LINA02H3 Study Guide - Syntactic Category, Componential Analysis, Preposition And Postposition
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Chapter 6 semantics: the analysis of meaning semantics. The study of meaning in human language. Prime minister of canada: (e) stephen harper (i) leader of the governing party componential analysis an approach to represent a word"s intension by breaking it down into smaller semantic components using semantic features. *allows us to group entities into natural classes; go = denotes the entity undergoing change. Circulatory issue, infinite regress verb meaning and subcategorization see textbook pg. 6. 2 the conceptual system: fuzzy concepts having no clear-cut boundaries (e. g. tall, old, rich, genius, etc. , graded membership: members can be graded in terms of their typicality suggest that concepts have an internal structure. Prototypical exemplars (i. e. birds": metaphor a meaning connection that is abstract or figurative e. g. this is gold , lexicalization: the process whereby concepts are encoded in the words of a language. [i. e. inuktitut: falling snow" = qana, english requires two separate words: motion verbs.
