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Module 7 Flashcards

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semantics

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the subfield linguistics that studies meanings in language

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lexical semantics

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meaning of words and other lexical expressions

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compositional semantics

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phrasal meaning and how they are assembled

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sense

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an expression of some kind of mental representation

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referents

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entities in the world to what some expressions or referred too or called

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hyponymy

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one kind of word meaning relation

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synonymy

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another semantic relation

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sister terms

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the reference is inituively on the same level hierarchy

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antonymy

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third kind of semantic relation

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gradable pairs

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similar to contemplary pairs

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reverses

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third kind of antonymy seen in pairs of words

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converses

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two apposing points of view oth views have must have reference

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proposition

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claim expressed by a sentence

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truth value

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the ability to be true or false

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truth conditions

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the conditions that would have to hold in the world in order for some preposition to be true

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mutual entailment

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two proportions which entail one another

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incompatible

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impossible for both proportions to be true

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principle of compisionality

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the meaning of a sentence is a function of the words it contains and how these words are syntactically combined

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compositional

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predictable from the meaning of words

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pure intersection

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simplest for of adjectival combination

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intersective adjectives

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produce pure intersections

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relative intersection

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the reference of adjective has to be determined relative to reference the noun

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subsective adjectives

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adjective selects subset of word

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non intersections

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adjective do not reference the objects denoted by the nouns

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anti intersection adjectives

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adjectives like the word “fake”

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healthy cow

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phrases containing to intersective adjectives

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Gradable antonyms

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wet/dry
easy/hard
old/young
love/hate

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contemplary antonyms

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married/unmarried
existent/nonexistent
alive/dead
win/lose

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Reverses

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right/left
inside/outside
put together/take apart
expand/contract

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converses

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lend/borrow
send/receive
employer/employee
over/under

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