3 Lexical semantics: Rewrite each of the following statements correctly. Give a reason for the correction you make in each sentence. 1.3.1 Antonyms are the use of prefixes and suffixes to a root word. 1.3.2 Collocation is the use of appropriate conjunctions to link sentences in a paragraph. 1.3.3 The smallest unit of sound that has meaning is called phonetics. 1.3.4 Redundancy is an example of the repetitive use of the same word in a sentence. 1.3.5 The study of the structure of sentences is called semantics.
1.3.1 Antonyms are the use of prefixes and suffixes to a root word.
Correct-Antonyms are the use of prefixes to a root word
Only prefixes can be added to make antonyms in some other words but not suffixes
1.3.2 Collocation is the use of appropriate conjunctions to link sentences in a paragraph.
Correct -Collocation is a series of words in a sentence
Not being used to link sentences in a paragraph but it’s just linking word to word.
1.3.3 The smallest unit of sound that has meaning is called phonetics.
Correct- The smallest unit of sound that has meaning is called a phoneme.
Phonetic is the study and classification of speech sounds.
1.3.4 Redundancy is an example of the repetitive use of the same word in a sentence.
Correct- Anaphora is an example of the repetitive use of the same word in a sentence.
Redundancy is when you use more words than necessary to express something, especially words and/or phrases in the same sentence that means the same thing.
1.3.5 The study of the structure of sentences is called semantics
Correct-The study of the structure of sentences is called syntactic.
Semantics is the study of meaning, reference, or truth in a language.
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