Basic Semantic Relationship
Basic Semantic Relationship
SEMANTIC
RELATIONSHIP
SEMANTIC RELATIONSHIP are
the associations that there exist
between the meanings of words
(sematic relationship at word
level), between meaning of
phrases, or between the meanings
of sentences (semantic
relationships at phrase or
sentence level).
Some important kinds of SEMANTIC RELATIONS are:
Antonymy- A is opposite of B; (e.g. Cold is the opposite of
warm)
Antonymy is oppositeness of meaning between a word and the
other word or among words in the same part of speech, such as
good-bad (adjective-adjective) and fast-slowly (adverb-adverb).
According to Lyons (1977:286) who states that antonymy covers
the relation between lexical items whose meanings stand in
opposition to each other and it is often thought as the opposite
of synonymy.
single—married male—female
dead—alive pregnant—not pregnant
legal—illegal on—off
asleep—awake pass—fail
true—false raw—cooked
Homophones- Different words that share the same
sounds.
Ex. Right, write
piece, peace