Exercise 3.2
a. |
what and which are not semantically related, but they are similar in form, which is also often a feature of blends. |
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b. |
tree and roof are not semantically related to one another, but tree is obviously from the same semantic field as branch, since a branch is a part of a tree. |
c. |
learn and need are not semantically related. |
d. |
maid and music are not semantically related to one another, but both are collocationally related to (occur in constructions with) chamber. |
e. |
wine and dinner are related through being parts of the same semantic field (to do with eating and drinking, or to do with entertaining). |
f. |
players are a type of (hyponym of) people. |
g. |
gym and piscine are from the same semantic field, and they are co-hyponyms of (i.e. they are both types of) a superordinate term such as sporting venue. |
These examples show that not all word errors involve meaning relationships, though many do.