Hello everyone!! How are you today? well guys I want to share about one of the linguistic branches in semantics. Just keep on reading❤️
What does semantics study??
Semantics is the study of meaning, but what do we mean by "meaning"?
Meaning has been given different definition in the past.
Semantics also look at the ways in which the meaning of words can be related each other. Here are a few of the ways in which words can be semantically related:
1. Synonymy
1. Synonymy
Synonymy is a word that has the same or similar meaning.
e.g:
2. Antonymy
Antonymy is a word that has opposite meaning.
e.g:
3. Polysemy
Polysemy is a word or phrase with different, but related sense.
e.g : wood > a piece of a tree
> a geographical area with many trees
4. Homonymy
Homonymy is a word that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meaning.
e.g : Right vs Write
Pray vs Prey
