Lexis And Semantics. Flashcards
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Lexical item
A word
Semantics.
Meanings of words
Lexical word
Has a meaning
Functional word
Links words to other words.
Noun
Name of objects, places, people, feelings and attitudes.
Verb
Actions, events or states of being
Adjectives.
Add detail to noun
Adverbs
Add detail to verbs and other adverbs.
Usually end in ly
Determiner
Positioned in front of nouns to add detail or to clarify.
Conjunction.
Links words, phrases and clauses together.
Preposition.
Show relationship in terms of time and place.
Pronoun.
Replace nouns.
Proper nouns.
Names of people and places.
Have a capital letter.
Common noun.
Anything or object without a name.
Concrete noun.
Anything you can physically touch
Abstract noun.
No physical existence
Countable and uncountable.
Things you can/cannot count
Collective noun.
A group of something
Types of pronouns.
Personal Demonstrative Relative Reflexive Possessive
Auxiliary verbs.
Assists main verb in a phrase.
Primary auxiliary verb example
Be, do, have
Primary auxiliary verb.
Used to disguise tense
Epidemic modality.
Likelihood and certainty
You MUST be starving.
Deontic modality.
Possibility and necessity- strong and powerful
You MUST leave now.