1. Lexical relations describe semantic connections between words, including lexical fields containing semantically related words, kinship terms for family members, hyponymy between broader and narrower terms, synonymy between words with similar meanings, and antonymy between opposite words. 2. There are different types of antonymy relationships: binary antonyms that are either one thing or the other; non-binary antonyms that can be measured on a scale; and converse antonyms that are dependent pairs like teacher/student. 3. Examples are provided to illustrate each of the lexical relations: kinship terms like parent and child; hyponyms like dog and animal; synonyms like answer and reply; and

1. LEXICAL RELATIONS
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2. 1. Lexical
Fields
lexical field is a set of words with an
identifiable semantic connection.
Example :
•kevin is a barchelor
•Kevin is a man

3. KINSHIP
• Kinship is a term with various meanings
depending upon the context.
Example:
• parent (father or mother)
• child (son or daughter)
• sibling (brother or sister)
• grandparent (grandfather or grandmother)
• uncle or aunt
• nephew or niece
• cousin

4. Big Unit Family
Mr. John
(grandfather)
Mrs. Sue
(grandmother)
Deni
(father)
Marry
(mother)
Ruth
(wife)
James
(husband)
Jack
(uncle)
Anna
(aunt)
Kevin
(cousin)
Frans
(brother)
Catrine
(Sister in
law)
Nicole
(niece)
David
(nephew)

5. Hyponymy
Hyponymy is relation between a
more specific (superordinate) and a
less specific (subordinate) term
(class – subclass).
Example :
Dog is a hyponym of animal
Rose is a hyponym of flower

6. Synonymy
Synonymys are words with identical or
similar
meanings.
Ex. :
Answer = reply
Big = large
Beautiful = pretty

7. Antonym is Word that is opposite in meaning to
another word.
Example :
• good and bad
• slow and fast.
• hot and cold.
Antonymy

8. Binary and Non Binary Antonyms
• Binary : Here there is no comparison or scale; it
is a matter of being either one thing or another.
Examples :
• alive and dead
• single and married
• Open and close

9. Non Binary Antonym :
These describe something
which can be measured and
compared with something else.
Example :
•Fast and slow
•Hot and cold
•Old and young

10. A Comparison of four Relations
• Synonyms
- Rita is a beautiful girl
- Rita is a pretty girl
• Binary Antoyms
- Turn on the radio
- Turn off the radio
• Hyponyms
- She plants a jasmine
- She plants a flower
• Non-binary
Antonyms
- He is a young man
- He is a old man

11. Converse Antonyms
• These antonyms depend on each other.
Example :
• Husband/wife
• teacher/student
• doctor/patient
• buy/sell