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Semantics = meanings
word Dictionary/literal meaning
Eg. There’s a snake.
denotative (a long, thin bodied
animal)
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HYPONYMS
refers to the relationship of words where the
meaning of one form (the hyponym/
subordinate) is included in the meaning of
another word, the hypernym (the superordinate)
hyponym is a hypernym but not vice-versa, eg.
flowers
(hypernym - superordinate)