Semantics

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Hello, I have many terms in semantics can't full-understand them

1- absolute homonymy

2-partial homonymy

3-synonymy (collocations)

I have another two quistions sorry

first; what is the different between expressions and forms

second; what is the componential analysis becouse I don't understand any thing from this chapter of the book

thnks and sorry

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Hope I can help you with some of your questions.

Absolute homonymy is when we have the same word form but different meanings, however, what is most important to identify absolute homonymy is when the different meanings of the same word form belong to the same part of speech, both are nouns, or verbs and so on
e.g row [rou] n. line of things, people [rau] n. dispute. You see we have the same form which corresponds to two different meanings or two words which belong also to the same part of speech.
Whereas partial homonymy is almost the same, we have the same word form that corresponds to two meanings or words but they belong to different parts of speech, for example
lead [li:d] v. to guide, be in charge [li:d] n. a kind of metal.

Componential analysis has to do with the meaning of the word. Similarly as we break down the word into smaller parts in morphology, more specifically into morphemes, we can do the same thing with meaning for example: chair let's analyze its meaning: we can break it down into smaller parts, such as it can be used for seating, it has four legs, can be made of wood etc all these are part of the componential analysis, in other words, components of meaning

Hope I have helped a little

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