Module 7 Flashcards
semantics
the subfield linguistics that studies meanings in language
lexical semantics
meaning of words and other lexical expressions
compositional semantics
phrasal meaning and how they are assembled
sense
an expression of some kind of mental representation
referents
entities in the world to what some expressions or referred too or called
hyponymy
one kind of word meaning relation
synonymy
another semantic relation
sister terms
the reference is inituively on the same level hierarchy
antonymy
third kind of semantic relation
gradable pairs
similar to contemplary pairs
reverses
third kind of antonymy seen in pairs of words
converses
two apposing points of view oth views have must have reference
proposition
claim expressed by a sentence
truth value
the ability to be true or false
truth conditions
the conditions that would have to hold in the world in order for some preposition to be true
mutual entailment
two proportions which entail one another
incompatible
impossible for both proportions to be true
principle of compisionality
the meaning of a sentence is a function of the words it contains and how these words are syntactically combined
compositional
predictable from the meaning of words
pure intersection
simplest for of adjectival combination
intersective adjectives
produce pure intersections
relative intersection
the reference of adjective has to be determined relative to reference the noun
subsective adjectives
adjective selects subset of word
non intersections
adjective do not reference the objects denoted by the nouns
