S9 Semantics I

Question 1

semantics

Answer 1

linguistic meaning

Question 2

lexical semantic

Answer 2

meaning of words

Question 3

sentential semantic

Answer 3

meaning of phrases and sentences

Question 4

lexeme

Answer 4

minimal unit in the meaning system of language, which has a semantic interpretation and embodies a distinct concept

Question 5

denotation

Answer 5

basic relationship between a word and the extra-linguistic, outside world

Question 6

connotation

Answer 6

covers additional meanings that arise due to the specific associations a word has

Question 7

prototype semantics

Answer 7

rejects the classical view of categorisation and suggests a more flexible, psychologically rooted approach // thus, a prototype is the central member or representative of a category, and other members are classified based on their proximity to or distance from that prototypical member

Question 8

lexical fields

Answer 8

paradigmatic structures, their elements share at least one semantic component

Question 9

synonymy

Answer 9

words with the same meaning

there are usually no total synonyms but more often near synonyms

Question 10

feature semantics

Answer 10

the meaning of lexemes is characterised by combinations of their semantic components