Semantics and Pragmatics

  1. Lexical Semantics
    1. Word Meaning and the Mental Lexicon
      1. Lexical Entries
        1. Mental Lexicon Organization
          1. Lexical Access and Retrieval
            1. Word Recognition Processes
            2. Lexical Relations
              1. Synonymy
                1. Complete vs. Partial Synonymy
                  1. Cognitive vs. Descriptive Synonymy
                    1. Contextual Synonymy
                      1. Limitations of Synonymy
                      2. Antonymy
                        1. Gradable Antonyms
                          1. Complementary Antonyms
                            1. Relational Antonyms
                              1. Directional Opposites
                              2. Hyponymy and Hypernymy
                                1. Hierarchical Structure
                                  1. Taxonomic Relations
                                    1. Basic Level Categories
                                      1. Inheritance in Taxonomies
                                      2. Meronymy
                                        1. Part-Whole Relations
                                          1. Types of Meronymic Relations
                                            1. Transitivity in Meronymy
                                            2. Polysemy
                                              1. Regular Polysemy
                                                1. Irregular Polysemy
                                                  1. Metaphorical Extensions
                                                    1. Metonymic Extensions
                                                      1. Distinguishing Polysemy from Homonymy
                                                      2. Homonymy
                                                        1. Homographs
                                                          1. Homophones
                                                            1. Homophonic Homographs
                                                              1. Accidental vs. Systematic Homonymy
                                                            2. Semantic Analysis of Word Meaning
                                                              1. Componential Analysis
                                                                1. Semantic Features
                                                                  1. Binary Feature Analysis
                                                                    1. Distinctive Features
                                                                      1. Applications and Limitations
                                                                      2. Prototype Theory
                                                                        1. Central and Peripheral Members
                                                                          1. Graded Category Membership
                                                                            1. Prototype Effects
                                                                              1. Family Resemblance
                                                                                1. Typicality Effects
                                                                                2. Semantic Fields and Domains
                                                                                  1. Semantic Field Theory
                                                                                    1. Lexical Fields
                                                                                      1. Conceptual Domains
                                                                                        1. Cross-Linguistic Variation in Fields
                                                                                        2. Frame Semantics
                                                                                          1. Frames and Scenarios
                                                                                            1. Frame Elements
                                                                                              1. FrameNet
                                                                                                1. Frame-to-Frame Relations

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