[SL] Lexical Relations

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Honestly, I think semantics is the hardest courses in this semester T_T. However, I really enjoy this course. :)

This is one of the material in this course. I don't know what to write in this post about semantics, but I post some information from a web for english learning. I hope this post can help me and also other students who learn this material.

This is only some part of the material. Enjoy! :)

Definition
	A lexical relation is a culturally recognized pattern of association that exists between lexical units in a language.

Examples: English paradigmatic lexical relations
	Here is a table showing some common paradigmatic lexical relations in English with example sets and underlying structure:
	Lexical relation Example set Underlying structure synonym A "happy" synonym set: {happy, joyful, glad} simple set measurement A "temperature" set: {cold, cool, lukewarm, warm, hot} scale opposite A "social relation" set: {(student, teacher), (patient, doctor)} set of pairs generic-specific whole-part A "whole-part" tree: house walls floor tree

Underlying structure
	Each lexical relation has an underlying structure that describes the relationship that senses within a lexical relation set have with each other.

cr: @SIL International Find more about lexical relation here. You can download ppt file about lexical relations here.