6. Sense relations
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Ronnie Cann
Abstract
This article explores the definition and interpretation of the traditional paradigmatic sense relations such as hyponymy, synonymy, meronymy, antonymy, and syntagmatic relations such as selectional restrictions. A descriptive and critical overview of the relations is provided in section 1 and in section 2 the relation between sense relations and different theories of word meaning is briefly reviewed. The discussion covers early to mid twentieth century structuralist approaches to lexical meaning, with its concomitant view of the lexicon as being structured into semantic fields, leading to more recent work on decompositional approaches to word meaning. The latter are contrasted with atomic views of lexical meaning and the capturing of semantic relations through the use of meaning postulates.
Abstract
This article explores the definition and interpretation of the traditional paradigmatic sense relations such as hyponymy, synonymy, meronymy, antonymy, and syntagmatic relations such as selectional restrictions. A descriptive and critical overview of the relations is provided in section 1 and in section 2 the relation between sense relations and different theories of word meaning is briefly reviewed. The discussion covers early to mid twentieth century structuralist approaches to lexical meaning, with its concomitant view of the lexicon as being structured into semantic fields, leading to more recent work on decompositional approaches to word meaning. The latter are contrasted with atomic views of lexical meaning and the capturing of semantic relations through the use of meaning postulates.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- 1. Semantic features and primes 1
- 2. Frameworks of lexical decomposition of verbs 47
- 3. Thematic roles 99
- 4. Lexical Conceptual Structure 126
- 5. Idioms and collocations 152
- 6. Sense relations 172
- 7. Dual oppositions in lexical meaning 201
- 8. Ambiguity and vagueness: An overview 236
- 9. Semantic underspecification 272
- 10. Mismatches and coercion 321
- 11. Metaphors and metonymies 350
- 12. Adjectives 381
- 13. Comparison constructions 415
- 14. Adverbs and adverbials 477
- 15, Adverbial clauses 515
- 16. Secondary predicates 543
- Index 569
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- 1. Semantic features and primes 1
- 2. Frameworks of lexical decomposition of verbs 47
- 3. Thematic roles 99
- 4. Lexical Conceptual Structure 126
- 5. Idioms and collocations 152
- 6. Sense relations 172
- 7. Dual oppositions in lexical meaning 201
- 8. Ambiguity and vagueness: An overview 236
- 9. Semantic underspecification 272
- 10. Mismatches and coercion 321
- 11. Metaphors and metonymies 350
- 12. Adjectives 381
- 13. Comparison constructions 415
- 14. Adverbs and adverbials 477
- 15, Adverbial clauses 515
- 16. Secondary predicates 543
- Index 569
