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LEXICAL RELATIONSHIPS - PRACTICE Identify the relationship (hyponymy, true homonymy, homography, homophony, synonymy, binary antonymy, gradable antonymy, converseness, multiple incompatibility, polysemy,) of each pair of words. The words given in brackets are to clarify the meaning in question of the italicized words. Pair of words employee
Lexical relationship
converseness
1.
employer
2.
possible
impossible
binary antonymy
3.
fine (money paid as penalty)
fine (good)
true homonymy
4.
excited
bored
gradable antonymy
5.
easy (in an easy exam)
easy (in an easy teacher)
polysemy
6.
apartment
cottage
multiple incompatibility
7.
language
Japanese
hyponymy
8.
famous
well-known
synonymy
9.
male
mail
10.
live (in We used to live in London.)
live (in The club has live music most homography nights.)
homophony
Complete each pair of words with a word in the box and identify the relationship (hyponymy, homography, homophony, true homonymy, synonymy, binary antonymy, gradable antonymy, converseness, multiple incompatibility, polysemy) between the pair. The words given in brackets are to clarify the meaning in question of the italicized words. (10 pts) trash customer
eraser basement
produce (in farm produce) block (in an office block) Pair of words
carrot rare
uncountable sound (in to make a sound) Lexical relationship
1. ground floor
basement
multiple incompatibility
2. stationery
eraser
hyponymy
trash
synonymy
3. garbage 4. countable
uncountable
binary antonymy
5. common
rare
gradable antonymy
6. produce (in a factory that produces microchips)
produce (in farm produce) homography
7. carat
carrot
homophony
8. supplier
customer
converseness
9. block (in Don’t block the exist with these boxes!)
block (in an office block) polysemy
10. sound (in He doesn’t sound French.)
sound (in to make a sound) true homonymy