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Linguistics 101 Final Prep
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Undergraduate 1
12/11/2009

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synonym
Definition
  • same or nearly the same meanings
  • unlikely to find absolute synonyms
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antonym
Definition
words that have opposite meanings
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binary antonym
Definition
exhaust all options - no middle ground
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gradeable antonyms
Definition

describe opposite sites of a continuum

warm... hot

cool...cold

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polysemy
Definition
has 2 or more related meanings
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homonym
Definition
single form with multiple unrelated meanings eg. bat
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homograph
Definition
same spelling, different meanings
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homophone
Definition
same pronounciation.. different meanings
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paraphrase
Definition
sentence with the same meaning as another
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entailment
Definition

Because of this, we assume this is also the case.

 

Eg. Timmy's dog died. < Entails that Timmy owned a living dog prior...

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Contradiction
Definition

eg. anna is a vegetarian

anna likes to eat meat

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connotations
Definition

associations when a word is said.

 

eg. Skinny = awkward

Thin = natural

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denotation
Definition

entities of a word

 

eg. Christmas = 25th of december

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extension
Definition

entities referenced.

 

eg. Obama --- President of USA

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intension
Definition
eg. president = leader of a country
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lexical decomposition
Definition

semantic entities

 

eg. dog

+animate

+canine

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