Monday 5 October 2015

Misrepresenting Hyponymy As Bridging Hyponymy

Martin (1992: 308):
Hyponyms do not directly presume their superordinates, but they may presume them indirectly through bridging. … In the following examples hyponyms are bridged from their superordinates:
BRIDGING: HYPONYM FROM HYPERONYM
[5:23]  Ben admired his flowers, especially the roses.  
BRIDGING: HYPONYM FROM HYPERONYM
[5:24]  Ben hated the insects, especially the mosquitos.

Blogger Comment:

These are just clear cases of hyponymy.  The underlined grammatical reference item the is irrelevant to the cohesiveness of the lexical relation.