General Linguistics Semantics:Sense Relations 楚军 外国语学院
Semantics: Sense Relations 楚军 外国语学院 General Linguistics
Types of Sense Relations Relations between form and meaning: Synonymy:more than one form having the same meaning. Polysemy:the same form having more than one meaning. Homonymy:two or more words having the same form (in pronunciation or spelling or both) but different in meaning
Types of Sense Relations Relations between form and meaning: Synonymy: more than one form having the same meaning. Polysemy: the same form having more than one meaning. Homonymy: two or more words having the same form (in pronunciation or spelling or both) but different in meaning
Types of Sense Relations Relations between two meanings: Hyponymy is the inclusion of one meaning in another. Antonymy is the exclusion of one meaning from another
Types of Sense Relations Relations between two meanings: Hyponymy is the inclusion of one meaning in another. Antonymy is the exclusion of one meaning from another
Polysemy Definition: Polysemy:(Gk:polys-:much;sema:meaning).It is a term used in semantic analysis to refer to a lexical item which has a range of different meanings. e.g.the verb to set in the OED. --126 meanings, --26 combinations, -the last phrase set up:67 senses
Definition: Polysemy: (Gk: polys-: much; sema: meaning). It is a term used in semantic analysis to refer to a lexical item which has a range of different meanings. e.g. the verb to set in the OED: --126 meanings, -- 26 combinations, -- the last phrase set up: 67 senses. Polysemy
Polysemy How can language do in order to reflect or express the new ideas,new process,new products? To coin a new word; To borrow a word from other languages; To add new meanings to established words. The simplest and best way is to have old words take on additional new meanings
• How can language do in order to reflect or express the new ideas, new process, new products? • To coin a new word; • To borrow a word from other languages; • To add new meanings to established words. The simplest and best way is to have old words take on additional new meanings. Polysemy