Linguistics: Word Meaning and Semantic Roles
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According to the approach of words as carriers of ______, it can help us to predict which nouns make a sentence semantically odd.

meaning

Synonyms are two or more words with very closely related ______.

meanings

The approach of ______ roles of words can identify the roles of people and things involved in the action.

semantic

The words 'big' and 'small' are an example of ______.

<p>antonymy</p> Signup and view all the answers

The semantic roles can be identified as ______, theme, instrument, experiencer, location, source, and goal.

<p>agent</p> Signup and view all the answers

The sentence 'Write your names on the ______ sheets' uses the word 'answer' appropriately.

<p>answer</p> Signup and view all the answers

The words 'alive' and 'dead' are an example of ______.

<p>antonyms</p> Signup and view all the answers

Words can have relationships with each other, and in different languages, we often explain the meanings of words in terms of their ______.

<p>relationships</p> Signup and view all the answers

The pair 'big' and 'small' can be used in comparative constructions like '______ is bigger than a car'.

<p>A lorry</p> Signup and view all the answers

If we’re asked the meaning of the word “strange”, for example, we might simply say it’s the same as ______.

<p>weird</p> Signup and view all the answers

Synonyms may differ in terms of ______ vs. informal uses.

<p>formal</p> Signup and view all the answers

This approach is used in the semantic description of language and treated as the analysis of ______ relations.

<p>lexical</p> Signup and view all the answers

Gradable antonyms are also called „_____________ pairs"

<p>complementary</p> Signup and view all the answers

The adjective „_____________” can’t be used to describe someone as “deader” or “more dead” than another

<p>dead</p> Signup and view all the answers

The negative of one member of a ______________ antonym does imply the other member

<p>non-gradable</p> Signup and view all the answers

Antonyms of the type where “undress” is the opposite of “_____________” are called “reversives”

<p>dress</p> Signup and view all the answers

The relationship when the meaning of one form is included in the meaning of another is called ______________

<p>hyponymy</p> Signup and view all the answers

The concept of “______________” involved in hyponymy is the idea that if an object is a rose, then it is necessarily a flower

<p>inclusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

A ______ is a hyponym of flower.

<p>rose</p> Signup and view all the answers

Looking at the diagram, we can say that 'horse is a hyponym of ______'.

<p>animal</p> Signup and view all the answers

Two or more words that share the same superordinate term are called ______.

<p>co-hyponyms</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Dog' and 'horse' are ______ and the superordinate term is 'animal'.

<p>co-hyponyms</p> Signup and view all the answers

The relation of hyponymy captures the concept of '______ kind of'.

<p>a</p> Signup and view all the answers

Words such as 'punch', 'shoot', and 'stab' can all be treated as co-hyponyms of the superordinate term '______'.

<p>injure</p> Signup and view all the answers

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