SENSE RELATION ( SYSTEMIC FUNCTION GRAMMAR )

Name    : Wawan    NPM      : 08429632   Class      : 6N

SENSE RELATION

Sense relation is all word which related in one way or another, hence sense relations. It is relation in lexical meaning, such as : Lexis (word), Lexeme ( the small unit of word) and lexicon (vocab).

The relation between concept, sense and referent :

·        Concept is a plan which still in mind

·        Sense is  a process to get the meaning

·        Referent is a think after get the meaning

Types of sense relation :

1.     Hyponym  ( Semantic inclusion )

Hyponym deals with the relationship of semantic inclusion. It refers to the relationship which obtains between the genus (general lexical item ) and the species ( specific lexical item )

-          The general lexical items is called the superordinate ( hypernym )

-          The specific words are know as hyponyms

Example :

	Emotion

  = superordinate ( hypernim )

                                                             

     Joy                  Hate                Fear                Grief                           Love    = hyponym

	FLOWERS

 = superordinate ( hypernim )

                                                                            

     rose                                        jasmine                      tulip                = hyponym

2.      Synonymy

Synonym is word which are identical in meaning in all its aspects, both in grammatical and lexical meaning, including conceptual and associative meaning.

Example :

-          Look for        :  search

-          Carry             : bring

-          Popular         : famous

-          Etc

Sources of synonyms

Borrowing

Native	Borrowed
room	chamber
foe	enemy
help	aid
leave	depart
bodily	Corporal

3.     Antonym

Antonyms is concerned with semantic opposition. In an other meaning, some people said it’s the opposite meaning.

Types of antonyms :

a.      Contraries

Antonyms of this type are best viewed in term of a scale running between two poles or extremes. The two opposites are gradable.

Example :

Hot, warm >< cool, cold

Beautiful, pretty, good-looking >< plain, ugly

Old – young, open – close, big – small, poor – rich

Stupid >< smart

b.      Complementaries

This antonyms truly represent oppositeness. They are so opposed to each other thet they are mutually exclusive and admit no possibility between them ( non- gradable )

Example :

Dead – alive, present – absent, male – female, true – false, approval – disapproval, capable – incapable, ( the word using prefixed : dis -, in - , il - ,ir- , im- , um -  )