binarity

 [bahy-nar-i-tee, -nair-]  

bi·nar·i·ty

   [bahy-nar-i-tee, -nair-]
noun Linguistics.
a principle of analysis requiring that a linguistic system, as a phonological, case, or semantic system, be represented as a set of binary oppositions.
Also, bi·nar·ism  [bahy-nuh-riz-uhm] .

Origin:
binar(y) + -ity
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Binarity is always a great word to know.
So is semantic field. Does it mean:
an area of human experience or perception that is delimited and subcategorized by a set of interrelated vocabulary
a structural representation of a sentence in the form of an inverted tree, with each node of the tree labeled according to the phrasal constituent it represents
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