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Which branch of lexicology studies the meaning of words and the relationships between them?
Lexical semantics
What is the most central or common meaning of a word called?
Basic (primary) meaning
Which process of meaning development is based on similarity between objects, actions, or qualities?
Metaphor
What is the relationship between the words begin and start?
Synonyms
What helps the speaker or listener identify which meaning of a word is intended?
Context
What is a word with only one meaning, such as oxygen, called?
Monosemantic word
What are meanings that develop from the primary meaning called?
Secondary (derived) meanings
Which process of meaning development is based on a relationship or association between concepts?
Metonymy
What is the relationship between the words hot and cold?
Antonyms
Which word can mean a material, a newspaper, an academic article, or an examination?
Paper
What is a word with several related meanings called?
Polysemantic word
What is the primary meaning of the word foot?
The part of the human body below the ankle
Which process is shown in the phrase "the eye of a needle"?
Metaphor
What are words with the same form but different meanings, such as bank (financial) and bank (of a river), called?
Homonyms
Which word can mean a part of the body, the leader of an organization, or the top of something?
Head
What is the total set of meanings of a polysemantic word called?
Semantic structure
Which word can mean a person's mouth, the opening of a bottle, or the place where a river enters the sea?
Mouth
Which process is shown in the sentence "The White House announced a new decision"?
Metonymy
What is the relationship called in which one word has a more specific meaning within a broader category, such as rose and flower?
Hyponymy
Is the meaning of a word simply the object or idea that the word names?
No, it is a complex linguistic phenomenon
What are the individual meanings in a word's semantic structure called?
Lexical-semantic variants
Through what are the meanings "the foot of a mountain" and "the foot of a page" connected?
Similarity of position or function
Metaphor and metonymy contribute to the development of what?
Polysemy
In the pair rose and flower, which word is the hyponym?
Rose
What connects the different meanings in a word's semantic structure?
Common semantic features