Module 1 - Words and Objects

Question 1

Words are (…), (…), and (…) signs

Answer 1

artificial, arbitrary, material

Question 2

(…) are linguistic entities; (…) are ontological entities

Answer 2

words; objects

Question 3

(…) or (…) sets in the level of words

Answer 3

meaning; meaningless

Question 4

Do not confuse (or conflate) (…) with their (…)

Answer 4

words; meaning

Question 5

A (…), specifically a name, can mean an object

Answer 5

word

Question 6

An (…) can be a meaning

Answer 6

object

Question 7

Words as either visual (graphical) or sonic (sounds) can be studied in Physics

Answer 7

FALSE

Question 8

Words are as material and physical as stones, sticks, tables, and chairs are

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

It is not human beings but God who created human language and the words found therein

Answer 9

FALSE

Question 10

Objects existed before words came to exist

Answer 10

TRUE

Question 11

You are a word

Answer 11

FALSE

Question 12

You are an object

Answer 12

FALSE

Question 13

The assignment of a meaning to a word is a matter of human arbitration

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

Any word is a human artifact

Answer 14

TRUE

Question 15

Any object is a human artifact

Answer 15

FALSE

Question 16

Communication requires obedience to the established conventions in using words

Answer 16

TRUE

Question 17

Words have fixed and immutable meanings independent of human beings

Answer 17

FALSE

Question 18

Words existed before the totality of all things (the universe) came to exist

Answer 18

FALSE