Chapter 1 Textbook Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
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What is Denotation or Referential Meaning?
A
The relationship between words and the things they stand for
2
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What is Extension?
A
The class of entities denoted by a term in the real world (The same as Denotation). ex. Edmonton
3
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What does Intension mean?
A
The defining properties of a word. i.e. Dictionary definition
4
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What is Connotation?
A
A term used to classify additional meaning a word has beyond its central, core meaning
5
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What are Semantic features?
A
Things whose meaning is so obvious you do not have to define them further
6
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What does Lexicalized mean?
A
When a concept is encoded in a full lexical item, such as a noun or adjective
7
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What does Grammaticalized mean?
A
When languages encode some concepts in chinks of a word called affixes
