LIN100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Polysemy, Logical Consequence
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Synonyms: words with the same meaning in some or all contexts. Antonyms: words with opposite meanings in one way. Homonymy: two different words have the same form. Two components : homophones if sounds are the same (but not necessarily spelled the same way) and homographic if spelled the same way (not necessarily the same sounds). For polysemy, the two words do have to be homographic as well, because they essentially represent one concept. Example: pool of water (puddle) and swimming pool are polysemous. swimming pool and game of pool (billiards) are homonymous. Paraphrase : when two sentences have basically the same meaning (might be a different word order) Entailment: when the truth of one sentence guarantees the truth of another sentence. Contradiction: if one sentence is true, the other sentence must be false. Intention: description/definition of the people/things referred to by the term. Extension: the actual people/things (in the real world) referred to by the term.
