Semantics Flashcards
Denotation
literal codified meaning
Connotation
Non Literal - associated meanings
Irony
A meaning conveyed that is opposite to its literal or contextual meaning
Metaphor
Describing something being something else
Oxymoron
two ‘opposites’ presenting as a lexical item conveying some form of semantic conflict
Simile
describing something like or as something else
Hyperbole
description that is deliberately exaggerated
Personification
metaphor that gives an inanimate object human qualities
Pun
a play on words that necessarily involves phonology, morphology and semantics
Synonymy
lexemes with similar meanings
Antonymy
lexemes with opposite or contrasting meanings
hypernym
semantic set
hyponym
semantic subset
idiom
non literal , colloquial, cultural expressions
Euphemism
a milder more polite lexeme or phrase to refer to a taboo or unpleasant topic
Dysphemism
A harsher or more direct and impolite lexeme or phrase to refer to a taboo or unpleasant topic
