Lexis And Semantics

Question 1

What are connotations?

Answer 1

Meanings that come to mind when thinking of a word beyond its dictionary definition

Question 2

What are denotations?

Answer 2

The litteral meanings of a word, the dictionary definition

Question 3

What are synonyms?

Answer 3

2 or more words with similar denotations

Question 4

What is a Lexical field?

Answer 4

A group of words in a text that are connected by subject

Question 5

What is a semantic field?

Answer 5

It is a group of words in a text that are connected by connotations

Question 6

What is the register of a text?

Answer 6

How complicated the words in the text are

Question 7

What is fluctuating register ?

Answer 7

When a texts register goes from high to low throughout

Question 8

What is high-frequency lexis?

Answer 8

Words that are commonly used

Question 9

What is low-frequency register?

Answer 9

Words that aren’t commonly used

Question 10

What is jargon?

Answer 10

Language specific to a profession or group

Question 11

What is monosyllabic lexis?

Answer 11

Words that are made of a single syllable

Question 12

What is disyballic lexis?

Answer 12

Words that are made from two syllables

Question 13

What is polysyllabic lexis?

Answer 13

Words that are made out of three or more syllables

Question 14

What is colloquial language?

Answer 14

Causal language that is heard in everyday use

Question 15

What is subject specific lexis?

Answer 15

Words that are closely connected by one subject

Question 16

What is slang?

Answer 16

Language common to a group that excludes others

Question 17

What is dialect?

Answer 17

Language that is common to a specific regional area

Question 18

What is Tabbo language?

Answer 18

Words that aren’t socially acceptable to be used in everyday conversations

Question 19

What is an address term?

Answer 19

The formal or informal ways people address others

Question 20

What are courtesy items?

Answer 20

Polite words or expressions

Question 21

What are archaic words?

Answer 21

Old words that aren’t commonly used in every language

Question 22

What are neologic words?

Answer 22

Words that have been created in the 21st century

Question 23

What are contractions?

Answer 23

Two words that are merged together using an apostrophe

Question 24

What is collocation?

Answer 24

Words that are typically found together

Question 25

What are loaded terms?

Answer 25

Words that hold very strong or emotive connotations

Question 26

What is a metaphor?

Answer 26

A non litteral comparison

Question 27

What is a simile?

Answer 27

A comparison using like or as

Question 28

What is personification

Answer 28

The application of human quality’s to non-human entities

Question 29

What is zoomorphism?

Answer 29

The application of animal-like qualities to humans and non-animals

Question 30

What is a euphemism?

Answer 30

An indirect or polite phrase for a sensitive topic

Question 31

What is a political euphemism?

Answer 31

A jargonistic , politically indirect phrase for a sensitive topic

Question 32

What is a dyphemism?

Answer 32

A blunt and sometimes offensive expression for a normal neutral one

Question 33

What is a metonym?

Answer 33

A word used for an associated thing

For example: the crown (royalty)

Question 34

What is a Synedoche?

Answer 34

A part of something used to refer to the whole thing

For example: wheels (car)

Question 35

What is a Cliché?

Answer 35

An over-used expression

Question 36

What is hyperbole?

Answer 36

A dillberate exaggeration for effect

Question 37

What is repetition?

Answer 37

A word being repeated in order to bring attention to it

Question 38

What is an idomatic expression?

Answer 38

A long-established expression with an expected meaning within a culture

Question 39

What is Syntax?

Answer 39

The structure and formation of sentences