Semantics

234 BASIC SEMANTICS
only been expressed by different speakers, located at different positions,
in relation to the addressee.
All these verbs encode an element of movement and directionality of
such movement.
5. Explain the relations between the concept of deixis and the concept of
reference.
This has to do with the difference between constant versus variable reference.
6. Which of the following is the implicated premise and which one the
implicated conclusion?
7. a
A: Am I in time for supper?
B: I’ve cleared the table
This expression is only understandable in a concrete context. Since
the answer to question is not a direct one, it implies “NO, you are not
in time for dinner” (implicated conclusion) SINCE “I’ve already cleared
the table” (implicated premise). This will be studied in more detail later
in the year in relation with implicatures.
Lesson 5. PARADIGMATIC RELATIONS
1. Examples of polysemy: When he arrives at a fork in the road he always
gets lost. They are not polite at all. They never use their forks and knives
when they have lunch.
Examples of homonymy: (it could be also argued that these two senses
are related and so are cases of polysemy, as claimed by Saeed, 2001:
65). He only buys shoes with rubber soles (bottom of shoe). He likes
eating some sole for lunch (kind of fish).
polysemy: She tugged her father’s coat tail. That dog has a very long tail.
homonymy: He wanted to play baseball, but he did not have enough
money to buy a baseball bat. She does not like bats, because of their
disgusting appearance and habits.
This taxonomy could be expanded by adding more levels of specification.
Here only the most relevant ones have been introduced.