Chapter 5: Question 8_Michelle Ro
Semantic Features
A. (a) bachelor, man, son, paperboy, pope, chief
(b) bull, rooster, drake, ram
The (a) and (b) words describe males.
The (a) words describe males relating to humans.
The (b) words describe males relating to animals.
B. (a) table, stone, pencil, cup, house, ship, car
(b) milk, alcohol, rice, soup, mud
The (a) words are objects that are solid in form and cannot change in
shape.
The (b) words are objects that have a more liquid form and can be
shaped.
C. (a) book, temple, mountain, road, tractor
(b) idea, love, charity, sincerity, bravery, fear
The (a) words are things that you can see with your eyes.
The (b) words are ideas that you cannot see with your eye.
D. (a) pine, elm, ash, weeping, willow, sycamore
(b) rose, dandelion, aster, tulip, daisy
The (a) and (b) words are plants.
The (a) words are kinds of trees.
The (b) words are kinds of flowers.
E. (a) book, letter, encyclopedia, novel, notebook, dictionary
(b) typewriter, pencil, pen, crayon, quill, charcoal, chalk
The (a) words are things you can read.
The (b) words are utensils that you use to write something you can
read.
F. (a) walk, run, skip, jump, hop, swim
(b) fly, skate, ski, ride, cycle, canoe, hang-glide
The (a) and (b) words are exercises.
The (a) words are things that you can do using just your body (No other
equipment is needed).
The (b) words are exercises that you need equipment in order to do.
G. (a) ask, tell, say, talk, converse
(b) shout, whisper, mutter, drawl, holler
The (a) and (b) words are ways to communicate.
The (a) words are do not require sound.
The (b) words are require sound.
H. (a) absent-present,
alive-dead, asleep-awake, married-single
(b) big-small, cold-hot,
sad-happy, slow-fast
The (a) and (b) words are opposites.
The (a) words are objective adjectives.
The (b) words are subjective adjectives.
I. (a) alleged, counterfeit, false, putative, accused
(b) red, large, cheerful, pretty, stupid
The (a) words are ??
The (b) words are adjectives.
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