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Section 3 · 24 answers

Semantics and pragmatics

1. Multiple words with a single meaning28 January 2014✓ Accepted
2. What does 'sense' mean in layman's terms?4 May 2014
3. What's the opposite of a pejorative suffix?20 July 2014✓ Accepted
4. How to determine whether a given sentence is demanding an answer or is providing some information?9 September 2014
5. What is the scope of negation?4 September 2014
6. Structural ambiguity and 'because'20 August 2014
7. Abbot & Costello "Who's on First" with a pragmatic (or other linguistic) perspective?26 November 2014
8. Is there a term for sentence ending phrases like "if that is the right word"7 December 2014
9. What are common non-lexical indicators of sarcasm expressed orally in English13 December 2014✓ Accepted
10. What is the difference between a filler word and a discourse marker?16 December 2014
11. Is there a theory of universal meaning?17 March 2015
12. Are there instances in which an entire sentence constitutes a focus--new information?18 May 2015✓ Accepted
13. The differences between signifier/signified and reference/sense28 May 2015✓ Accepted
14. A question about pragmatics4 June 2015
15. Why does "before" mean both "in front of" and "prior to"?19 July 2015
16. How did "as" (in English) branch into many meanings that look unlinked?25 July 2015
17. Meaning of surface expressions8 October 2015✓ Accepted
18. How far is Natural semantic metalanguage really natural?14 October 2015
19. What is the study of language usage types [a question, an answer, a criticism, a complaint an elaboration, etc]15 October 2015✓ Accepted
20. Slip of the meaning of expressions28 October 2015
21. Do general truths entail existence?1 November 2015
22. How are affirmation, causality, similarity, time, etc... connected?13 November 2015
23. Are there laws of semantic change?14 November 2015
24. Are linguistic units organized in conceptual categories?20 January 2016