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SOS721S - STUDY OF SEMANTICS - 2ND OPP - JAN 2025 |
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nAm I BI A u n IVE RS ITV
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCESAND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BAEN
LEVEL: 7
COURSE CODE: SOS721S
COURSE NAME: STUDY OF SEMANTICS
SESSION:
JANUARY 2025
PAPER:
THEORY
DURATION:
3 HOURS
MARKS:
100
SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER
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 _6_ PAGES (Including this front page)
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Answer ALLQUESTIONS.
SECTIONA
Question 1 Multiple choice
There are four suggested answers to each question. Write your choice next to the answer
number.
1. Choose the correct semantic features for "daughter".
(1)
A. [+human], [+female], [+adult]
B. [+human], [+female], [+child]
C. [+human, [+male], [+child]
D. [+animal], [+female], [-adult]
2. Which of the following is not hyponymy of vegetable?
(1)
A. coconut
B. carrot
C. spinach
D. cabbage
3. A sentence that has more than one meaning is __ .
(1)
A. analytic
B. anomalous
C. ambiguous
D. synthetic
4. Identify the semantic role of the underlined part in the sentence below.
(1)
He supplied the reporters with information.
A. agent
B. goal
C. theme
D. location
5. Figuratively, the sentence "The wind howled angrily around the house all night'' is
-
(1)
A. personification
B. ambiguous
C. anomalous
D. metaphor
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6. Which of the following is a pair of gradable antonyms?
{1)
A. Sink - float
B. True - false
C. Narrow - wide
D. Import - export
7. __ is a sense relation in which a single word has two or more slightly different but
closely related meanings.
(1)
A. homonyms
B. polysemy
C. synonyms
D. hyponyms
8. The relationship between the sentences in the following pair is_.
(1)
i. Anna walked to town yesterday.
ii. Anna went to town yesterday.
A. entailment
B. paraphrase
C. contradiction
D. no relation
9. A[n] ____
is a string of words put together by the grammatical rules of a
language.
(1)
A. sentence
B. utterance
C. anomaly
D. entailment
10. "She cannot bear children" is an example of ___ _
(1)
A. Structural paraphrase
B. lexical paraphrase
C. structural ambiguity
D. lexical ambiguity
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SECTIONB Structured questions
Question 2
11. Fill in each of the blanks with the appropriate word.
a) _____
is a violation of semantic rules to create nonsense.
(1)
b) _____
involves the logical relationship of inclusion.
(1)
c) _____
is a relation in which the referent of a word is totally included in the
referent of another word.
(1)
d) _____
are two words which belong to the same grammatical category but
are opposed in meaning to each other.
(1)
e) _____
is a sentential relation that applies between two sentences where
the truth of one implies the truth of the other because of meanings of the words
involved.
(1)
12. Determine the superordinate term for each of the following sets.
i. Sedan, SUV, hatchback, convertible, pick-up (bakkie)
(1)
ii. Daisy, primrose, rose, carnation, daffodil
(1)
iii. Hammer, screw-driver, drill, pliers
(1)
iv. Stove, fridge, freezer, microwave, oven
(1)
v. Sofa, bed, coffee-table, chair
(1)
13. Identify the type of figure of speech (non-literal meaning) used in each of the
following sentences.
a) The Zambezi River ate the bank away due to flash floods.
(1)
b) Never in a billion years will he admit defeat.
(1)
c) It takes two to tango.
(1)
d) When the State House called, the governor went at once.
(1)
e) The dormitory is like a cave.
(1)
14. State whether the following pairs of antonyms are non-gradable (binary), gradable or
relational (converse).
i. Bright - dark
(1)
ii. Front - back
(1)
iii. Married - single
(1)
iv. false - true
(1)
v. cheap - expensive
(1)
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Question 3
15. Identify the thematic (semantic) role(s) of each of the underlined parts of the following
expressions.
a) Angela was reading stories to the children this morning.
(3)
b) The climber finally reached the summit of the mountain.
(3)
c) l_checked a book out of the library yesterday.
(3)
d) My friend was annoyed by the sudden appearance of her ex-lover at the party. (3)
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.
Stallion
Mare
filly
colt
Adult
Baby
Male
Female
16+2
(8)
17. Determine the sense relation that exists between the two sentences in each of the
following pairs.
a) (i) Ndumba is married Fenny.
(2)
(ii) Fenny is married to Ndumba.
b) (1) Angula is the father of Nangolo.
(2)
(ii) Nangolo is the father of Angula.
c) (i) Tjavari plays netball.
(2)
(ii) Someone/Tjivari plays sport.
d) (i) Gariseb is a bachelor.
(2)
(ii) Gariseb is a man.
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e) (i) Some of the students came to the party.
(2)
(ii) Not all the students came to the party.
f) (i) Ndapewa is a spinster.
(2)
(ii) Ndapewa is married.
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Question 4
18. Re-arrange the following words into the given semantic fields below.
coat, limp, tiptoe, trousers, plod, shorts, shirt, amble,
a) Articles of clothing
(4)
b) Ways of walking
(4)
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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