presuppositional. .
9. The two sentences, Mary baked a cake vs. Mary baked cakes, differ in: a. telicity. b. stativity. c. durativity. d. tense. .
10. Talmy's famous typology of verb-framed vs. satellite-framed languages distinguishes between a. the expression of path in the verb root vs. in a satellite. b. the expression of manner in the verb root vs. in a satellite. c. the expression of figure in the verb root vs. in a satellite. d. languages with particle verbs vs. languages without particle verbs.
1. Choose a pair where (i) presupposes (ii): a. (i) Bob is a vegetarian. (ii) Bob doesn't eat meat. b. (i) Jane knows that Bill likes sushi. , (ii) Bill likes sushi. c. (i) Susan got married and found a job. (ii) Susan first got married and then found a job. d. (i) John ate the cake. (ii) John baked the cake. .
2. Which of the following sentences expresses only deontic modality? a. It must have been raining hard here. b. You ought to answer all the questions in an interview. c. Go and get him a glass of water! d. If I were you I would never accept their offer. .
3. Which of the following statements is true? a. Metaphors are examples of literal language. b. Metaphors allow us to understand one domain of experience in terms of another. c. Metaphors are always conventional. d. Metaphors are traditionally defined in terms of contiguity. .
4. The famous example The king of France is bold was used by Bertrand Russell to illustrate that a. definite descriptions presuppose the existente of their referent. b. definite descriptions behave like proper names. c. definite descriptions are not considered referential. d. definite descriptions are noun phrases.
5. Verbs like bet, sentence, name are a. typical in requests. b. typical propositional attitude verbs. c. typical modal verbs. d. typical in performative utterances. .
6. Consider the following two phrases: (i) John swam in the lake for half an hour. (ii) John swam across the lake in half an hour. Different temporal adverbials (italicized and underlined) in (i) and (ii) are used as a test for a. telicity. b. durativity. c. stativity. d. actionality. .
7. Which of the rows contains only deictic expressions? a. she, mother, talked b. he, that, there c. talked, sister's, mine d. she, this, everywhere.
8. Semantic components are a. primitive semantic elements. b. binary features. c. lexical relations. d. grammatical rules. .
9. Evidentiality is a. a special type of deontic modality. b. used to express speaker's attitude towards a situation. c. used to express a source of information reported in the utterance. d. a special temporal category. .
10. Consider two sentences, (i) and (ii) and four logical representations in (1), (2), (3) and (4), where P =person, S= scared (i) Everyone is scared (ii) Someone is scared 1. (símbolo A boca abajo)x (P(x) --> S(x)) 2. (símbolo A boca abajo)x (P(x) ^ S(x)) 3. (símbolo E invertido)x (P(x) ^ S(x)) 4. (símbolo E invertido)x (P(x) v S(x)) What is the correct pair of representations for (i) and (ii)? a. (i) — 1, (ii) — (4) b. (i) — 2, (ii) — (3) c. (i) — 1, (ii) — (3) d. none of the aboye .
1. In which case the underlined (MAYUSCULAS) indefinite expression is not referring? a. There is A POLICEMAN looking at your car. b. SOME PEOPLE IN THE LIFT avoided each other's eyes. c. She sweeps in like A HURRICANE, blowing everyone away. d. SOME YOUNGSTERS were setting cars on fire in the suburbs.
2. Choose a pair where (i) presupposes (ii): a. (i) John and Susan are married. (ii) John and Susan are married to each other. b. (i) John's brother went to London. (ii) John has a brother. c. (i) Everyone passed the exam. (ii) No one failed the exam. d. (i) Some friend helped me to move. (ii) Some friend helped me to pack. .
3. Which of the rows contains only so-called ' logical words'? a. if, and, or b. a, the, some c. two, five, hundreds d. true, false .
4. Which of the following sentences has a patient subject? a. The storrn shattered the window. b. The doctor is afraid. c. The birds fly. d. The water has boiled. .
5. The cooperative principie by Grice a. aims to explain how people achieve successful communication. b. states that the maxim of relevance is the main conversational implicature. c. identifies communicative intensions of the speaker. d. explains entailment relations between sentences. .
6. Which of the statements correctly describes the relation between situation types and aspect? a. Situation types and aspect do not interact. b. In some theories, situation types are called lexical aspect. c. In some theories, situation types are called viewpoint aspect. d. None of the aboye. .
7. Consider the following truth table: p q ? T T T T F F F T F F F F The question mark in the third column stands for: a. disjunction (p or q) b. conjunction (p and q) c. implication (if p then q) d. bi-conditional (p if and only if q) .
8. Which of the following sentences expresses epistemic modality? a. They must have forgotten about the meeting. b. You ought to answer all the questions in an interview. c. Drink a lot of water to keep your body hydrated. d. If I were you I would never accept their offer. .
9. The difference between the two sentences, Mary ran along the river vs. Mary ran a marathon, can be correctly described in terms of: a. telicity b. durativity c. stativity d. tense.
10.Which of the following statements is true? a. Metaphors are examples of literal language. b. Metaphors allow us to express one domain of experience in terms of another. c. Metaphors are not conventional. d. Metaphors are traditionally defined in terms of contiguity. .
1. Referential theories of meaning assume that a. the meaning of words and sentences is given by their relation to real word objects and situations. b. the meaning of words and sentences is given by their relation to conceptual/mental representations. c. the meaning of words and sentences can only be determined via figurative uses of words and sentences. d. both (a) and (b). .
2. Choose a pair where (i) presupposes (ii): a. (i) John killed his chicken. (ii) John's chicken is dead. b. (i) The wife of my brother is a doctor. , (ii) My brother has a wife. c. (i) The driving test is meant to be difficult. (ii) Everyone has to take the driving test. d. (i) We bought furniture from a neighbour. (ii) A neighbour sold us furniture. .
3. Which of the sentences exemplifies "middle voice" in English? a. The window is shuttered by the wind. b. The shirt has been washed in low temperature. c. The horse easily jumps over the barriers. d. The clothes wash easily in low temperature. .
4. In terms of information structure, a speaker usually uses indefinite nominal phrases to refer to something that is a. a topic. b. given and/or familiar. c. intonationally marked. d. novel and/or unfamiliar. .
5. The term "presupposition triggers" refers to: a. part of the meaning that is not affected by negation. b. particular words or constructions which indicate a presuppositional part of an utterance. c. elements which signal the truth or falsity of an utterance. d. a particular type of interjections.
6. Deontic modals express a. obligation and/or permission. b. necessary truth and/or a priori truth. c. direct and/or indirect information source. d. requesting and/or questioning .
7. Consider the following truth table: p q ? T T T T F F F T T F F T The question mark in the third column stands for: a. disjunction (p or q) b. conjunction (p and q) c. implication (if p then q) d. bi-conditional (p if and only if q) .
8. Choose the correct statement. a. Thematic roles are the same as grammatical functions. b. There is a strict correspondence between thematic roles and information structure. c. Asserting, promising and congratulating are examples of various speech acts. d. "Avoid ambiguity" is one of the conditions of the maxim of quantity. .
9. The sentence "Milly pushed the pram through the park" exemplifies a situation type called a. a state. b. an achievement. c. an accomplishment. d. an activity. .
10. Choose the sentence that corresponds to the following conceptual structure in Jackendoff s conceptual structure theory: [Event INCH ([State BEident ([ThingPOOL], [placeAT ([Property EMPTY])])])] a. Someone made the pool empty. b. The pool is empty. c. Someorte is the empty pool. d. The pool emptied. .
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