Exam 2: Language: Meaning and Definition

The following dispute: Cindy: I have it on good authority that you lifted your term paper from the Internet. I'm afraid you're guilty of plagiarism. Dave: That's not plagiarism. It's true that the original paper came from the Internet, but I changed many of the words before I handed it in. Is best described as:

Which of the following statements is ambiguous?

Which of the following words is a term?

Which of the following are both extensional definitions?

As a lexical definition, the definition "'Wife' means a married person" may be criticized as:

As a lexical definition, the definition "'Personal' means not being impersonal" may be criticized as:

Which of the following words is a term?

The following dispute: Meg: I'm certain that the capital of North Dakota is Bismarck. Gary: You obviously know nothing about state capitals. Bismarck is the capital of South Dakota. Is best described as:

Which of the following words is a term?

Words such as "excessive," "fresh," and "normal" tend to be:

The definition "'Autocrat' means a monarch ruling with unlimited authority" is an example of a:

Which of the following groups of terms is in the order of increasing extension?

The definition "'Bird' means a robin, sparrow, finch, swallow, crow, and so on" is an example of:

The definition "'Bright' means having an intensity of at least 5000 candle power" is an example of a:

The definition "'Colossal' means huge" is an example of:

The definition "'Grain' means (1) a small hard seed, (2) a unit of weight, (3) the arrangement or direction of the fibers in wood" is an example of:

As a lexical definition, the definition "'Honey' means a naturally produced mixture of proline, fructose, and gluconic acid" may be criticized as:

In the definition "'Geode' means a hollow spheroidal rock with crystals lining the inside wall" the definiendum is:

Which of the following groups of terms are in the order of increasing extension?

Which of the following is always an extensional definition?