SEMANTICA INGLESA

What is the name of the anomaly detected in the following sentence: “John and his license expired last week”? Note that the verb “expire” can mean: a. terminate/come to an end; b. die; c. exhale. Opposition. Irony. Zeugma.

Which of the following constructions serves the purpose of placing parts of the sentence in focus?. Causation. Relativization. Clefts and Pseudo-clefts.

Which of the following statements is not a characteristic of referential approaches to meaning?. Reference is a crucial component of meaning. Meaning is derived from our mental models of the world. To provide a semantic description of a language we need to show how the expressions of the language can “hook onto” the world.

Abrief comparison of aspect across languages reveals that: all languages share one common aspectual system. languages employ different means to express various aspectual distinctions. languages employ the same means to express various aspectual distinctions.

Identify a middle construction among the following examples: This book does not sell well. Mary’s car was broken into. The ice melted.

If two sentences mutually entail each other, which connector can be used to relate them?. if... then. either... or. if and only if.

In which of the following sentences the modal verb is ambiguous between an epistemic and a deontic interpretation: She must be careful with her money. | must be getting sick. Grant is in New York now, | guess.

Which of the following statements correctly characterizes gradable antonyms?. The negative of one word implies the positive of the other. The negative of one word does not necessarily imply the positive of the other. The two words describe alternative perspectives/viewpoints.

Conceptual semantic theories include: prototype theory, image schemas, idealised cognitive models. metaphor theory, denotational theory, cognitive semantics. mental space theory, propositional logic, componential analysis.

Which row contains only performative verbs?. congratulate, nominate, say. congratulate, say, apologize. nominate, thank, congratulate.

Often, the same verb can denote different types of situations. Analyze the uses of the verb DRESS in the following sentences using the aspectual features [+-STATIVE] [+-DURATIVE] [+-TELIC]. Support your answer with linguistic tests.

What is a presupposition failure? Give an explanation and an example.

Asymmetry is one of the main features of metaphors. Please explain what it means and give an example to support your answer.

Give two examples of nominal phrases that have the same referent but different senses. Provide a brief explanation for each example.

Briefly compare clausal negation and constituent negation. Give at least one example of each type of negation to support your explanation.