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| Article Name : | | | IDENTIFICATION OF SYNONYMOUS WORDS FOUND IN TIRUKKURAL | | Author Name : | | | R. Saranya , V. Mohandass | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-3882 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | According to Lyons (1977:270-4), the whole vocabulary of a language is structured through semantic relations. They are linguistically termed as sense relations. And the entire vocabulary may be explained through the different types of sense relations such as synonymy, hyponymy, binary opposition, non–binary opposition, part-whole relations, and so on. Most of the vocabularies show the relations of identity hold between two or more vocabulary items. Such a kind of vocabularies is included under the relations of synonymy. Many of the vocabularies are semantically related words that show contrast either between two words or more than two. Such a kind of vocabularies comes under opposition. When the contrast is between two words, the opposition is called as binary - opposition. When the contrast is between more than two, the opposition is called as non-binary opposition or incompatibility. A large section of the vocabulary shows the relation of hyponymy, i.e., a class of inclusion where a generic word includes as its members, a number of specific words. A large part of the vocabulary which does not fit into any of the above relations includes under part- whole relation, which is a relationship between the whole body of something and its parts. Thus, this paper is mainly concerned with identification of synonymous words found in tirukkuRaL written by the ever great Tamil scholar tiruvaLLuvar. | | Keywords : | | |
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