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Chapter Seven
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English
Undergraduate 2
10/13/2014

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antonyms
Definition
Pair of words each member of which means the opposite of each other, such as good and evil.
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collocates
Definition
Words that co-occur in proximity to each other, such as cooking pots.
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connotative meaning
Definition
Lexical meaning that depends on linguistic and cognitive associations on the parts of speakers and hearers, rather than on the relationship of a word to nonlinguistic things in the world.
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deixis
Definition
Reference to personal, temporal, or locational features of the circumstance in which an utterance is made.
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denotative meaning
Definition
Lexical meaning that depends on the relationship of a word to nonlinguistic things in the world, rather than on linguistic and cognitive associations on the parts of speakers and hearers.
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homonyms
Definition
Words of different meanings that take the same form.
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hypernym
Definition
Word of more general meaning than others defined in relation to it , such as vehicle is a ______ for car.
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hyponym
Definition
Word semantically subordinate to a hypernym and sematicaly paralel to other words subordinate to the same term; for instance, car, bus, and motorcycle are all ______ of vehicle.
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lexical field
Definition
Set of words that, on some conceptual basis, belong together.
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meronym
Definition
Lexical item that participates in a whole/part relationship, such as whiskers, ears, tail, and cat.
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synonym
Definition
Word very close in meaning to another.
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