32 Questions
What is the study of the meaning of words, phrases, and sentences called?
Semantics
In semantic analysis, what does the technical approach focus on?
Objective meaning
What do semantic roles (thematic roles) refer to?
Roles that NPs fulfill within a sentence
What is an agent in the context of semantic roles?
The entity that performs the action
What does the theme (or patient) refer to in semantic roles?
The object of the verb
What aspect of sentences does semantic analysis consider?
Both syntactic and semantic oddness
What is the semantic role of an entity that designates the person who has a feeling, perception, or state?
Experiencer
In linguistic context or co-text, what does deixis refer to?
Pointing to things and people
What is the study of 'invisible' meaning or how we recognize what is meant even when it isn’t actually said or written?
Pragmatics
Which semantic role designates where an entity is in the description of an event?
Location
What does deixis refer to when it points to a time (e.g., now, then, last week)?
Temporal deixis
What do we use deixis to point to?
Things and people
According to linguistics, what do we assume when using a referring expression like 'this' or 'he'?
Recognition of referent by listeners
In the study of pragmatics, what is meant by 'invisible' meaning?
'Implied meaning'
What does the semantic role of source designate in an event description?
Where the entity moves from
What does deixis mean when it points to a location?
Spatial deixis
What is the focus of semantic analysis in terms of the meaning of words, phrases, and sentences?
The focus is on what the words conventionally mean, rather than on what an individual speaker might want them to mean on a particular occasion.
Explain the concept of semantic roles (thematic roles) in the context of a sentence.
Semantic roles refer to the roles that noun phrases fulfill within the situation described by a sentence, such as the roles of entities involved in an action.
What does the semantic role of 'agent' typically refer to in the context of an event description?
The agent typically refers to the entity that performs the action, which is typically human but may also include non-human entities that cause actions.
What does the semantic role of 'theme' (or patient) refer to within the context of semantic roles?
The theme refers to the entity that is involved in or affected by the action described in a sentence, or is simply being described.
What does the oddness of certain sentences, like 'The hamburger ate the boy,' derive from?
The oddness of such sentences does not derive from their syntactic structure, but rather from their semantic oddity.
What is the study of pragmatics concerned with in relation to 'invisible' meaning?
The study of pragmatics is concerned with the 'invisible' meaning or how we recognize what is meant even when it isn’t actually said or written.
What is the study of 'invisible' meaning, or how we recognize what is meant even when it isn’t actually said or written?
Pragmatics
What do we use deixis to point to?
Things, people, location, and time
What is the semantic role of an entity that designates the person who has a feeling, perception, or state?
Experiencer
What does deixis mean when it points to a location?
Spatial deixis
What aspect of sentences does semantic analysis consider?
Meaning
What is the semantic role of source in an event description?
Where the entity moves from
In linguistic context or co-text, what does deixis refer to?
Discourse that precedes the phrase or sentence to be interpreted
According to linguistics, what do we assume when using a referring expression like 'this' or 'he'?
Listeners can recognize which referent is intended
What is an agent in the context of semantic roles?
An entity that performs an action
What does the theme (or patient) refer to in semantic roles?
The entity affected by the action
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