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Heteronyms: They are words that are spelled the same but
are pronounced differently and have different meanings. For
example: Bass (guitar) vs. bass (fish)
Synonyms: They are words that sound different but have the
same or nearly the same meaning. For example: sofa/ couch.
PHRASAL SEMANTICS
Paraphrases: it occurs when two sentences have the same true
conditions. For example: the horse threw the rider/ the rider was
thrown by the horse.
Implication or entailment: Sometimes knowing the truth of one
sentence entails, or necessarily implies, the truth of another
sentence. For example if you know that it is true that Corday
assassinated Marat, then you know that it is true that Marat is dead.
Contradiction: it is negative entailment; that is the truth of one
sentence necessarily implies the falseness of another sentence. For
example: Scott is a baby/ Scott is an adult.
Ambiguity: A word or a sentence is ambiguous if it can be
understood or interpreted in more than one way.
Metaphor: it is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story
or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible
quality or idea. E.g.: Her eyes were glistening jewels.
Idiom: it is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative
meaning that is comprehended in regard to a common use of that
expression that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of
the words of which it is made.