LEXICAL RELATIONS
Synonymy
Two or more words
Closely related meanings
Funny: humorous, comical
Antonymy
Two forms
opposite meanings
gradable’
old /new
non-gradable
married/single
Hyponymy
hierarchical relationship
animal/cat
Homonyms
Spell and sound similar but different meanings.
pupil (at school) –pupil(in the eye)
Prototypes
The characteristic instance
automobile
Metonymy
type of relationship
based on similarity.
and in everyday experience
Ex. head
Collocation
group of two or more forms
hang out together
do homework
Polysemy
one form has multiple meanings
related by extension
futbol
Word play
Humorous effect.
Here lie the bones of one 'Bun'
He was killed with a gun.
His name was not 'Bun' but 'Wood'
Homophones
Forms with same pronunciation,but different meaning
too/two