Semantics Flashcards
How do ‘bank’ (financial institute) and ‘bank’ (river bank) relate to each other?
homonymy
How do ‘ear’ (organ) and ‘ear’ (top of grain) relate to each other?
homonymy
How do ‘press’ (equipment) and ‘press’ (media) relate to each other?
polysemy
How do ‘royalty’ (royal person) and ‘royalty’ (payment) relate to each other?
polysemy
Explain the difference between a homophone and a homograph
homophone: identical in phonological form
> sound the same
homograph: identical in spelling
> are written the same
How do ‘wail’ and ‘whale’ relate to each other?
homophones
How do ‘dear’ (beloved) and ‘dear’ (expensive) relate to each other?
polysemy
How do ‘enter’ and ‘go in’ relate to each other?
synonyms
How do ‘tall’ and ‘short’ relate to each other?
antonyms
How do ‘dead’ and ‘alive’ relate to each other?
complementarity
How do ‘pupil’ and ‘teacher’ relate to each other?
converseness
How do ‘wind’ and ‘to wind’ relate to each other?
homophones
How do ‘tree’ and ‘oak’ relate to each other?
hyponyms
How do ‘oak’ and ‘birch’ relate to each other?
co-hyponyms
How do ‘vehicle’ and ‘train’ relate to each other?
hyponyms
How do ‘parent’ and ‘child’ relate to each other?
converseness
How do ‘cheap’ and ‘expensive’ relate to each other?
antonyms
How do ‘buy’ and ‘sell’ relate to each other?
converseness
How do ‘see’ and ‘sea’ relate to each other?
homophones
How do ‘coarse’ and ‘course’ relate to each other?
homophones
How do ‘zero’ and ‘love’ relate to each other? (tennis!)
synonyms
How do ‘light’ and ‘dark’ relate to each other?
antonyms
How do ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ relate to each other?
converseness
How do ‘tulip’ and ‘flower’ relate to each other?
hyponyms
