Sentences

Question 1

what is a sentence

Answer 1

morphemes arranged in a particular structure according to the rules of a language

Question 2

give an example of a sentence

Answer 2

Andy ate a cake

Question 3

what us an utterance

Answer 3

an occurrence of the saying of some part of the language

they happen at a particular time in a particular place with a particular speaker

Question 4

give an example of an utterance

Answer 4

“Andy ate a sandwich” as said yesterday at 2:30 by Dom

Question 5

give the properties of sentences

Answer 5

abstract objects

• contain words/phrases
• have a grammatical form
• can be active/passive, dec/int/imp

Question 6

give properties of utterances

Answer 6

linguistics events

• involve particular time/place/speaker
• physical events (can be loud/soft)
• can be involuntary/intentional
• start/end points = unclear

Question 7

give properties of propositions

Answer 7

refer to the CORE sentence MEANING, which remains the same

• abstract obects
• same prop can be expressed by different sentences
• are true or untrue

Question 8

give a proposition in 2 ways

Answer 8

I’m cold = j’ai froid

I will look up the answer = I will look the answer up

Question 9

relationships between propositions and sentence types

Answer 9

same prop:
dec - you are answering the question
imp - answer the question