9.) Semantics 2

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Linguistics (Semantics) Flashcards on 9.) Semantics 2, created by Lisza Neumeier on 26/11/2016.
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Paradigmatic vs. syntagmatic
Susan likes ____? Question of what can come next; what can be combined with the rest of the sentence? Syntagmatic
Does she like burgers? No, she loves burgers!!! Questions of what words can be used to replacer certain words. paradigmatic
Paradigmatic relation: 'vertical' relationship of linguistic forms which can replace each other in a structure.
Syntagmatic relation: 'horizontal' relationship holding between linguistic forms which co-occur in the same structure.
Paradigmatic relations: Different types of synonym 1.) Near-synonym: start – begin, finish – end, answer – reply... 2.) Emotional: Mum – Mummy, kitten – kitty, Daniel – Danny... 3.) Regional: lorry – truck, sweets – candy, schauen – gucken... 4.)Stylistic: car – automobile, big – substantial, get – obtain...
Paradigmatic relations: What is a euphemism? the substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener; sometimes used to avoid taboo words but also for fun. --> Less offensive / more pleasant
Paradigmatic relations: antonymy Opposite meaning Open – Closed Clean – Dirty Big – Small Right – Wrong Eat – Drink Black – White Young – Old Husband – Wife Do – Undo Good – Bad
Paradigmatic relations: Four types of antonym: • Gradable • Non-gradable • Reversives • Converses
Paradigmatic relations: Gradable antonyms like a scale / continuum comparative test
Paradigmatic relation: Non-gradable antonyms either one or the other dead-alive true-false on-off comparative test not possible
Paradigmatic relations: Reversives one is the reverse action of the other enter - exit open - close dress - undress
paradigmatic relations converses referring to a relationship from different points of view • Buy – Sell • Mother – Daughter • Predator – Prey • Lend – Borrow --> If there is one, there has to be the other
Paradimgatic relations: hyponomy X is a kind of Y A labrador is a kind of dog. A rose is a kind of flower. A strawberry is a kind of fruit.
Paradimgatic relations: hyponomy terms
paradigmatic relations: hyponymy lexical sets
Paradigmatic relations: connection between synonymy and semantic features? same set of semantic features
Paradigmatic relations: connection between antonymy and semantic features? one semantic feature is different
Paradigmatic relations: connection between hyponymy and semantic features? hyponyms contain all the features of the hypernym, plus additional features
paradigmatic relations summary
syntagmatic relations: What is collocation? -> The statistical tendency for lexical items to co-occur (i.e. what words tend to ‘go together’) He has blond hair *She has a blond car? --> She has a beige / yellow car To do your homework to have an experience he's a handsome
Collocations can be ____in_____ languages, e.g. Collocations can be different in different languages, e.g.
syntagmatic relations: Collocation bonds? words don’t need to be next to each other to co-occur Argument - strong -You make a strong argument.. -His argument was strenghened by.. -The strength of her argument.. -He argued strongly for ...
syntagmatic relations: Highly-fixed collocations?? Formulaic phrases, highly conventionalized
syntagmatic relations: what is an idiom? A conventionalized phrase whereby the meaning cannot be derived from its components eg. It's raining cats and dogs
idioms: strong syntactic restrictions? --> Can’t usually change things like word order since the phrase is so fixed
Metonymy? --> A new use of a word based on a close connection in everyday experience
3 types of metonymy 1.) Content - container I drank the whole bottle/I finished my plate/I ate the whole packet 2.) Function - symbol Parliament has declared--/The White house has announced 3.) Whole - part We counted 24 heads/ iI've got a new set of wheels
Metaphor? --> Seeing one thing in terms of another eg. seeing argument as war or ideas as food
summary metonymy and metaphor
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