Question

Which of the following is a central concern of lexical semantics?

• A. How sentences combine to form texts
• B. The meanings of individual words and their relationships
• C. How context affects sentence interpretation
• D. The study of speech sounds

Answer 1

Answer:

B. The meanings of individual words and their relationships

Lexical semantics is specifically focused on the study of word meanings, including their various senses, relationships to other words (such as synonymy, antonymy, and hyponymy), and how these meanings are represented in the mental lexicon. It examines the structure and organization of word meanings within a language.