ATS1338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Penne, Synecdoche, Financial Institution
9 Aug 2018
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// semantics and the meanings of words // = one word having several closely related senses, E. g. mouth - of river / of animal. Metaphor: implicit and explicit attributes of a source are transferred to a target. He"s a sweet kid; she"s a bright student . Meronymy (synecdoche): part for whole (and sometimes the reverse) = two (or more) words with the same form but entirely distinct meanings. E. g. bank financial institution" vs. bank slope of land alongside river". Range of contexts in which a word may occur expands. Discard (< throw out a card", card-playing context) Decimate (< kill 1 out of 10", roman military context) Quarantine (< 40 days" isolation", port context) Reduction in the range of things a word may refer to. New range of contexts in which a word may occur. Dag (< lumps of matted wool, dirt and dung hanging from the backside of a sheep")
