Syntagmatic Lexical Relation
Definition:
A syntagmatic lexical relation is a culturally determined pattern of association between pairs of lexical units (A1-B1, A2-B2, A3-B3…) where the
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two members of each pair (A1 and B1)
- have compatible semantic components
- are in a fixed syntactic and semantic relationship to each other, and
- are typically associated with each other, and
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corresponding members of each pair (A1, A2, A3…)
- belong to the same lexical category
- fill the same syntactic position in a syntactic construction, and
- have the same semantic function.
Structure | |
Syntagmatic lexical relations are structured in sets of pairs. |
Examples:
- Actor
- Undergoer
- Location
- Instrument
- Benefactor
- Goal
- Feel
- Sound
- Degradation
- Intensification
- Material composition
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Additional Information:
Structure: Syntagmatic lexical relations are structured in sets of pairs. |
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.