Lexis And Semantics Flashcards by Caitlin Alis

Lexis

Study of vocabulary

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Etymology

Study of the origin

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Lexical item

Word

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Semantics

Words and their meanings

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Semantic field

Classification of words from the same domain

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Synonymy

Lexical items with similar meaning

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Antonymy

Lexical items with opposite meanings

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Hyponymy

The hierarchy structure that exists between lexical items

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Neologisms

Newly coined word

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To coin

Invent a new word

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Portmanteau

Blending two words together to make a new words

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Acronym

Abbreviation of a phrase into letters

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Academie Francaise

French council that protects the French language

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Figurative language

Non-literal word

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Euphemisms

A word or phrase to make something less offensive

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Idioms

A word or phrase used to say something illiterally

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Dysphemisms

A derogatory or unpleasant term

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Linguistic taboo

Any element of bearing that reads impolite

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Borrowed term

A word taken from another language

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Borrowed term

A word taken from another language

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Word classes

A word consists of lexical items with similar functions

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Noun

People, places, things, concepts

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Proper nouns

Something specific

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Collective noun

Group of nouns

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Countable nouns

Singular or plural (cats or dogs)

Uncountable nouns

Impossible to count

Mental verb

Thoughts and ideas

Verbal verb

Speaking verb

Material verbs

Physical Actions (build)

Dynamic verbs

Activity related in an event (consider, guess)

Stative verbs

Emotions and preferences (like, dislike)

Auxiliary

Helping verb

Adjectives

Describes or modifies a noun

Comparative

Comparing two or more things (more, smaller)

Superlative

The most or least of something

Adverbs

Modify or describe a verb

Manner adverb

Describe an activity (quickly, elegantly)

Time Adverb

Describes or modifies when an action occurs (today)

Place adverb

Tell us where something is happening (here, there)

Frequency adverb

How often something occurs (sometimes)

Degree adverb

To depict the degree or intensity of (Harshly, lightly)

Conjunctive

Transition between clauses (Furthermore)

Determiners

Come before a noun to explain which noun is referred to (the, my, all)

Co-ordinating Conjunctions

Connects words, phrases or clauses of the same kind (and)

Subordinating conjunction

Only connects a dependent clause to an independent (although)

Interjection

Formal writing to show sudden emotion

Article

Identifies a noun being specific or unspecific (A)

Quantifies

How many of something (only)

Antecedent noun

One or more words that establish the meaning of a pronoun (Names of things)

Personal pronouns

Change based on the grammatical person (I/me, she/her, they/them)

Relative pronouns

Connect clauses to independent clauses (That,what)

Who

Is for the subject of a sentence or clause

Whom

Is for the object of a verb and preposition

Demonstrative pronouns

Point directly to an antecedent or replace one (This, these, that, those)

Indefinite pronoun

Refers generally to a person or a thing that isn’t present (One, other, none)

Reflexive pronouns

Personal pronouns ending in ‘-self’ or ‘-selves’ (Myself, yourself, themselves, itself)

Intensive pronouns

Adds emphasis noun followed by a reflexive

Possessive pronoun

Shows ownership (Mine, your, our)

Possessive pronoun

Shows ownership (Mine, your, our)

Interrogative pronoun

Asks a question (Who, whose, whom, what, which)

Interrogative pronoun

Asks a question (Who, whose, whom, what, which)

Reciprocal pronoun

Describes a mutual relationship between two or more elements (each other and one another)

Reciprocal pronoun

Describes a mutual relationship between two or more elements (each other and one another)

Distributive pronoun

Refer to nouns as individual elements as larger groups (Either, each, neither, any, none)

Antonymy

Lexical items with opposite meanings

Synonymy

lexical items with similar meaning

Euphemism

a word or phrase to make something less offensive

Neologism

a newly coined word\ phrase

Idiom

A non-literal word or phrase

FANBOYS - Co-ordinating conjunctions

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, so

Mental verb

verbs to do with the mind (wishing/ believing)

Verbal verb

speaking verb (Speaking, whispering)

Relationship verb

relationship between two objects

MAterial verb

actions (washed)

Comparative

compares two or more things

superlative

The most or least of something