SEMANTIC AND PRAGMATIC

ANA CAROLINA LOPEZ BELTRAN COD. 051300582010

TEACHER: PAOLA ANDREA PALMA ROJAS

UNIVERSITY OF TOLIMA FACULTY OF EDUCATION B.A. ENGLISH IBAGU (TOLIMA) 2013

1. What types of meaning relationship are presented in the text? Explain them in your own word and give an example for each (not an example from the reading. SYNONYMYS: Are words that have the same or nearly meaning as another word. FOR EXAMPLE: Dark Murk Strong Heavy ANTONYMS: An antonym of a particular word is one that have the opposite meaning. FOR EXAMPLE: Smart unintelligent Happy sad HOMONYMY: Words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different unrelated meaning. FOR EXAMPLE: Son Sun Bank (River) Bank (save money) Peak Peek HOMOPHONY: Words that have the same pronunciation but different spelling and different meaning. FOR EXAMPLE: Ice eyes Hour our ENTAILMENT: Is the relationship between two sentences, the truth of one requires the truth of the other. FOR EXAMPLE: (A) The flower show is in Medellin (B) in Colombia is celebrated the flower show POLYSEMY:One form (written-spoken) is a word or phrase with different but related meanings. FOR EXAMPLE: drop me a line when you are in boston we built a fence along the property line

2. Based on the theory of semantic composition, explain the meaning in the following meaning: He was eating a hamburger In this case the pronoun corresponds with the verb, because he is animated and has the physical capacity to eat. The verb corresponds with the noun, because the hamburger is eatable. He was eating a chair In this case the pronoun corresponds with the verb, because he is animated and has the physical capacity to eat. The grammatical structure ofthe sentenceis fine but the noun doesnot correspond to theverbbecause chair does not have the property of being eaten by someone. He was painting a chair In this case the pronoun corresponds with the verb, because he is animated and has the physical capacity to paint. The verb corresponds with the noun, because the chair denotes an inanimate being.