Basic Glossary

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Glossary of Basic Semantic Terms

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• ambiguity (User:KimA)

• antonym (User:Leo)

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• contradiction (User:Katarzyna)
• Complementarity (User:VerenaS)

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• formulae (User:Elisabeth.krall)

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• homophony (User:Anna)

• hyponym (User:Lisa)

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• lexical ambiguity (User:KimA)

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• meronymy (User:Anna P.)

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User:Marlene

polysemy

A polysemous word is a word has several sub-senses which are related with one another. It is ambiguous.

Examples

• key ( 'Piano key' or 'front door key')

Quantifiers

Pronunciation

Definition

Quantifiers refer to quantity Comment: ...

Examples

more than half
a third

Related terms

• antonym
• homonym
• paraphrase

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• quantifiers (User:BorisL)