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Semantics Flashcards

(11 cards)

1
Q

What is the word for a semantic relationship that holds between two sentences where the truth of one follows as a logical consequence of the other?

A

Entailment

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2
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What are 5 types of sense relations?

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Synonymy
Antonymy
Hyponymy
Homonymy
Polysemy
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3
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What are 4 different types of Antonym?

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Simple
Gradable
Reverses
Converses

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4
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What is Hyponomy?

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A sense relation whereby ‘lexical entailment’ occurs. A hyponym ( sheep ) includes its hypernym/superordinate (animal)

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5
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What is the sense relation called which involves a word having multiple senses that are related to one another? e.g diamond (gemstone vs shape)

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Polysemy

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6
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What are the three types of homonym?

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homophones - bear/bare
homographs- wind/ tear
complete homonyms- ground, bark, bank

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7
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What’s an area where syntax interacts with semantics?

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Thematic role assignment

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8
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What is Thematic Role Assignment?

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It is the phenomena of Predicates determining how many types of participants are required in order to describe a complete situation.

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9
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What is an example of a One-place predicate?

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Shout, think

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10
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What is an example of a Two-place predicate?

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hit, told

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how many places are determined by the predicates ‘put’ and ‘passed’

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three. they are three-place predicates. experiencer, theme, goal

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