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    Finger is a meronym of hand. Meronymy describes part-whole relationships, where one item (the meronym) can be considered a part of another item (the holonym). For example, a finger is part of a hand. Meronymy includes different types of part-whole relations such as member-collection, portion-mass, stuff-object, feature-activity, and place-area connections.

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    Meronymy: Milagros Caballero, Jully Buelvas, Gisela Lázaro, Simón Pérez

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    MERONYMY

    Milagros Caballero, Jully Buelvas, Gisela


    Lázaro, Simón Pérez
    FINGER
    (meronym)

    In describing MERONYMY,
    Singleton (2000) explains that:

    “this relation covers part-whole


    connections. X is a meronym of Y if
    it can form the subject of the
    sentence An X is a part of a Y… For
    example, finger is a meronym of
    hand …. A finger is a part of a
    hand”
    EXAMPLE:
    Book and page present a
    meronymy relation. We could say
    that page is part of book.

    PAGE
    (meronym)
    types of relations

    1) Member-collection relation: There


    are several members or components
    and you give a name to the entire
    group
    • birds: flocks
    •trees: forest
    2) portion- mass relation: which is unit
    of measurement. Ej: drops of water

    3) stuff- object: what an object is


    made of: A bike is made of Steel

    4) feature- activity relation: Paying is


    part of shopping

    5. Place-area: Oasis- desert

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