Question 1For each of the six definitions, determine if they are definitions by genus/differentia, typical exemplar, synonymy, or somecombination. If it’s a combination, indicate which definitional strategies are present. (3 points)
Question 2 For each of the following examples (individually), determine which definition(s) apply: 5, 6, 13, 16, 21. If you selected only one, briefly argue why other candidates do not apply, if you selected multiple definitions, briefly argue why you couldn’t decide between the two or more definitions (7 points; the argument for each definitional choice should be 50-100 words.Note that ‘argue’ means that you will have to make explicit why you believe a meaning does or doesn’t apply). Choose one of the following 2 questions and indicate in your submission which one you answered:
Question 3aTake two (or more) definitions from Wordsmyth, and argue that these definitions belong to the same sense of the word (i.e.,that the definitions are too fine-grained). Refer to the definitional/logical/linguistic tests of polysemy, as well as to the threeoptions of the distribution of labour in what is fixed in meaning and what we compute ‘on the fly’. Illustrate your answer withexamples from the COCA. (5 points; 200-250 words)
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Question 3bTake one definition from Words myth, and argue that it should be split into two or more definitions (i.e., that the definition istoo coarse-grained). Refer to the definitional/logical/linguistic tests of polysemy, as well as to the three options of the distribution of labour in what is fixed in meaning and what we compute ‘on the fly’. Illustrate your answer with examples from the COCA. (5 points; 200-250 words)
