ADJECTIVE MEANING-SEMANTICS
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This document defines and provides examples of various types of adjectives meanings: 1. Synonyms are words with the same or similar meanings, so replacing a word in a sentence with a synonym does not change the literal meaning. 2. Antonyms are words with opposite meanings, which can be complementary (no scale, one or the other), gradable (on a scale), or converse (relational pairs). 3. Meaning postulates integrate word meanings into logical systems using if-then statements. 4. Adjectives modifying nouns combine the meaning of the adjective and noun into a single phrase.
ADJECTIVE MEANING-SEMANTICS
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- 2. http://user.qzone.qq.com/379538905 Adjective Meanings Synonyms Antonyms Complementary Meaning Postulates Adjectives Modifying Nouns
- 3. Synonyms Synonym is equivalence of sense. Or Synonyms are words with the same or similar meanings. When a single word in a sentence is replaced by a synonym –a word equivalent in sense- then the literal meaning of the sentence is not changed.Examples: lucky=fortunate, die=pass away, new=recent, etc. - You are lucky to get her love = you are fortunate to get her love - Her father died two years ago = Her father passed away two years ago LOGOhttp://user.qzone.qq.com/379538905
- 4. Antonyms An antonym is a pair of words with opposite meanings. Each word in the pair is the antithesis of the other. A word may have more than one antonym. There are three categories of antonyms identified by the nature of the relationship between the opposed meanings. 1. Complementary antonyms 2. Gradable antonyms 3. Converse antonyms LOGOhttp://user.qzone.qq.com/379538905
- 5. Complementary Antonyms A complementary antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings. Here there is no comparison or scale; only two possibilities, either one or the other. Examples : alive-dead, single-married, male- female, off-on etc. Her mother is still alive (it means that “her mother is not dead”) LOGOhttp://user.qzone.qq.com/379538905
- 6. Gradable Antonyms A gradable antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings where there is level of the meaning between words. These describe something which can be measured and compared with something else. Examples :young-old, hot-cold, small-big, good-bad. Good-bad= if something is not “good”, is may still not be “bad.” There is a scale involved with some words, and besides good and bad there can be average, fair, excellent, terrible, poor, or satisfactory. LOGOhttp://user.qzone.qq.com/379538905
- 7. Converse Antonyms Converse or relational antonyms are also another kind (not really opposites at all) are pairs which go together, and represent two sides of a relation. Examples : buy-sell, parent of-child of, teach-learn, up-down, before-after, etc. Brian sells the car to Michael and Michael buys the car from Brian (both indicate that a particular transaction has taken place) LOGOhttp://user.qzone.qq.com/379538905
- 8. Meaning Postulates Meaning postulate is a way of integrating into logical systems the entailment information that comes from word meaning. Example : Ms Rahma is my lecturer P And if she is my lecturer then I will be tought by her p q Therefore I will be tought by Ms Rahma q P & (if p then q) Therefore q LOGOhttp://user.qzone.qq.com/379538905
- 9. Adjective Modifying Nouns Noun and adjective meanings put together when an adjective modifies a noun. Example : the best (adj) + student (n) = the best student interesting (adj) + book (n) = interesting book comfortable (adj) + class (n) = comfortable class LOGOhttp://user.qzone.qq.com/379538905 Nice (adj) Place (n) nice place
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