词汇学06.pptVIP

Chapter Six Sense Relations Objectives: To discuss the main sense relations among words; To explain semantic field. Teaching focus: Polysemy 一词多义关系 Homonymy 同形同音异义关系 Synonyy 同义关系 Antonymy 反义关系 Hyponymy 上下义关系 Semantic Field 语义场 6.1 Polysemy一词多义关系 Polysemy means that one single word has two or more senses at the same time. 它是指一个单独的词同时有两个或更多的意义。 The bulk of English words are polysemantic; one–meaning words are rare and are mainly scientific terms such as hydrogen, molecule, and so on. 1. Two approaches to polysemy Diachronic approach历时研究方法 It is assumed to be the result of growth