Linguistics - Semantics

Lexical ambiguity refers to__________

• words that have the same meaning.

• a word that has more than one meaning.

• a word that contains the meaning of a more general words.

• words that have different meanings.

Select the pair of words that would be an example of "gradable antonyms".

• hungry - full

• borrower - lender

• clean - dirty

• import - export

• love - hate

Sentence meaning includes two main types: lexical meaning and grammatical meaning.

• True

• False

The lexical context means the lexical groups going with the poly semantic or homonymous word.

• True

• False

Semantics is the study of meaning in context.

• True

• False

Identify the relationship of the words "true / false"

• Antonymy

• Synonymy

• Polysemy

• Homonymy

Identify what is the relationship of the words given below:

mouse (animal) / mouse (computer hardware)

• Synomymy

• Polysemy

• Antonymy

• Homonymy

A type of informal language that have a meaning different from the meaning of the words in the expression.

• Idiomatic Expressions

• Figurative Language

What is hyponymy?

• The hidden and implied meanings within language.

• The study of how sounds are created.

• The study of symbols.

• The hierarchical structure that exists between lexical items.

What is the semantic relationship expressed in the following sentence?

Flight 2048 arrives and departs at 8:00 a.m.

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