Problem Set 1
Due: Friday, Sept 16 2005
From Saeed:
- On reference:
- Chapter 2, ex. 2.1.
Justify your answer for each case.
- Ch. 2, ex 2.3. Do the
exercise without looking at any encyclopedic source, including web
resources.
- On mental representations:
- Ch. 2, ex. 2.4. Choose 1
set from the 2 proposed in the book.
- Ch. 2, ex. 2.5. Choose 3
concepts from the 5 proposed in the book
From De Swart:
- On entailment
and
presupposition:
- Ch. 2, ex. 7,
pairs ii-v (skip pair 7.i)
- On object
language and metalanguage:
- Ch. 2, ex. 8,
sentences ii-v
(skip pair 8.i)
From Saeed:
- On word meaning:
- Ch. 3, ex. 3.1. Do it only for ear
and stay.
- Ch. 3, ex. 3.2. Choose 3
pairs from the provided list.
- Ch. 3, ex. 3.3.
- Ch. 3, ex. 3.4.
- Ch. 3, ex. 3.5. Provide
one example of a hyponymy structure, with at least 4 different levels.
- Ch. 3, ex. 3.7. Provide an
example of each: a transitive meronymy relation and a non-transitive
one.
- Ch. 3, ex. 3.9.