Meaning, Thought, and Reality
Meaning, Thought, and Reality
Departamento de Lingüística
Semántica- Tarea 2 (individual)
I. REFERENTIAL THEORIES
Imagine the sentences below being spoken. Decide, for each of the nominal expressions in bold, whether the speaker would
be using the nominal to refer OR to denote (see slides 3-8). (Write the words refer OR denote accordingly)
2. DESCRIPTION THEORY
Try to devise alternative descriptions for the referents of the nominals in bold below (see slides 3-12). (Rewrite the sentence
using the alternative description instead of the nominals)
d. The president would have signed any travel ban approved by the Supreme Court
Iván Duque habría firmado cualquier prohibición de viaje firmada por la Corte Suprema
g. The Colombian oldest guerrilla and the government signed a peace agreement
4. We discussed the prototype theory of concepts. Assume that each of the following is a label for a concept and suggest a
list of characteristic attributes for one of the concepts’ prototype (i.e. choose only one of the concepts and follow the
examples on slides 31-32). Write or draw some actual examples of members of the category and assess them for typicality.
Write the members’ names OR draw pictures and label them (follow the model on slides 24-25).
a. FRUIT
b. MAMMAL
d. TOY
e. SPORT
KIWII
COCO
BANANO
CIRUELA
PERA
Durazno
MORA
MANZANA
AGUACATEW
FEIJOA