Introduction To Linguistics
Introduction To Linguistics
Introduction To Linguistics
Meeting 1
Semantics
Name : Shabrina Ikbar
Student ID : 2019111008P
Class : 3A
A. Based on their contexts in the sentences, write the meanings of the underlined
words which are grammatically acceptable. Number 1 is done for you as the
example
Meanings of the
No Sentences
Underlined Words
The mean of 7, 9 and 14 is found by adding them
01 average
together and dividing by 3.
02 You mean everything to me. to be of importance
03 His smile means that he likes you. to be a sign of
04 I felt mean for not letting her go. unkind
05 The mean yearly rainfall is 10 centimeters. average
06 I never mean to hurt you. intend to
to be determined
07 She always means what she says; she is not joking!
about
08 The sign means that cars are not permitted to enter. to be a sign of
I’ll always love you and I mean it from the bottom of my
09
heart.
10 That’s a mean dog; just be careful! bad-tempered
11 Would you do me a favor?
12 This little bed will do for our youngest daughter. enough
13 Just do as you’re told!
I believe, to meet her father you need to do your hair
14
first.
15 They do fish very well in that restaurant. Cook
16 He used to have 3 cigarettes each morning.
17 We had Iwan find us a house.
18 His wife has just had a baby. Give birth to
19 Let’s have a talk about our agreement.
20 We cannot have bad behavior in this university.
B. Read the following conversation between two people, A and B, at a bus stop
one morning. Then answer the questions.
01)A: “Nice day.”
02)B: “Yes, a bit warmer than yesterday, isn’t it?”
03)A: “That’s right—one day fine, the next cooler.”
04)B: “I expect it might get cooler again tomorrow.”
05)A: “May be – you never know what to expect, do you?”
06)B: “No, Have you been away on holiday?”
07)A: “Yes, we went to Spain.”
08)B: “Did you? We’re going to France next month.”
09)A: “Oh. Are You? That’ll be nice for the family. Do you speak French?”
10)B: “Sheila is quite good at it, and we’re hoping Martin will improve.”
11)A: “I expect he will. I do hope you have a good time.”
12)B: “Thank you. By the way, has the 42 bus gone by yet? It seems to be late.”
13)A: “No. I’ve been here since eight o’clock and I haven’t seen it.”
14)B: “Good. I don’t want to be late for work. What time is it now?”
15)A: “Twenty-five past eight.”
Questions:
(1) Does speaker A tell speaker B anything B doesn’t know in lines 1, 3 and 5?
No.
(2) Does A’s statement in line 7 give B any new information?
Yes.
(3) When B says “Did you?” in line 8, is he really asking A to tell him whether A
went to Spain?
No.
(4) Is there any indication that A needs to know the information that B gives him
about traveling to France?
No.
(5) Does A’s statement “That’ll be nice for the family” in line 9 give B any
information?
No.
(6) Do A’s statements in lines 13 and 15 give B any information?
Yes.
(7) At what point does this conversation switch from an exchange of uninformative
statements to an exchange of informative statement?
From line 7.
(8) At what point does the information exchanged begin to be of sort that one of the
speakers actually needs for some purpose in going about his everyday business?
From line 12.
C. Write 4 (four) questions beginning with the word “WHY” about the given
words below, then answer them briefly and clearly.
(1) Denotation
(2) Connotation
(3) Speaker Meaning
(4) Grammatical Meaning