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General Purpose Semantics: Hyponymy and Generic Relationships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

Hanne Ruus
Hanne Ruus
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Institut for Nordisk Filologi, Københavns Universitet, Njalsgade 80, DK-2300 København S, Denmark
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Abstract

The paper examines the concept of semantic subordination in terminology and lexical semantics. Although the two traditions differ in their view of language, their inventories of semantic relations are very similar. It is shown that the defining characteristics of the generic relationships from the principles of terminology correspond to most of the salient features of contrast sets. It is argued that the onomasiological dictionaries constitute a valuable collection of data on the semantic relationships in the general language. Examples are given from Dansk Begrebsordbog. It is claimed that the registration of contrast sets is one step towards an operational definition of word sense.

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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 11 , Issue 1-2 , June 1988 , pp. 111 - 128
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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