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2 Sense Relations (2) Q7

7. The hyponyms of footwear include shoes, sneakers, trainers, sandals, slippers, boots
and galoshes. Draw up a hyponym hierarchy for these words. Is footwear the
superordinate that you use for all of the hyponyms, or are there other alternatives?

Sneakers, trainers, scandals, slippers, boots, and galoshes are hyponym of shoes.

Shoes – hyponym of footwear

Footwear – hyponym of structure, superordinate of shoes

Structure – hyponym of thing, superordinate of shoes, footwear

Thing – superordinate of structure, footwear, shoes

Sneakers – hyponym of trainers

Trainers – hyponym of structure, superordinate of sneakers

Structure – hyponym of thing, superordinate of sneakers, trainers

Thing – superordinate of structure, sneakers, and trainers

Slippers – hyponym of scandals

Scandals – hyponym of structure, superordinate of slippers

Structure – hyponym of thing, superordinate of scandals, slippers

Thing – superordinate of structure, scandals, and slippers

Boots – hyponyms of galoshes

Galoshes – hyponym of structure, superordinate of boots

Structure – hyponym of thing, superordinate of galoshes, boots

Thing – superordinate of structure, galoshes, boots