lexical relations

Question 1

Question: What are lexical relations?

Answer 1

Answer: Lexical relations refer to the ways in which words in a language are related to each other in terms of their meaning.

Question 2

Question: What is synonymy?

Answer 2

Answer: Synonymy refers to words that have the same or similar meanings.
Example: “happy” and “joyful” are synonyms.
large and big

Question 3

Question: What is antonymy?

Answer 3

Answer: Antonymy refers to words that have opposite meanings.
Example: “hot” and “cold” are antonyms.

Question 4

Question: What is hyponymy?

Answer 4

Answer: when the meaning of one form is included in the meaning of another.
Examples:
animal/dog, dog/poodle, vegetable/carrot, flower/rose.
Example: “apple” is a hyponym of “fruit”.

Question 5

Question: What is hypernymy?

Answer 5

Answer: Hypernymy refers to words that are more general than another word.
Example: “vehicle” is a hypernym of “car”.

Question 6

Question: What is meronymy?

Answer 6

Answer: Meronymy refers to words that are part of another word.
Example: “wheel” is a meronym of “car”.

Question 7

Question: Why are lexical relations important?

Answer 7

Answer: Lexical relations help to organize the vocabulary of a language and provide a way for speakers to express different shades of meaning. Lexical relations can also be used to disambiguate the meaning of words in different contexts, and to aid in language learning and teaching.

Question 8

Question: What is homophony?

Answer 8

Answer: Homophony refers to words that sound the same but have different meanings.
Example: “knight” and “night”.

Question 9

Question: What is polysemy?

Answer 9

Two words or more with the same form and related meanings.
 Polysemy can be defined as one form (written or spoken) having
multiple meanings that are all related by extension.
Examples:
 Head=theobjectontopofyourbody
 Head = the person at the top of a company or department.

Question 10

Question: What is collocation?

Answer 10

Answer: Collocation refers to words that frequently occur together.
Example: “strong coffee” or “catch a cold”.

Question 11

What is Prototypes?

Answer 11

“The characteristic instance” of a category is known as the prototype.
 Explain the meaning of certain words in terms of resemblance to the clearest example.
 Bird
 Pigeon & sparrow are closer to the prototype
than
ostrich & penguin.
 Clothing— shirts are closer than shoes.
 Furniture — chair is closer than stool

Question 12

Homonyms?

Answer 12

We use the term homonyms when one form (written or spoken) has two or more unrelated meanings.
Examples:
bank (of a river)
mole (on skin)
pupil (at school)
race (contest of speed)
bank (financial institution) mole (small animal)
pupil (in the eye)
race (ethnic group)