Lexis And Semantics. Flashcards

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Lexical item

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A word

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Semantics.

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Meanings of words

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Lexical word

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Has a meaning

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Functional word

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Links words to other words.

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Noun

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Name of objects, places, people, feelings and attitudes.

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Verb

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Actions, events or states of being

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Adjectives.

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Add detail to noun

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Adverbs

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Add detail to verbs and other adverbs.

Usually end in ly

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Determiner

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Positioned in front of nouns to add detail or to clarify.

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Conjunction.

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Links words, phrases and clauses together.

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Preposition.

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Show relationship in terms of time and place.

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Pronoun.

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Replace nouns.

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Proper nouns.

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Names of people and places.

Have a capital letter.

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Common noun.

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Anything or object without a name.

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Concrete noun.

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Anything you can physically touch

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Abstract noun.

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No physical existence

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Countable and uncountable.

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Things you can/cannot count

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Collective noun.

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A group of something

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Types of pronouns.

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Personal
Demonstrative
Relative
Reflexive
Possessive
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Auxiliary verbs.

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Assists main verb in a phrase.

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Primary auxiliary verb example

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Primary auxiliary verb.

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Used to disguise tense

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Epidemic modality.

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Likelihood and certainty

You MUST be starving.

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Deontic modality.

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Possibility and necessity- strong and powerful

You MUST leave now.

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Lexical connector examples.
Therefore, firstly, later.
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Anaphoric referencing.
Subject then noun.
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Cataphoric referencing.
Noun then subject.
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Ellipsis.
Not answering fully. E.g. What's your next lesson English (instead of my next lesson is English)
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Substituting.
Stops repeating.
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Material verb.
Describes actions or events.
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Material verb examples.
Hit, run, push, read, paint, remove, hold
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Relational verbs
Describes a state of being or used to identify.
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Relational verbs examples.
Be, appear, seem, become.
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Dynamic verb process.
There is a change in state over time.
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Dynamic verb process examples.
Paint, remove, erase, eat
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Mental verbs.
Describes perception, thought or speech.
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Mental verb examples.
Think, believe, love, speak, sing
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Intransitive verbs.
Don't require an object.
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Intransitive verbs examples.
Die, sleep, yawn
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Transitive verbs.
Require an object.
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Transitive verbs examples.
Give, see
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Stative verb processes.
The situation remains constant.
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Stative verb processes examples.
Hold, love, believe.
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Auxiliary verb examples.
Was Must Should (followed by verb) e.g. Run
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Concrete noun example.
Table.
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Abstract noun example.
Fear, love
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Uncountable nouns examples.
Furniture
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Collective noun examples.
Swarm, herd
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Lexis
The vocabulary system of language