LING-101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jim Prentice, Polysemy, Syntactic Category
6 Apr 2016
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Semantics the study of meaning as encoded in language. Sign is inherently related to what it is indicaing e. g. , bee communicaion, lashing hand, computer icons. Convenionalized associaions between form and meaning e. g. , words of a language, nodding(?) In one entry: form, meaning, syntacic category, etc. How is it not like a dicionary: organized/accessed as network according to: Same basic within certain contexts: see = understand (only in certain context, close = shut (very subtle meaning disincion??) Found at opposite ends of a coninuum. Form a dichotomy (only 2 members of set) If one does not exist, then the other must. Semanic hierarchy: superordinate level animal broader term basic level dog most common term subordinate level retriever more speciic term. Terms lower on the hierarchy are hyponyms of terms immediately above them. Terms which share the same superordinate category are both hyponyms to same term. E. g. , apple and orange are co-hyponyms of fruit. E. g. , dog and cat are co-hyponyms of animal.
