Linguistics Final

semantics

literal meaning

pragmatics

meaning in context

polysemy

one-word, multiple related meanings (bank of a river, bank for money)

Entailment

Truth of one sentence guarantees truth of another (John killed Bill entails Bill is dead)

Lexical Ambiguity

word has two meanings (bat = animal/sports equipment)

Contradiction

two sentences cannot both be true

Homonymy

same form, unrelated meanings (bat as animal vs. bat as equipment)

Paraphrase

sentences with the same meaning (he passed away and he died)

overextension