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Worksheet05 Semantics

This worksheet focuses on semantics, exploring lexical relations such as co-hyponyms, antonymy, and polysemy through various exercises. It includes identifying roles of words in sentences, understanding relationships between pairs of words, and distinguishing between different linguistic concepts. The document serves as a practical tool for students in an Introduction to Linguistics course.

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Worksheet05 Semantics

This worksheet focuses on semantics, exploring lexical relations such as co-hyponyms, antonymy, and polysemy through various exercises. It includes identifying roles of words in sentences, understanding relationships between pairs of words, and distinguishing between different linguistic concepts. The document serves as a practical tool for students in an Introduction to Linguistics course.

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Basic Module 3.

1 Frederic Zähres
Introduction to Linguistics I WS 2024/25

Worksheet No. 5: Semantics


1. Which of the following words are co-hyponyms?
o ant
o cabbage
o insect
o plant
o turnip
o vegetable

2. What is the role of you in “Did you hear those weird noises last night? Explain why.
o agent
o experiencer
o goal
o location
o theme
Experiencer
o other: __________________________________________

Explanation: You is perceiving the ''weird noises''

3. What is the lexical relation between the words lengthen and shorten?
o complementary pair
o co-hyponyms
o homophones
o gradable antonyms
o synonyms
o other: ___________________________________________

Explanation:
Basic Module 3.1 Frederic Zähres
Introduction to Linguistics I WS 2024/25
4. Choose the two pairs that illustrate non-gradable antonymy.
o alive / dead
o long / short
o raise / lower
o rich / poor
o true / false
o wide / broad

5. Which lexical relation is illustrated in the example below and why?


She liked those crackers so much that she ate the whole packet.
o antonymy
o homonymy
o hyponymy
o metonymy
o polysemy
o other: ____________________________________________
Explanation:

6. Choose the two sets that contain a pair of co-hyponyms and a superordinate.
o animal / dog / terrier
o banyan / pine / rose
o bird / duck / parrot
o daffodil / turnip / vegetable
o flower / plant / tree
o cockroach / insect / lizard
Basic Module 3.1 Frederic Zähres
Introduction to Linguistics I WS 2024/25
7. What’s the basic lexical relation between each pair of words listed below?
a) assemble/disassemble complentary pair
b) damp/moist synonyms
c) deep/shallow gradable antonyms
d) dog/pug superordinate/hyponym
e) furniture/table hypernym/ hyponym
f) married/single complementary pair
g) move/run Hyperonym /hyponym
h) peace/piece homonyms
i) pen/pen polysemy

8. Are the underlined words in the sentences below best described as examples of polysemy
or metonymy?
a) The pen is mightier than the sword. polysemy
b) I had to park on the shoulder of the road. polysemy
c) Yes, I love those! I ate a whole box on Sunday! metonymy
d) The bookstore has some new titles in linguistics. metonymy
e) Computer chips created an important new technology. polysemy

9. The word date can serve as an example for both the concepts of homonymy (homophony)
and polysemy.
o Why? Explain this example (from the lecture).

o What is the main difference between both concepts? Try to illustrate with other
examples.

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