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What is hyponymy?
Hyponymy is a relation of inclusion or entailment, where the meaning of the hyponym includes or entails the meaning of the superordinate term.
What is a superordinate term?
A superordinate term, or hypernym, is a term that includes other terms, called cohyponyms or hyponyms.
What is the difference between cohyponyms and hyponyms?
Cohyponyms are terms that share the same superordinate term, while hyponyms are terms that are included in the meaning of the superordinate term.
What is meronymy?
Meronymy is the part-whole relationship between words, where the word referring to the part is called the meronym and the word referring to the whole is called the holonym.
What is the difference between hyponymy and meronymy?
Hyponymy is a relationship of inclusion or entailment, while meronymy is a part-whole relationship. A hyponym is included in the meaning of a superordinate term, while a meronym is a part of a whole.
What is a co-meronym?
A co-meronym is the name of a sister part of the same whole in a meronymic relationship.
What is synecdoche?
Synecdoche is a linguistic device that uses a part of something to refer to the whole, or the whole to refer to a part.
Give an example of synecdoche from the text.
An example of synecdoche from the text is referring to a ship as sails.
Can a dog be a meronym of an animal?
No, a dog cannot be a meronym of an animal, as a dog is a kind of an animal, which is a hyponymic relationship, not a meronymic relationship.
The meaning of the hyponym ______ the meaning of the superordinate term
includes
Meronymy is the part-whole ______
relationship
The word referring to the part is called the ______
meronym
The names of sister parts of the same whole are called ______
co-meronyms
If roses is a hyponym of the superordinate term flowers, then I bought some roses ______ I bought some flowers
entails
The word referring to the whole is ______
holonym
Hyponymy is a relation of ______ or entailment
inclusion
The meaning of the hyponym entails the meaning of the ______ term
superordinate
Meronymy must not be confused with ______
hyponymy
Hyponymy is a two-way relationship between words.
False
Meronymy is a type of hyponymy.
False
Meronyms and holonyms are only used in literary language.
False
Synecdoche is a linguistic device that uses meronymy.
True
A dog can be a co-meronym of a cat.
False
The meaning of the superordinate term includes the meaning of the hyponym.
True
The relationship between scarlet and red is an example of meronymy.
False
Meronymy is exemplified by the relationship between nose and face.
True
Cohyponyms are words that are related through meronymy.
False
What is the term used to describe the relationship between red and scarlet in the text?
Hyponymy
What is the term used to describe the relationship between finger and hand in the text?
Meronymy
What is the term used to describe the relationship between nose and face in the text?
Holonymy
What is the term used to describe the relationship between page and book in the text?
Holonymy
What is the term used to describe the relationship between roses and flowers in the text?
Hyponymy
What is the term used to describe the relationship between scarlet and red in the text?
Hyponymy
What is the term used to describe the relationship between a ship and sails in the text?
Synecdoche
What is the term used to describe the relationship between a car and wheels in the text?
Synecdoche
What is the term used to describe the relationship between a dog and an animal in the text?
Hyponymy
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