semantics language level

Question 1

denotation

Answer 1

the literal meaning of a word

Question 2

connotation

Answer 2

the figurative meaning of a word

Question 3

synonym

Answer 3

similar words meaning

Question 4

antonym

Answer 4

opposite words meaning

Question 5

antithesis

Answer 5

direct opposite

Question 6

syncdoche

Answer 6

figure of speech in which a part is taken for the whole of a thing or vice versa

Question 7

amelioration

Answer 7

when a word’s meaning changes overtime from negative to positive

Question 8

pejoration

Answer 8

when a word’s meaning changes overtime from positive to negative

Question 9

semantic broadening

Answer 9

when a word gains more meanings overtime

Question 10

semantic narrowing

Answer 10

when a word loses meanings overtime

Question 11

allusion

Answer 11

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Question 12

implicature

Answer 12

a proposition inferred from the circumstances of utterances of another proposition rather than from its literal meaning.

Question 13

subtext

Answer 13

an underlying and often distinct theme in a piece of writing or conversation.