ACS 106 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Hyponymy And Hypernymy, Pragmatics, Idiom

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Semantics is the study of the meaning of words, phrases, and sentences. Pragmatics is the study of language in use and the context it exists in. A semantic features chart labels objects on the x axis and adjectives describing those objects on the y axis. To fill out the chart, you mark the adjectives the object must possess to be true with +, and the features that do not apply with -. For example, a boy is both human and animated, but he is not female nor does he have to be an adult. The agent is the thing performing the act (the boy); the theme is the thing involved in/affected by the act (the ball). Instrument-experiencer - the boy cut the rope with an old razor. ; the boy feels sad. The instrument is the thing used in order to perform an action (the razor).

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