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This document contains a linguistics homework assignment with multiple parts: 1) It asks the learner to identify examples of polysemy and homophony based on word lists. 2) It asks the learner to identify examples of semantic relations (paraphrase, entailment, contradiction) between sentences. 3) It asks the learner to describe the sense and reference of various phrases. 4) It asks the learner to identify thematic roles in sentences. 5) It asks the learner to write out deep structure representations of sentences and identify thematic roles. 6) It instructs the learner to complete an exercise in their textbook. 7) It instructs the learner to complete selected parts of another

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This document contains a linguistics homework assignment with multiple parts: 1) It asks the learner to identify examples of polysemy and homophony based on word lists. 2) It asks the learner to identify examples of semantic relations (paraphrase, entailment, contradiction) between sentences. 3) It asks the learner to describe the sense and reference of various phrases. 4) It asks the learner to identify thematic roles in sentences. 5) It asks the learner to write out deep structure representations of sentences and identify thematic roles. 6) It instructs the learner to complete an exercise in their textbook. 7) It instructs the learner to complete selected parts of another

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LING 213; Homework #5

1. We have discussed semantic distinctions between polysemy and homonymy in class.


Which of these two relations is exemplified by the forms below?
a) Leech: a bloodsucking worm; a hangar-on who seeks advantage (polysemy)
b) Range: a cooking stove; a series of mountains (homophony)
c) Key: an instrument used to apply to a lock; an answer sheet for a test or assignment
(polysemy)
d) Race: the act of running competitively; people belonging to the same genetic
grouping
(homophony)
2. Three semantic relations among sentences were also discussed in class: paraphrase,
entailment, and contradiction. Which of these relations is exemplified in each of the
following pairs of sentences?
a) I saw Timothy at the anniversary party.
It was Timothy that I saw at the anniversary party.
(paraphrase)
b) Jules is Marys husband.
Mary is married.
(entailment)
c) My pet cobra likes the taste of chocolate fudge.
My pet cobra finds chocolate fudge tasty.
(paraphrase)
d) Vera is an only child.
Olga is Veras sister.
(contradiction)
e) It is fifty miles to the nearest service station.
The nearest service station is fifty miles away.
(paraphrase)
f) My cousin Bryan teaches at the community college for a living.
My cousin Bryan is a teacher.
(entailment)
3. In discussing the nature of meaning, we noted that it is necessary to distinguish between
sense and reference. Describe the senses and the references of each of these phrases.
The first one has been done for you as an example.
a) The president of the United States
Intension (sense) = U.S. head of state
Extension (reference) = Barack Obama
b) The queen of England
Intension (sense) = British monarch (or the wife of the British monarch)
Extension (reference) = Elizabeth II
c) The capital of Virginia
Intension (sense) = city containing the federal parliament
Extension (reference) = Richmond
d) Women who have walked on the moon
Intension (sense) = set of females who have walked on the lunar surface
Extension (reference) = none
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e) My linguistic professor
Intension (sense) = the person charged with teaching the linguistics course in which I
am enrolled
Extension (reference) = Jaeshil Kim
4. Each NP in the following sentences has a thematic role that represents the part that its
referent plays in the situation described by the sentence. Using the terms described in
class, label the thematic role of each NP in these sentences and identify the assigner for
each thematic role.
Example: Bill

a) Sarah

wrote
<ag, th>

a novel

in
the park.
<loc>

drove that bus from Indianapolis to Terre Haute.


<ag, th>
<source>
<goal>

b) The children are eating


<ag, th>
c) Sally

d) Ginger

their ice cream

with
spoons.
<instr.>

mailed
her nephew a parcel.
<ag, go, th>

scribbled
<ag, th>

her address

on the paper with a pen.


<loc>
<instr.>

5. Each of the following sentences has undergone one or more transformations. Write out
the deep structure for each of these sentences and mark thematic roles and thematic role
assigners.
Example:

What should Larry give to the bride?


(DS) Larry should give
what
<ag, th>

to
the bride.
<goal>

a) Which shoes did you buy at the store?


(DS)
You Past buy
which shoes at
the store.
<ag, th>
<loc>

b) Which house will the group leave from?


(DS) The group
will leave
from which house
<ag> <source>
c) Who ate the cake in the kitchen?
(DS) Who past eat
the cake in the kitchen.
<ag, th>
<loc>
6. Do exercise #18 on page 184 in your textbook.
a. This example is similar to the example Can you pass the salt? in the textbook. In
this case, asking someone what cookie crumbs are doing, if answered literally, would
force the respondent into stating the obvious, which is exactly what the child is in this
dialogue does, in violation of the maxim of quantity, though humorous.
(The maxims of quality & manner are also violated in certain degree.)
b. In this example, the maxim of relevance is key. When the woman says If cats ruled
the world, everyone would sleep on a pile of fresh laundry, she is presupposing that
cats do not rule the world. This, however, surprises the cat, who then questions her
presupposition. The presupposition was probably not surprising to the reader/listener,
so the cat pointing it out is humorous. (The maxim of manner is also violated.)
7. Do exercise #21 (just b, e, g, i, and j) on page 186 in your textbook.
b. Valerie did not receive a new T-bird for Labor day.
e. The World Trade Center was attacked on September 11, 2011.
f. Disa has had some popcorn already.
i. Somebody discovered Pluto in 1930.
j. Mary found a cockroach in her bed.
Hurray! This is your LAST homework!

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