L E S S O N 3 : S E N S E R E L AT I O N S ( 1 )

OPPOSITENESS AND DISSIMILARITY OF SENSE

Main Content
1. ANTONYMY 2. HOMONYMY vs.
HOMOPHONY vs.
Tính trái nghĩa HOMOGRAPHY
(p. 67 - 72) (p. 72 – 78)

Binary Gradable Relational

2.1. Homonymy
synonymy synonymy Antonymy 2. Homophony 2. Homography
Tính đồng âm, đồng
Trái nghĩa lưỡng Trái nghĩa có thang Trái nghĩa trong Tính đồng âm, dị tự Tính đồng tự
tự
phân độ mối quan hệ
1. ANTONYMY (Tính trái nghĩa) (p. 67 - 72)
1.1. Definition
 1.2. Binary vs. Gradable Antonymy
Trái nghĩa lưỡng phân vs. Trái nghĩa có thang độ

1.2.1. Binary synonymy (Trái nghĩa lưỡng phân) Binary antonymy is a relation in which
two members of a pair of antonyms:
1.2.2. Gradable antonymy (Trái nghĩa có thang độ)
Gradable antonymy is a relation in which two members of a pair of
antonyms:
NOTE: The distinction between binary antonymy and
gradable antonymy is sometimes blurred by language users.
- dead and alive: binary antonyms.
- However, we do have expressions like half-dead, barely
alive, and more dead than alive, which suggest that,
- in some contexts, we see alive and dead as gradable
antonyms.
1.3. Relational antonymy (Trái nghĩa trong mối quan hệ)
Relational antonyms
belong to various word classes:
Relational antonyms
belong to various word classes:
 2. HOMONYMY vs.
HOMOPHONY vs.
HOMOGRAPHY
(p. 72 – 78)

2.1. Homonymy
2. Homophony 2. Homography
Tính đồng âm, đồng
Tính đồng âm, dị tự Tính đồng tự
tự
2.1. Homonymy
• is a relation in which various words have the same sound and
written form but have different meanings.
• E.g. bank (1) /bæŋk/vs bank (2) /bæŋk/

• E.g. bear (n) vs bear1 (v) vs bear2 (v): /beə(r)/

(animal vs give birth to vs tolerate)
2.2. Homophony
• is a relation in which various words have the same sound form
but have different meanings and written forms.
• E.g. hour vs our /ˈaʊər/
place vs plaice (kind of fish) /pleɪs/
2.3. Homography
• is a relation in which various words have the same written
form but have different meanings and sound forms.

• E.g. lead (v) /liːd/ vs lead (n) /led/

read (v1) /riːd/ vs read (v2) /red/
 Summary of Unit 2 & 3
• Consider the following table and identify antonymy, synonymy,
homonymy, homophony, and homography via their main features.
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