Semantic Relations

Semantic Relations

1. Paraphrase: tell something with the same meaning of what other other said. E.g. Anita got a car=Anita bought a car.

2. Entailment: one sentence is true and theother one must be false. E.g. He does not like cars contradicts he drives a car.

3. Anomaly: an expression that does not have meaning in the real world. E.g. The cat dances and sings.

4. Denotation: literal meaning. Connotation: evoke feeling,attitudes and opinions. E.g. fat/obese, rich/millionaire.

5. A word that has more than one meaning. E.g. 1. nails=hard parts of your fingers/2. nail: sharp metal pieces

6. Homonymy: word with the same spelling and pronuntiation, but with different meaning. E.g. point/the pencil has sharp point./It is not nice to point at people.

7. Meronymy: a word that denotes a part of a whole. E.g tire is a part of a car.

8. Presupposition: what is taken for granted. E.g. I will have another bottle of water. He already drank a bottle of water.

9. Inclusion: one expression is related to another one. E.g. He likes cars includes I like ferraries. I like ferraries does not include I like all cars.

10. Synonymy: relation between two words. E.g. exit/leave, funny, silly.