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Hierarchical Lexical Relation

Hierarchical Lexical Relation

A hierarchical lexical relation is an association between lexical units that have a system of arrangement into levels of increasing:

  • size
  • complexity

A hierarchical set has the structure of a scale.

(English)

  • Geopolitical boundaries
    • {county, state, country}
    • {province, country}
  • Sets related to analytic paradigms
    • {morpheme, word, phrase, clause, sentence, discourse}

Underlying structure

A hierarchical set has the structure of a scale.

See:

What is a lexical relation with a scale structure for other examples of similar lexical relations in English.

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