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(請教) Word Meaning - Semantics
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Consider the following list of words, and then answer the questions that follow:

shiny male owner two female passed
solid possession past gas too dull

Identify:
a. a pair of complementaries
b. a pair of relational opposites
c. a pair of homopnones
d. a pair of gradable opposites
e. two members of a set of multiple complementaries

My answer is :

a. shiny, dull
b. male, female
c. two, too
d. solid, gas
e. owner, possession

Can somebody tell me my answer is it correct???
and i get confuse about complementaries/ relational opposites/ gradable opposites~ casue i think they are similar, please teach me how to differentiate those three~

Posted on: 2007/6/10 20:15
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Re: (請教) Word Meaning - Semantics
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a. a pair of complementaries
--> male/female

b. a pair of relational opposites
--> solid/gas; male/female

c. a pair of homophones
--> two/too; past/passed

d. a pair of gradable opposites
--> shiny/dull

e. two members of a set of multiple complementaries
--> solid/gas, solid/liquid, solid/fragile, solid/floral
(not sure how multiple complementaries is defined in your textbook)

The following link may be helpful to you:
http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/ling201/test3materials/semanticsHANDOUT.htm

Posted on: 2007/6/10 21:31
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