LIN232H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Deep Structure And Surface Structure, Hyponymy And Hypernymy, Polysemy
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Hypernym is the superordinate concept and the hyponyms are the subordinate meanings. Ex: color is the hypernym and red/blue/green are examples of hyponyms. Of the various hyponyms of hypernyms, typically one of them is seen as a prototype. Polysemy = one word can have several related meanings. Ex: head of the body or head of an organization. Ex #2: run for people and run for water. Homographs = two words with same spelling but different meanings (dove - the bird/dove - past tense of dive) Homophones = same pronunciation but different meanings (sea/see) Homonymy = words that are both homographic and homophonous; they have several unrelated meanings (look the same but mean different things) (bank - of a river/bank- financial institution) In this example, the word date would be homonymous as it has 2 meanings (date =fruit and date = time)
