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Semanticsttomework 11/27/2023

Chapter 9 Study Questions -


Kai lee Jordy
#

② a) The television drank my water .

C- animate] meaning
'
" '

The tv is as inanimate object so it isn't fitting with the Verb to drink


,

b) His dog writes poetry .

dog is G- animate] but because it is C- human] it doesn't fit with the verb
"
to write
"

⑤ The negative test can be used to identify gradable t non


-

gradable antonyms The .

negative of one member of a non -

gradable antonym does imply the other member whereas the


,

of does not necessarily imply


negative one member of a
gradable antonym the other member .

⑦ With her new golf club , Anne Marshall whacked the ball from the woods to the
grassy area
- - - - -

near the hole and she suddenly felt invincible .

-
u
1)
' '

her new golf club


"
→ instrument
" "

2) Anne Marshall →
agent
" "

3) the ball → theme


4)
" "
the woods → source

5) "
the
grassy area →
"

goal
6)
"
location
"

the hole -
i

7) "
she
"


experience r
⑨ ant, cabbage ,
insect plant turnip.ve#e
, ,
.

' ' '


'

cabbage and turnip with superordinate


'

are co -

hyponyms '
vegetable being the term .

④ a) assemble /disassemble → revers ive antonyms


b) damp / moist → synonym
c) deep /shallow → gradable antonyms
d) dog lshnavzer → hyponym
e) furniture / table → hyponym
f) married (single → complimentary antonyms
g) move Irun hyponyms →

h) 1 → homophones
peace piece
i)
pen /pen homonyms →

④ a) absent (present → non -

gradable
b) appear (disappear → reversive

c) fail Ipass → non gradable


-

d) fair 1 unfair → gradable


e) fill it /
empty it → revers ive

f) high / low →
gradable
Task D l J
④ bronchitis disease influenza pneumonia tuberculosis
, , , ,
:

'

disease
'
Tsasuperordinate term meaning it is a
higher level .
'

Bronchitis
'

,
'

influenza
'

,
'

pneumonia
'

'

and
'

tuberculosis are all co -

hyponyms meaning they ,


are on a lower level and all share the

same superordinate term .


Chapter9-Ta
⑨ Converses : doctor patient buy hell , ,
above / below

⑤ "
?
"

nabtaza → kick open feet


w
" > '

nablecha
'

w
→ crush something by stepping on it

pwabtaska
" ''

press out flat
arms?
Pwa Cheka →
pahoiho
"
"
push
loosen
aside
"

> ''

w

by pushing 2

Wwabloiza knife
" ' '
'
→ cut open
> "

wwaghdpa
"
→ cut the skin off something
" "
bite off
yaghcipa →
mouth?
W
'

''
tell lie
" y
yagna
w
ya a
'
" '

fish line
Yu a'ka pull something like
→ a on a
up

)
,
w

hands?
" ''

yyghcipa →
strip or
pull off
' '
"
the outer husk from
yughoi
w
→ remove corn

CD -

I f
Aft
ha -
feet

ya
y v -
hands
-

( ii) yun a' Chi " "

raise lift
or
something up
"

pad na
"

push something onto something else

yaxiignaga
" "
to speak evil of
" "

yuk Choi loosen by pulling


" "

yabtaza tear something open w/ the teeth


"

haghcipa
"
kick the skin off something
" "
'

wa ble cha break with a knife


"
spread out dough
"

pabloiya like
,
⑤ Although '
fill
'

and pour
' '
are both verbs
,
their referential meanings are distinctly different .
'
to fill
"

must be followed by an object that has the capacity to contain


something ,
and '
to pour
'

must be followed by a liquid or a container that is


holding liquid .

'
fill
'

water into a
glass
[ container]
"
because water
"

is -
it does not make sense .

"
"

pour a
glass with water

[ container] f- liquid]
ll ' '
"

although a
glass with water is +
and the use of with
,

insinuates you are using the water to pour and


'

water
'
is [ container] ,
so the

statement does not make sense .

( i) 1) a . we loaded furniture into the grammatical


van .

✓ Np pp
b .
We loaded the van with furniture ungrammatical
c-
.

This makes it seem like the van is the theme or the object

being affected and that the furniture is the


aiding instrument .

2) a They .
sprayed paint onto the wall .
grammatical
b.
They sprayed the wall with paint .
grammatical
3) a . I poured coffee into the cop .
grammatical
b . I poured the up with coffee . ungrammatical .

In this sentence the coffee is the instrument and the Cup is the theme This .

sentence makes me
angry You cannot pour
.
a
Cup using coffee as the instrument , coffee

does not to hold I read


have the
capacity things .
never want to another stupid
sentence like this
again .

4) a She filled tissues into her pocket ungrammatical

(
.
.

b She fitted her with tissues grammatical


.
pocket .
.

As previously mentioned fill ' '


followed
,
must be
by an object that has the

capacity to contain something .

( ii ) pack , splash ,
Cram

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