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Hypernymy

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A hypernym of a word denotes a ‘superconcept’ of that word

Eg fruit is a hypernym of apple

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Meronymy

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A meronym of a word denotes a sub-part of the denotation of that word
Eg finger is a meronym of hand

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sentence

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well-formed string of words put together according to the grammatical rules of a language

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utterance

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the use of a particular piece of language - be it a word, a phrase, a sentence, or a sequence of sentences - by a particular speaker on a particular occasion

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proposition

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‘what is expressed by some statement’

-> sentence + utterance = statement, a statement conveys a proposition