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Analyze and comment on the following.Comment on the following piece of discourse in terms of superordinates and subordinated, so far as hyponymy is concerned. “There was a fine rocking-chair that his father used to sit in, a desk where he wrote letters, a nest of small tables and a dark, imposing bookcase. Now all the furniture was to be sold, and with it his own past.”
【正确答案】：

HYPONYMY DEALS WITH THE RELATIONSHIP OF SEMANTIC INCLUSION. THAT IS, THE MEANING OF A MORE SPECIFIC WORD IS INCLUDED IN THAT OF ANOTHER MORE GENERAL WORD. IN THIS PIECE OF DISCOURSE GIVEN, “ROCKING-CHAIR, DESK, TABLE, BOOKCASE” ARE HYPONYMS UNDER FURNITURE. THE GENERAL WORD “FURNITURE” IS A SUPERORDINATE AND “ROCKING-CHAIRS, DESK, TABLE, BOOKCASE” ARE SUBORDINATE.

【题目解析】：上下义关系处理语义包含的关系。也就是说，一个更具体的词的意思包含在另一个更一般的词中。在这篇演讲中，“摇椅、书桌、桌子、书架”是“家具”的下义词。“家具”是上义词，“摇椅、书桌、桌子、书架”是下义词。