Unit 11: The Word as a Linguistic sign. Homonymy. Synonymy. Antonymy. False Friends. Lexical Creativity.

Unit 11: The Word as a Linguistic sign. Homonymy. Synonymy. Antonymy. False Friends. Lexical Creativity.

1. 1.-Introduction, Justification and Relevance of the Topic.

2. 2.- The word as a linguistic sign.

   • a) The orthographic word b) The phonological word c) The lexical word d) The gramatical word.
   • - Bloomfield

3. 3.- Homonymy.

   • Definition
   • Types
     • - Homographs - Homophones
     • - Heteronyms: those are homonyms that share the same spelling but have different pronunciations.

4. 4.- Synonymy.

5. 5.- Antonymy.

6. 6.- False friends and lexical creativity. + Cognates

   • Cognates and false friends

7. 7.- Conclusion and Teaching Implications

8. 8.- Bibliography.

   • Organic Law 8/2013, of December 9th, for the Improvement of Education Quality
   • Chomsky, Noam: Reflections On Language. Pantheon Books, New York, 1975.
   • CRYSTAL, DAVID : Linguistics. Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1985