1. Semantics Practice – Exercise 1
Synonymy or antonymy?
a) flourish – thrive
b) intelligent – stupid
c) casual – informal
d) young – old
e) uncle – aunt
f) intelligent – smart
g) flog – whip
h) drunk – sober
synonymy
antonymy
synonymy
antonymy
antonymy
synonymy
synonymy
antonymy

2. Semantics Practice – Exercise 2
Homophony or polysemy?
a) grass: marijuana; herbage animals eat
b) leech: bloodsucking worm; a hanger-on who seeks advantage
c) range: mountains; stove
d) key: instrument that unlocks a lock; answer sheet
e) steal/steel: rob; metal
f) race: running competitively; people belonging to the same genetic group
g) flower/flour: plant, finely ground wheat
polysemy
polysemy
homophony*
polysemy
homophony
homophony
homophony
*Creative argument could be made for polysemy in that they both have rows of something

3. Semantics Practice – Exercise 3
Paraphrase, contradiction or entailment?
a) Timothy at the party
b) Mary’s marital status
c) Fudge eating cobra
d) Vera
e) 50 miles to the gas station
f) My cousin Bryan
paraphrase
entailment
paraphrase
contradiction
paraphrase
entailment

4. Semantics Practice - Exercise 12
Label the thematic role of each NP and identify the assigner of each thematic role. a)
The
man
chased
the
intruder a)
The man
chased
the intruder
<ag, th>
b) The cat jumped from the chair onto the table.
b) The cat jumped from the chair onto the table.
<ag> <source> <goal>
c) Aaron wrote a letter to Martin.
c) Aaron wrote a letter to Martin.
<ag, th> <goal>

5. Semantics Practice - Exercise 12
Label the thematic role of each NP and identify the assigner of each thematic role.
d) The president entertained the guests in the Blue Room.
d) The governor entertained the guests in the lounge.
<ag, th> <loc>
e) Nancy mailed the manuscript from Atlanta.
e) Helen mailed the manuscript from Boise.
<ag, th> <source>

7. Pragmatics – Exercise 18
What is the implicature in the following exchanges?
a. Have you washed the floor and done the dishes?
b. I’ve washed the floor.
a. Did you get a hold of Carl?
b. I tried to call him yesterday.
a. What did you think of the movie?
b. Well, the supporting actor was great.
a. Do you have any pets?
b. I have a goat.
I have not done the dishes
I have not contacted Carl.
I haven’t tried to call him today.
I didn’t really like the movie.
The main actor sucked.
This is the only pet I have.