Semantic Features

Semantics

1. Carlito M. Manansala Jr.

2. Semantic Features Features

3. Features Quality Characteristic Important part Trait or property

4. Semantic Features Example 1 : John likes basketball “The table likes basketball” The dog ran across the field “The refrigerator ran across the field” John likes basketball “ The table likes basketball” The dog ran acros s the field “ The refrigerator ran across the field”

5. John T able D og R efrigerator Animate + + - - Semantic Features Different or additional features may be required in other contexts Human Canine + + - - - - - - Subject X ran across the field

6. Semantic Features Example 2 : “Dona’s mother has no children” “The empty bucket is full” “The meeting will take place three years ago” “Dona’s mother has no children ” “The empty bucket is full ” “The meeting will take place three years ago ”

7. Lexical Semantics

8. Word Fields E yes Hands Nose Feet Purple Red Green Yellow Color Parts of the Body Hog Log Dog Fog Initial Phoneme

9. Synonymy Buy Purchase - A degree of sameness [in regards to meaning] that two terms share. It often defined and discriminated synonyms from each other.

10. Antonyms Tall Short - Binary opposition pairs Antonyms can be gradable or non-gradable Young Old - Cold Hot Young Old False True Male Female Gradable Non-Gradable

11. Polysemy Same word which has many RELATED meaning Poly - Many Semy - Meaning

12. Polysemy How is it Related? Function Structure Location What it does The shape it takes Where can it be found

13. Polysemy Function Structure Location head head head

14. Polysemy Function Structure Location neck neck neck

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