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Lexical Relations -words relationship-

Exploring the relationships between words can reveal fascinating insights into language structure and usage. This includes investigating synonymy, where words with similar meanings can often be substituted for one another in different contexts, and hyponymy, which is the hierarchical relationship between more general terms and their specific instances.

Lexical Relations

-words relationship-

Lexical Relations -words relationship-

Homophones

same pronounciation
different writting

to/two/too

Homonyms

unrelated meaning
same pronounciation and written form

pupil (at school) pupil (in the eye)

Polysemy

Same form
related meaning

one word

Wood 1. the material made from trees 2. a geographical area with many trees

Word Play

Humorous effect
identifyng

homonyms homophones polysemy

Metonomy

symbol
inference
background knowledge
every day experience

connection

Collocation

words: ocurring together
corpus linguistics

database

table - chair butter - bread

Prototypes

the characteristic instance
clearest or representative example

a general pattern

Hyponymy

same meaning
different writing

relationship

hierarchical

co-hyponyms

is a kind of

superordinate

inclusion

flower: rose

Antonymy

Opposite meaning
reversives

avoid

describing

as the negative

undress/dress/not dress

non gradable

male/female

negative-one doesn't imply another

My parents aren't alive.

non comparative

deader or more dead

gradable

one doesn't imply another

My car isn't old My car is new

comparative

A poney is smaller than a horse

Synonymy

(near) same meaning
could be sustitued between them

differ

formal or informal

1. My dad bought a big a automobile 2. My father purchased a large automobile

context

answer vs. reply

pairs

almost/nearly