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ASL Linguistics Quiz #21
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201. The study of the meaning of words and sentences:
a. conotation
b. metaphysics
c. pragmatics
d. semantics

202. Meaning that has to do with an idea, thing, or state of affairs
a. Affective meaning
b. Social meaning
c. Referential meaning
d. Semantic meaning

203. Information about the social identity of the language user
a. Affective meaning
b. Social meaning
c. Societal meaning
d. Relationship meaning

204. Feelings, attitudes or opinions about a piece of information [151]
a. Affective meaning
b. Social meaning
c. Referential meaning
d. Semantic meaning

205. Which of the following types of meaning of a sign is called its denotation?
a. Affective meaning
b. Social meaning
c. Referential meaning
d. Semantic meaning

206 Which of the following types of meaning of a sign is called its connotation?
a. Affective meaning
b. Social meaning
c. Referential meaning
d. Both social and affective meaning

207. The collection of words or signs belonging to a language is its
a. lexicon
b. emoticon
c. corpus
d. frameset

208. The fact that BLUE, RED, YELLOW, GREEN and so forth can be listed below the general concept of COLOR is an example of what kind of relationship?
a. Antonymy
b. Part/Whole Relationship
c. Synonymy
d. Hyponymy

209. The relationship shared between the signs HAND and ARM is
a. Antonymy
b. Part/Whole Relationship
c. Synonymy
d. Hyponymy

210. When two signs mean the same thing, the relationship they have is
a. Antonymy
b. Part/Whole Relationship
c. Synonymy
d. Hyponymy

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