Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Lexical Semantics - Coggle Diagram
Lexical Semantics
study of words
Lexical relations
meanings of words
relationship to one another
Synonyms
words with
similar meanings
Antonyms
words that have
opposite meanings
Types
gradable
kind of
graded difference
something you can imagine
continuum or spectrum
Ex: long and short
2 more items...
non-gradable
either one or the other
Ex: You can either be alive or dead.
fail the
kind
of test
Hyponymy
the meaning of one form
is included
in the meaning of a larger other form
Ex:
apple
is a hyponym of
fruit
Homophony
forms that sound
the exact same
but they are spelled differently
unrelated meanings
Ex: Sea vs See
Homonyms
forms that sound
the same
and they are spelled the same
unrelated meanings
bank
1 more item...
bank
1 more item...
Polysemy
words that
are the same
spelled the same
they sound the same
related meanings
1 more item...
Metonymy
one thing
based on
close relationship
with another thing
association
1 more item...
contents
1 more item...
whole relationship
1 more item...
Synecdoche
whole relationship
Componential analysis
analyzing the meaning of words
based on
certain identifiable semantic features
For example: We can take the word
boy.
assign a number of semantic features to it
based on what we see in the real world
boy
male
immature
human
Prototype theory
Certain members of
a category
are prototypical
Category members are not all equal
it depends on
the environment
Features generally gradable
works better with concrete objects