hyponymy By Feather class 2 hyponymy what is

hyponymy By Feather class 2

hyponymy • • what is hyponymy ? hyponym and superordinate Pseudo-hyponymy Quasi-hyponymy General superordinates Benefit from learning hyponymy supplement

definition • • Hypo- ; "below", "low", In our text book, hyponymy involves us in the notion of inclusion, that is to say, hyponymy is the relationship of inclusion. Inclusion refers to including or being included. (上下义关系 )

3 rd Hyponym (下义词) • • • Hyponym is any of a group of specific terms whose meanings are included in a more general term (superordinate), eg : spaniel(长毛垂耳狗) and terrier（小 猎狗） are hyponyms of dog. Hyponym is also called subordinate

2 nd implication rules of hyponym • In semantics hyponymy is described according to unilateral implication(单向 包含) language English

Hyponym and superordinate • • Whether a word is a hyponym or a superordinate is determined by their relationship with other terms eg. flower & rose flower & plant

food meat pork vegetable fruit beef cabbage potato apple peach

Pseudo-hyponymy(假上下义关系) • • • Not so strictly defined ; lax hyponymy It does not correspond to the implication rule of hyponymy. eg. goods ----doll knife bag necklace book watch

Quasi-hyponymy(相似上下义关系) • • it shows a way to link a superordinate to its subordinates through grammatical classes different from each other。 Eg. pencil-----write; study; picture; blue; black

General superordinates • • General superordinates(普通上义词) Eg. Items, objects, things , living things, creature

Benefit from learning hyponymy • • a better understanding in comprehensive reading It helps us write excellent articles

a better understanding in comprehensive reading • It was a spring without voice. On the mornings that had once throbbed with the dawn chorus of robins, catbirds, doves, jays, wrens, and scores of other bird voices there was now no sound; only silence lay over the fields and woods and marsh.

example • Only in the evenings, as the air cooled and the water darkened, and the surface was broken with the silver dances of the rising shoals. Would you perhaps get a bite or two, a baby perch( 河鲈) sucking at the worm, a roach(石斑 鱼) no bigger than a sardine.

supplement living vegetation animal (动物) animal （哺乳动物） human fish bird insect animal（除人以外的兽类）

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