NYM- FAMILY

A Homonym is word that is written and pronounced the same way as another, but which
has a different meaning.
AN EXAMPLE OF A HOMONYM:
'Lie' can be a verb meaning to tell something that is not true or to be in a horizontal
position. They look and sound the same, but are different verbs as can be seen from
their forms:
Lie-lied-lied (to say something untrue)
Lie-lay-lain (to be in a horizontal position)
The suffix -onym, in English and other languages, means "word, name," and
words ending in -onym refer to a specified kind of name or word, most of which are
classical compounds. For example, an acronym is a word formed from the initial
letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term
(as radar). The use of -onym words provides a means of classifying, often to a fine
degree of resolution, sets of nouns with common attributes.
"Hyponymy is a less familiar term to most people than either synonymy or
antonymy, but it refers to a much more important sense relation. It describes what
happens when we say 'An X is a kind of Y'--A daffodil is a kind of flower, or simply, A
daffodil is a flower."
"House is a hyponym of the subordinate building, but building is in turn, a
hyponym of the subordinate structure, and, in its turn, structure is a hyponym of the
subordinate thing. A subordinate at a given level can itself be a hyponym at a
higher level."
(Patrick Griffiths, An Introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics.
synonyms is a well-established classroom exercise, but it as well to
remember that lexemes rarely (if ever) have exactly the same meaning. There are
usually stylistic, regional, emotional, or other differences to consider .
"Linguists identify three types of antonymy: (1) Gradable antonyms, which operate
on a continuum: (very) big, (very) small. Such pairs often occur in binomial phrases
with and: (blow) hot and cold, (search) high and low. (2) Complementary antonyms,
which express an either/or relationship: dead or alive, male or female. (3) Converse
or relational antonyms, expressing reciprocity: borrow or lend, buy or sell, wife or
husband."

(1) Gradable Antonyms

"Gradable antonyms include pairs like the following:
beautiful - ugly
expensive - cheap
fast - slow
(2) Complementary Antonyms
"Complementary antonyms are another subtype of antonymy: if you are one, you
cannot be the other; these are 'absolute' opposites.
(3) Converse or Relational Antonyms
"The pairs above:below, before:after, precede:follow, buy:sell, and lend:borrow
exemplify this category. Converses are sometimes called relational opposites. They
all express relationships between two (or more) people or things. . . . Take, for
instance, buy and sell: Brian sold the car to Michael and Michael bought the car
from Brian both indicate that a particular transaction has taken place.

Name : Ayu Hudzaifah

Class : English Letters B

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