LING101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Connotation, Hyponymy And Hypernymy, Lexicalization
21 Feb 2014
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Synonyms words or expressions that have the same meaning (vacation, holidays) Perfect synonymy is rare, they may be interchangeable in particular contexts but their meanings are not identical (canada day is a holiday not vacation) Antonymy words or phrases that are opposites with respect to their meaning (boy, girl) Antonyms may be opposite in one way but alike in other respects (boy/girl are opposite gender wise but similar since both are human. Related relations (example of dog hypernym word for general class, animal meronyms. Parts such as head, nose, paws holonym whole to which parts belong, dog) Polysemy when a word has two or more related meanings (bright shining and intelligent) Homophony when a word has a single form with two or more entirely distinct meanings. Homophony words are assumed to be separate words with the same pronunciation rather than a single word with different meanings (light not heavy and illumination)
