Semantics Flashcards

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Semantics….

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= the study of meaning

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Diference between Denotative and connotative meaning

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Denotative meaning: central meaning or core meaning of a lexical item

Connotative meaning: additional meaning that a word or phrase has beyond its central meaning

(like dictionary)

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Diference between Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic relations:

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Syntagmatic: relations that co-occur in a particular context like collocations and idioms

Paradigmatic: semantic relations between lexical items, Hyponomy, Homographs…

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Example for an Hypernym

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superordinate term (flower, animal, sort)

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Example for an Hyponym

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subordinate term (daffodil, zebra, soccer)

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Example for an Co-hyponyms

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(daffodil, tulip, rose)

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Definition: Homographs

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  • homo = same, graphs = spelling, words which are written in the same way but are pronounced differently and which may have different meaning
    e. g lead-lead, dove-dove
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Homophones

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  • words which sound alike but are written differently and usually have different meaning
    e. g no-know, bare-bear
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Homonymy

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  • words that are pronounced and spelled the same but differ in meaning
    e. g bank-bank, race-race
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Polysemy

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  • – words with multiple meanings that are related conceptually or etymologically
    e. g mole-a small burrowing mammal, a spot of pigmentation on the skin
    e. g head-head of department, foot-foot of the mountain
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