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The ………is the view that the sole purpose of making assertions is to describe some state of affairs.
descriptive fallacy
If a predicate describes a relationship between two things (or people) and some other predicate describes the same relationship when the two things (or people) are mentioned in the opposite order, then the two predicates are…..of each other.
converses
A……….utterance is one that actually describes the act that it performs, i.e. it performs some act and simultaneously describes the act.
performative
A …… is any word (or sequence of words) which (in a given single sense) can function as the predicator of a sentence.
predicate
Given a two-place predicate P, if for any trio of referring expression X, Y, and Z, the compound sentence XPY and YPZ is a contradiction of XPZ, the P is …………..
intransitive
Two predicates are ….….. antonyms if they are at opposite ends of a continuous scale of values (a scale which typically varies according to the context of use).
gradable
A …… expression is any expression used in an utterance to refer to something or someone. i.e. used with particular referent in mind.
referring
An ..…is a part of a sentence which could be made into a complete sentence by the addition of a referring expression, but where the addition of different referring expressions, even though they refer to the same thing or person, in a given situation, will yield sentences with DIFFERENT meanings when uttered in a given situation.
opaque context
An … ….. is one which is used to assert the identity of the referents of two referring expressions, i.e. to assert that two referring expressions have the same referent.
equative sentence
The ……of a simple declarative sentence is the word (sometimes a group of words) which does not belong to any of the referring expressions and which, of the remainder, make the most specific contribution to the meaning of the sentence. Intuitively speaking, the predicator describes the state or process in which the referring expressions are involved.
predicator
The ….…of a predicate is a number indicating the number of arguments, it is normally understood to have in simple sentences.
degree
A ….….is a sentence in which some statement is made about a whole unrestricted class of individuals, as opposed to any particular individual.
generic sentence
The …..of a referring expression is the thing picked out by the use of that expression on a particular occasion of utterance.
referent
Hyponymy and synonymy are sense relations between ……
predicates
Given a two-place predicate P, if for any trio of referring expressions X, Y and Z, the compound sentence XPY and YPZ entails the sentence XPZ then P is……
transitive
Cheap and expensive are….…antonyms.
gradable
If a word has several very closely related senses, it is a case of ……
polysemy
Any relation expressed by a predicate that is ……… is called an equivalent relation.
asymmetric, reflexive and transitive
The ….. of a sentence is the person deliberately carrying out the action described.
agent
A…. is any word (or sequence of words) which (in a given single sense) can function as the predicator of a sentence
predicate
Any expression that can be used to refer to any entity in the real world or in any imaginary world will be called…
universe of discourse
The… of a referring expression is the thing picked out by the use of that expression on a particular occasion of utterance
referent
Given a two-place predicate P, if the sentence XPY is the is the contradictory of the sentence YPX, then P is an … predicate.
asymmetric
If a word has several very closely related senses, it is a case of …
polysemy
