CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is meaning relation?
A
two words together
B
the relationship between two words
C
the relationship between words in creating a sentence
D
linking lexis and pragmatics
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Semantic relations are the associations that exist between the meanings of words (semantic relationships at word level), between the meanings of phrases, or between the meanings of sentences (semantic relationships at phrase or sentence level).

Detailed explanation-2: -There are similar relationships between words. Words that mean the same thing but look different are called synonyms. Their meanings are very similar (e.g., pretty/cute). An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word (e.g., pretty/ugly).

Detailed explanation-3: -Why is the relationship between words so important to understanding words in a sentence? a) Recognizing the relationship between the words in a sentence is the key to understanding which of the word’s meanings is being suggested in that instance. It could be referring to an analogy or a denotation.

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