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
