Semantics Flashcards
Semantics….
= the study of meaning
Diference between Denotative and connotative meaning
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)
Diference between Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic relations:
Syntagmatic: relations that co-occur in a particular context like collocations and idioms
Paradigmatic: semantic relations between lexical items, Hyponomy, Homographs…
Example for an Hypernym
superordinate term (flower, animal, sort)
Example for an Hyponym
subordinate term (daffodil, zebra, soccer)
Example for an Co-hyponyms
(daffodil, tulip, rose)
Definition: Homographs
- 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
Homophones
- words which sound alike but are written differently and usually have different meaning
e. g no-know, bare-bear
Homonymy
- words that are pronounced and spelled the same but differ in meaning
e. g bank-bank, race-race
Polysemy
- – 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