Lang level 1 - Lexis and semantics

Question 1

Lexis?

Answer 1

Vocabulary

Question 2

Noun?

Answer 2

A word naming a thing or concept

Question 3

Proper noun?

Answer 3

Name people/places and are always capitalised

Question 4

Abstract noun?

Answer 4

Refers to states of being/feeling/concepts which do not have a physical existence (you cannot hold love)

Question 5

Concrete nouns?

Answer 5

Do have a physical existence (you can hold a rock)

Question 6

Verb?

Answer 6

A word that shows a state of being (e.g. I AM tired)

Question 7

Dynamic verb?

Answer 7

Shows physical actions

Question 8

Stative verb?

Answer 8

Shows states of being/mental processes

Question 9

Adjective?

Answer 9

A word which modifies a noun

Question 10

Subjective adjectives?

Answer 10

Subject to personal opinion (e.g. she’s bitchy)

Question 11

Objective adjectives?

Answer 11

Based of facts or shared assumptions (e.g. She’s good at maths)

Question 12

Comparrative adjectives?

Answer 12

e.g. The better/faster/nicer car

Question 13

Superlative adjectives?

Answer 13

e.g. The best car

Question 14

Adverb?

Answer 14

A word that modifies a verb (e.g. she ran QUICKLY)
an adjective (e.g. it was RIDICULOUSLY warm)
and other adverbs (e.g. INCREDIBLY badly behaved)

Question 15

Pronouns?

Answer 15

A word which substitutes a noun (she instead of Kate/ it instead of dog)

Question 16

Singular & personal pronouns?

Answer 16

I or me

Question 17

Pleural and personal pronouns?

Answer 17

We or us

Question 18

Demonstrative pronouns?

Answer 18

Indicating something to the reader (e.g. this/these/that)

Question 19

Indefinite pronouns?

Answer 19

Referring to non-specific people/things/ideas (e.g. someone/everywhere/anywhere)

Question 20

Determiner?

Answer 20

Adds detail and clarity to nouns (THE house, MY dog, SOME rain)

Question 21

Definite article?

Answer 21

‘The’

Question 22

Indefinite article?

Answer 22

A/an

Question 23

Possessive determiners?

Answer 23

Showing ownership over the noun (My/his/your dog)

Question 24

Quantifiers?

Answer 24

Show either specific quantities (44 dogs), or non-specific quantities (some/a few)

Question 25

Conjunctions?

Answer 25

Connecting phrases/clauses (but/because/and)

Question 26

Coordinating conjunctions?

Answer 26

Linking classes of equal status (and/but/yet)

Question 27

Subordinating conjunctions?

Answer 27

Linking dependent clauses (because/although/while)

Question 28

Collocates?

Answer 28

Words commonly used together (sweet and sour, not sour and sweet/round of applause)

Question 29

What are latinate words?

Answer 29

Complicated words, many syllables, odd syntax (consumption)

Question 30

What are anglo Saxon words?

Answer 30

Simple, easy to read, one syllable (eat)

Question 31

Fixed expressions?

Answer 31

Similar to collocates, longer phrases which are commonly used and accepted (at the end of the day)

Question 32

Synonym?

Answer 32

Word with an equivalent meaning to another

Question 33

Antonym?

Answer 33

Word with opposite meaning to another

Question 34

Euphemism?

Answer 34

A socially accepted phrase to avoid any possible offence/rudeness (need the loo/had a few too many)

Question 35

Dysphemism?

Answer 35

Using a blunt word/phrase (often taboo - I need a shit)

Question 36

Hyponymy?

Answer 36

Setting up a chain of words, meanings become more specific as it goes on

Question 37

Etymology?

Answer 37

The origin of a word e.g Anglo Saxon

Question 38

Dialect?

Answer 38

Variety of language that is a characteristic of certain groups

Question 39

Sociolect?

Answer 39

Dialect associated with a particular social class

Question 40

Ethnolect?

Answer 40

Dialect associated with a particular ethnic group

Question 41

Regiolect?

Answer 41

Dialect associated with a particular region

Question 42

Metaphor?

Answer 42

Presenting one thing as another, offers implied comparison and conveying some a particular way

Question 43

Metonymy?

Answer 43

A figure of speech where a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it (The White House is a metonymy for the president and inner circle, not just a house that is white)

Question 44

Synecdoche?

Answer 44

When naming a part of something but referring to the whole (New faces appeared - meaning people)

Question 45

Allegory?

Answer 45

Story with double meaning