Task 2. Synonymy

What is an important division among synonymy?

• Lexical / Phrasal synonymy

• Gradable / Non-Gradable synonymy

• Conceptual / Non-Conceptual synonymy

• Physical / Mental synonymy

Two synonyms may have different grammatical properties

• True

• False

What is sense-synonymy?

• Synonymy of some, but not all, the senses of a word

• Synonymy of all the senses of a word

• Synonymy involving the sense of lexemes

• Synonymy of non-gradable senses.

Recognising sense-synonymy as a category implies a binary property.

• False

• True

Word synonymy

• Synonymy of all the senses of a word

• Synonymy of some, but not all, the senses of a word

• Synonymy involving the sense of lexemes

• Synonymy of non-gradable senses.

Examples of word synonymy tend to be trivial ones.

• True, like Neither or Either

• True, like Pupil or Student.

• True, like Tree or Oak.

• False.

The difference between lexical synonyms is usually…

• Of connotation

• Of denotation

• Of meaning

• Of lexemes