Module 2 - Words, Names, Terms, and Concepts

Question 1

A (…) or group of (…) used to express a (…) is called a (…)

Answer 1

word; words; concept; term

Question 2

Only a linguistic expression which can serve as a (…) is a (…)

Answer 2

predicate; term

Question 3

Do not confuse an (…) with a (…)

Answer 3

object; concept

Question 4

A (…) name is not a term; however a (…) name is a term

Answer 4

singular; general

Question 5

Next to general names as terms are (…) and (…)

Answer 5

adjectives; verbs

Question 6

A descriptive phrase is either an (…) description or a (…) description

Answer 6

indefinite; definite

Question 7

A (…) description is any linguistic expression of the grammatical form ‘the so-and-so’

Answer 7

definite

Question 8

Never consider a (…) as a singular (…)

Answer 8

definite description; name

Question 9

The word ‘(…)’ is purely referring and never (…)

Answer 9

thing; descriptive

Question 10

The words ‘some’ and ‘all’ are (…)

Answer 10

quantifier

Question 11

The word ‘(…)’, short for ‘There is at least one’, is an (…) quantifier

Answer 11

some; existential

Question 12

The word ‘(…)’, short for ‘Give any’, is a (…) quantifier

Answer 12

all; universal

Question 13

The linguistic expressions ‘and,’ ‘or,’ ‘if…then…,’ ‘only if,’ ‘if and only if,’ and ‘not’ are logical (…)

Answer 13

operators

Question 14

(…) are neither (…) nor (…)

Answer 14

Concepts; True; False

Question 15

It is (…) and (…) which bear Truth-values

Answer 15

propositions; statements

Question 16

A term is a linguistic expression whose essential linguistic task is to express a concept

Answer 16

TRUE

Question 17

A concept is technically expressed by a propositional function

Answer 17

TRUE

Question 18

A propositional function manifests in ordinary language as predicative expression or predicate

Answer 18

TRUE

Question 19

Any word is a term

Answer 19

FALSE

Question 20

Any singular (proper) name is a term

Answer 20

FALSE

Question 21

An object is a concept

Answer 21

FALSE

Question 22

General names, adjectives (including adjective phrases), and verbs are the most frequently encountered terms

Answer 22

TRUE

Question 23

Singular names are terms

Answer 23

FALSE

Question 24

Definite description are terms

Answer 24

TRUE

Question 25

Singular names are definite descriptions

Answer 25

FALSE

Question 26

Terms like ‘thing,’ ‘object,’ ‘being,’ and ‘existent’ are purely referring

Answer 26

TRUE

Question 27

Quantifiers are not terms

Answer 27

TRUE

Question 28

Logical operators are terms

Answer 28

FALSE

Question 29

Objects do not have Truth-values

Answer 29

FALSE

Question 30

Concepts do not have Truth-values

Answer 30

TRUE

Question 31

Only statements and propositions bear Truth-values

Answer 31

TRUE