Question

A paradigmatic relationship in language involves:

• A. Sequential combinations of words.
• B. Substitution of one word for another in the same context.
• C. The etymology of words.
• D. The pronunciation of words.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Substitution of one word for another in the same context.

A paradigmatic relationship in language involves the ability to substitute one word for another from the same word class, meaning words that can be interchanged in a sentence while maintaining grammatical structure, based on their shared semantic features or category, like replacing "dog" with "cat" in a sentence because they are both nouns.