Incompatibility Relation
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An Incompatibility Relation is a Semantic Relation between non-overlapping Entities in an IsA Relation with the same parent Entity.
- AKA: Incompatibility.
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- Example(s):
- Incompatibility(dog,cat) → True, possibly a Relation.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- [math]\displaystyle{ f }[/math](animal,cat) → True, possibly an Hyponymy Relation.
- See: IsA Relation, Hyponym Relation.
References
- Patrick Griffiths. (2006). “An introduction to English Semantics and Pragmatics. Language Arts & Disciplines
- QUOTE: A semantic relation called incompatibility holds between the hyponyms of a given superordinate. Hyponymy is about classification: breakfast, lunch and dinner are kinds of meal. Incompatibility is about contrast: breakfast, lunch and dinner are different from each other within the category of meals; they are eaten at different times ..."