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lexical meanings: Ways of Developing New Words out of Old Words
lexical meanings: Ways of Developing New Words out of Old Words

This essay will be addressing four ways of developing new words out of old words. the four ways include metonymy, metaphor, broadening and narrowing, and conversion. They are often used in everyday speech and writing. These figures of speech can be used to make language more vivid, concise, and expressive. please refer to my assay on Seven Types of Meaning

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Exploring Linguistic Opposition: Unveiling the Types of Antonyms - A visual journey through Partial, Cyclic, Rank, and Affinity Antonyms as delineated in 'Dissimilarity of Senses (Part 2)' by Khalid Al-Khateeb, PhD. Discover the intricate relationships that words share, from hierarchical structures to cyclic patterns, and beyond.
Exploring Linguistic Opposition: Unveiling the Types of Antonyms - A visual journey through Partial, Cyclic, Rank, and Affinity Antonyms as delineated in 'Dissimilarity of Senses (Part 2)' by Khalid Al-Khateeb, PhD. Discover the intricate relationships that words share, from hierarchical structures to cyclic patterns, and beyond.

After discussing the first five types of antonyms: binary, converse, gradable, perpendicular, and extensional.
we will discuss in this essay the remaining four types of antonyms: partial, cyclic, rank and affinity.

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This infographic aims to visually represent the first five types of antonyms discussed: binary, converse, gradable, perpendicular, and extensional, in a manner that's intuitive and engaging.
This infographic aims to visually represent the first five types of antonyms discussed: binary, converse, gradable, perpendicular, and extensional, in a manner that's intuitive and engaging.

In part 1 of this essay, I will discuss the first five types of antonyms: binary, converse, gradable, perpendicular, and extensional. In Essay No. 12, ( part 2), I will discuss the remaining four types of antonyms: partial, cyclic, rank, and affinity. Let’s cast a glance at the table below. What do we notice?

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similarity
similarity

Among the myriad facets of semantics, one aspect that captivates linguists and language enthusiasts alike is the notion of similarity in senses. There are various kinds of relationships between word senses. Such senses may be identical, similar, or different. The same fact is true about sentence senses. In this essay, we embark on a fascinating journey through the dimensions of synonymy, paraphrase, and hyponymy.—three key avenues where similarity in senses manifests itself in language.

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Levels of meaning
Levels of meaning

Semantics seeks to unravel the mysteries behind how we derive meaning from words, sentences, the intentions of speakers and the conception of the hearers.

In this essay, we embark on a journey to explore the intricate web of language and meaning, focusing on four distinct levels: word meaning, sentence meaning, speaker's meaning and hearer’s meaning.