NMTS-Group2
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Wikipage of Group 2
Overview
Members
Short description of the topic
Our aim is to enlighten the subject of semantic relations. What is a synonym? How can we distinguish polysemy and homonymy? Why are alive and dead complements and not truly antonyms? Those are the questions we want to answer by producing guides and excercises for future students and all those who never understood semantic relations.
References and links
References
- Murphy, M. Lynne. (2003). Semantic relations and the lexicon : antonymy, synonymy and other paradigms. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press.
- Lyons, J. (1983). Semantik 2. München: Beck.
Links
- General Semantics Learning Center
- A general overview, granted by Det Informationsvidenskabelige Akademi
- WordNet, granted by the Princeton Univesity (By clicking on 'browser', you have access to a highly dense database of English words, all saved with a full descirption of their semantic relation)
- Semantic Relations and the Lexicon: Antonymy, Synonymy, and Other Paradigims
Links with non-scientific background (please handle with care)
- Antonym Finder, can also be used for synonyms and definitions
- A good page to illustrate the difference between synonym and antonyms (with examples)
Our e-learning objects
Our wiki pages
- homophony (definition in Basic Glossary)
- contradiction (definition in Basic Glossary)
- complementarity (definition in Basic Glossary)
- hypernym (definition in Basic Glossary)
Our podcasts
Our materials for an interactive whiteboard
Our pictures
Our exercises
1. Meaning relations among words or sentences. Which meaning relation holds between the following words or sentences? Your answer should be of the form: Word/sentence A is an X of word/sentence B.
a. A: I saw Martha at the anniversary party. B: It was Martha that I saw at the anniversary party.
b. A: plane B: cockpit
c. A: piano B: musical instrument
d. A: Vera is an only child. B: Olga is Vera’s sister.
e. A: My cousin Tom is a teacher. B: My cousin Tom teaches at the community collage for living.