SEMANTICS

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What is Semantic?
Semantic is the study of the linguistic meaning of

morphemes, words, phrases, and sentences.

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Homonyms
Different words that are pronounced the same, but

may or may not be spelled the same. e.g. bank (financial institution) bank (riverside) to. Too, two flower, flour. sea, see, c
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She sells sea shells by the seashore.

Do you see the letter 'c' written in sea salt.

Ive never seen such a beautiful scene.

We want a site for our home that will be out of sight. The seam in the tent doesnt seem to hold back the rain.
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Polysemy
When a word has multiple meanings that are related

conceptually or historically.

E.g. pupil (student)

pupil (part of eyes) bear (animal) bear( to tolerate, to carry, to support)
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Synonyms
Words that sound different but have the same or

nearly the same meaning.

E.g. sofa, couch.
handbag, purse. Garbage/Trash woman/lady stone/rock
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Antonyms
Words that are opposite in meaning. E.g. alive/dead

big/small hot/cold

Gradable antonyms

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Hyponyms
a relationship between two words, in which the

meaning of one of the words includes the meaning of the other word.
vehicle: bus car lorry van Move: walk, run, swim, play.

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Metonyms
A word used in place of another word or expression to

convey the same meaning. Moscow (Russian) Hollywood Washington Brooklyn

E.g. Crown (monarchy)

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Idioms
A group of words whose meaning cannot be

explained in terms of the habitual meanings of the words that make up the piece of language.

For example: She washed her hands of the matter.

Means She refused to have anything more to do with the matter.

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"Pull the wool over someone's eyes" - Trick or deceive. "Bite off more than you can chew" - Take on more

than one can handle.

"Fill someone's shoes" - Take someone else's place.

"The buck stops here." - Taking responsibility for something, instead of blaming someone else.
"Strike someone funny" - To seem funny to someone.

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Exercise Find The Homonyms 1. Due to the dry weather, we do not see any dew on
the grass. 2. I knew they had a new gnu at the zoo. 3. Some people know that you add to find the sum. 4. Theyre hanging their coats over there. 5. I ate the eight cakes that were on my plate. 6. How many ways can I tell him that he weighs too much? 7. They banned the crude band from playing at the concert. 8. She only won one ticket to the show. aisle with my bride.
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9.Well find a tropical isle where Ill walk down the

Find the synonyms

Brilliant Furious Under Sniff See

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