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SOS721S - STUDY OF SEMANTICS - 1ST OPP - NOV 2024 |
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nAmI BIA unIVE RSITV
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCESAND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOROF ENGLISHAND LINGUISTICS
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BAEN
LEVEL: 7
COURSE CODE: SOS721S
COURSE NAME: Study of Semantics
SESSION:
Nov 2024
PAPER:
THEORY
DURATION:
3 HOURS
MARKS:
100
EXAMINER
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION
Mr. JL Masule
MODERATOR: Dr. A Simataa
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
PERMISSIBLE MATERIALS
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF _S_ PAGES {Including this front page)
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Answer ALLQUESTIONS.
SECTIONA
Question 1: Multiple choice
Each question has four suggested answers. Write your selected answer next to the
corresponding number.
1. Which of the following does not belong to the denotative meaning of "woman"? (1)
A. Talkative
B. Female
C. Human
D. Mature
2. The figure of speech used in "She has an ear for music" is_.
(1)
A. metaphor
B. personification
C. metonymy
D. simile
3. A sentence that has more than one meaning is __ .
(1)
A. analytic
B. anomalous
C. ambiguous
D. synthetic
4. Identify the semantic feature shared by all six nouns in the set below?
(1)
Niece, daughter and sister, nun, woman, and girl.
A. Young
B. Female
C. Smart
D. Old
5. Figuratively, the sentence "The sorrow is chewing my bones" is __ .
(1)
A. contradictory
B. ambiguous
C. anomalous
D. personification
6. Which of the following may be one meaning of "She is a babysitter'?
(1)
A. She sits on a baby
B. She is a baby
C. She likes babies
D. This sister is a baby
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7. Two words having the same or almost the same denotative meaning meanings are
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(1)
A. homonyms
B. antonyms
C. synonyms
D. hyponyms
8. The relationship between the sentences in the following pair is_.
(1)
i. Sinvula walked to school yesterday.
ii. Sinvula went to school yesterday.
A. entailment
B. paraphrase
C. contradiction
D. no relation
9. The relationship between 'a bear' and 'to bear' is_.
(1)
A. homonymy
B. homography
C. homophony
D. polysemy
10. Figuratively, the sentence "Tangeni is so strong that he can lift 2 tons" is_.
(1)
A. personification
B. hyperbole
C. metaphor
D. simile
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SECTIONB Structured questions
Question 2
11. Fill in each of the blanks with the appropriate word.
a) _____
is a branch of linguistics which deals with the study of meaning. (1)
b) _____
is a sentence that is necessarily false, as a result of the senses of the
words in it.
(1)
c) _____
is a relation in which the referent of a word is totally included in the
referent of another word.
(1)
d) Sematic meaning is context-free whereas ____
meaning is context-
dependent.
(1)
e) The type of ambiguity arising from the ambiguity of a word is ___ ambiguity.
(1)
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12. Determine the superordinate term in each of the following sets.
i. venison, mutton, beef, meat, chicken, pork
(1)
ii. milk, dairy, butter, yogurt, cheese, cheddar
(1)
iii. cabbage, celery, broccoli, spinach, vegetable
(1)
iv. hurricane, tornado, gale, storm, typhoon
(1)
v. garbage truck, tank truck, crane truck, truck, concreate mixer
(1)
13. Identify the type of figure of speech (non-literal meaning) used in each of the
following sentences.
a) Death grasped its arms around me.
(1)
b) A camel is a ship in a desert.
(1)
c) It takes forever to cook this meat.
(1)
d) Beijing announced its new policies on trade.
(1)
e) He sprints like a cheetah.
(1)
14. State whether the following pairs of antonyms are non-grad able (binary), gradable or
relational (converse).
i. tie - untie
(1)
ii. expensive - cheap
(1)
iii. parent - offspring
(1)
iv. false -true
(1)
V. asleep - awake
(1)
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Question 3
15. Define the following concepts.
a) Collocation
(3)
b) Truth condition
(3)
c) Semantic field
(3)
d) Presupposition
(3)
e) Taboos
(3)
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16. Copy and complete the following componential analysis grid below in your answer
book. Make use of the binary opposites{+/-). Insert{+) in the corresponding box if the
semantic feature is present, or{-) if the semantic feature is absent.
Bachelor
Spinster
Adult
Non-adult
Male
Female
Divorced
10-;-2
(5)
17. Explain the meaning relation {semantic relationships) that exists between each of the
following concepts.
a) Paraphrase versus synonymy
(4)
b) Contradiction versus antonymy
(4)
c) Ambiguity versus polysemy
(4)
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Question 4
18. Explain the importance of semantics in translation.
(8)
19. Depict the interface that exists between semantics and each of the following levels of
linguistic analyses: phonology, morphology, and syntax.
{15)
20. The seven types of meaning by Leech {1990) have been often reduced to three
major ones, namely, conceptual meaning, thematic meaning, associated meaning, as
in Ola-Busari (2016). Differentiate them.
{15)
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TOTAL
100
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