LIGN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Deadalive, Metonymy, Pragmatics
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Is roger a kid with a piggy-bank, or an agent with the sec: the fireplace was lit. Word sense: the specific meaning of a word being used in a given situation, many words have multiple senses, fit. I hit the dragon with an arrow: schwaco stock hit a share, rob loves to hit the golf course on fridays, the mafia hit stunned the local government, the fingerprints had three hits on old records. I hit on the dragon at the sleazy bar. How the hitting is done (manner, or instrument: hit (a value): schwaco stock hit a share . Schwaco hit a share with a good economy : hit (go to activity): rob loves to hi the bowling alley with his friends . Doesn"t take an inanimate subject or an instrument. The ball hit the links on weekends .
