Semantics (George Yule)

The food was eaten in the dining room by the guests. In this example, the order of the thematic roles is as follows:

The ________________ meaning of the word December is 'the twelfth month of the year'.

Penguin is a ________________ of bird.

________________ is defined as one form (e.g., face, head) having multiple meanings that are all related by extension.

In the thematic roles, ________________ is the entity that undergoes an emotion, or a perception expressed by the verb.

Semantics is the study of the ________________ meaning of the word.

Which of the following criteria are taken into consideration when deciding about the synonyms?

In the thematic roles, ________________ is the entity by which the action of the verb is carried out.

The words ________________ are gradable antonyms.

The basic lexical relation between furniture/tableis ________________.

The words so and sew are ________________.

The words ________________ are non-gradable antonyms.