14 Questions
What is the term for the hierarchical relationship where some words have a more general meaning than others, while referring to the same entity?
Hyponymy
In the hierarchical relation of 'Generality' and 'Specificity', which pair of words best represents this relationship?
Tree and Oak
What is the 'part of' hierarchical relation known as?
Meronymy
What phenomenon leads to the existence of lexical gaps in hyponymy and meronymy trees?
Co-hyponyms
What are semantic primitives?
Indefinable concepts expressed in words or bound morphemes
In semantic field analysis, how are words grouped together?
Based on an element of shared meaning
What is an example of a structural relation in semantic field analysis?
Subject + Verb (Kettle + boil)
What are collocations most clearly observed between?
Adjectives and nouns
What do grammatical collocations refer to?
Specific prepositions that must occur after particular verbs, nouns or adjectives
In the context of lexical collocations, what influences the mutual expectancy of words?
The direction of expectancy and the number of alternative predictable words
What is an example of a verb with strong lexical collocations?
Speak
'Wreak' has stronger lexical collocations compared to 'Settle' in terms of:
The number of alternative predictable words
What do dictionaries resort to when defining semantic primitives?
Circularity of definition
What kind of relations do lexical collocations refer to?
Mutual expectancy between words
Test your understanding of meaning relations, hierarchical relations, hyponymy, and meronymy with this quiz. Explore how certain words have more general or specific meanings when referring to the same entity.
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