Test 2 Flashcards
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What is the most basic meaning of a word called?
Semantic Domain
What determines which definition of a word to use?
Context
What is the danger of doing a word study?
The student must be careful not to impose a meaning to the word that is not the meaning in the context.
Give examples of words that can be used out of context.
Run can mean “ to move at a fast pace”, “to run machinery”, “to run guns”
Spring can mean “ a season”, “a coiled metal rod”, a small flow of water”
What is semantics?
The art and science of studying word meanings
What is the lexical fallacy?
The assumption that a lexical studies can solve theological problems
What two issues occur during a lexical fallacy?
We spend too much time tracing the history of a word. Then after finding so many meanings, the person tries to all of the meanings into the single word in question.
What is the cure for the lexical fallacy?
Understand that the correct meaning is the one that contributes least to the context
What is the root fallacy?
That the root of a term carries the basic meaning throughout every subordinate word. Also that compound words, butterfly, pineapple, etc, can be broken down into its components.
What is etymology?
The study of the history of a term
What is the misuse of etymology?
That any past use of the word can be read into its current meaning……the word gay has a different meaning today than it used to.
What is a example of a dead metaphor?
” miss the mark” often implies that we have sinned….but when we sin we miss the mark but chose to aim at the wrong one
What is the One Meaning Fallacy?
That every appearance of a Greek or Hebrew word should be translated into the same English word.
What is the Word Fallacy?
The failure to consider the concept of the word, as well as the word itself……consider the other ways the writer could have said the same thing.
