Semantics

Question 1

Semantics….

Answer 1

= the study of meaning

Question 2

Diference between Denotative and connotative meaning

Answer 2

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)

Question 3

Diference between Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic relations:

Answer 3

Syntagmatic: relations that co-occur in a particular context like collocations and idioms

Paradigmatic: semantic relations between lexical items, Hyponomy, Homographs…

Question 4

Example for an Hypernym

Answer 4

superordinate term (flower, animal, sort)

Question 5

Example for an Hyponym

Answer 5

subordinate term (daffodil, zebra, soccer)

Question 6

Example for an Co-hyponyms

Answer 6

(daffodil, tulip, rose)

Question 7

Definition: Homographs

Answer 7

• 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

Question 8

Homophones

Answer 8

• words which sound alike but are written differently and usually have different meaning
  e. g no-know, bare-bear

Question 9

Homonymy

Answer 9

• words that are pronounced and spelled the same but differ in meaning
  e. g bank-bank, race-race

Question 10

Polysemy

Answer 10

• – 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