ENGLISH LANG VOCAB 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageVOCABASAll boards Created by: Fiza AleemCreated on: 03-10-16 21:26 LEXIS The linguistic term for words 1 of 35 NOUN-CONCRETE Words that name something with a physical presence 2 of 35 NOUN-ABSTRACT Words that name something without a physical presence 3 of 35 NOUN-PROPER The capitalized name of one particular thing e.g name, town 4 of 35 PRONOUNS-POSSESSIVE Replacements for nouns that indicate ownership 5 of 35 PRONOUNS-INCLUSIVE Replacements for nouns that indicate the speaker 6 of 35 PRONOUNS-GENERIC Replacements for nouns that are used to address a large mixed group 7 of 35 PRONOUNS-1ST PERSON Replacements for nouns that are used to indicate the speaker/writer 8 of 35 PRONOUNS-2ND PERSON Replacements for nouns that are used to indicate the reader/listener 9 of 35 PRONOUNS-3RD PERSON Replacements of nouns that are used to indicate someone else 10 of 35 VERB-DYNAMIC Word that labels a physical action 11 of 35 VERB-STATIVE Word that label a mental/emotional action 12 of 35 VERBS-MODEL Words that label a possibility of an action 13 of 35 GERUND When a verb is used to act as the noun in the sentence 14 of 35 MODIFIER-ADJECTIVE Words that add information to a noun 15 of 35 MODIFIER-COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE Word that adds more info to a noun comparing it to something else 16 of 35 MODIFIER-SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE Word that adds more info to a noun suggesting its the best or worst 17 of 35 MODIFIER-EVALUATIVE ADJECTIVE Word that adds more info to a noun suggesting its an opinion about the noun 18 of 35 MODIFIER-ADVERB Words that add more info about a verb 19 of 35 MODIFIER-INTENSIFIER Adjective or adverb that has little meaning on its own but adds greater intensity to the word it modifes 20 of 35 CONJUNCTIONS Words used to link part of a sentence or list 21 of 35 PREPOSITIONS Linking words used before a noun or after a verb to indicate time or postion 22 of 35 JARGON Specialist words used by a group of proffesion 23 of 35 SLANG Non standard words that are only allowed in speech and understood by a select group of people 24 of 35 TABOO Words that are considered offensive or inappropriate to use in polite writing or speech 25 of 35 DEIXIS Words in spoken lang that are used to indicate a particular thing or place in context 26 of 35 ARCHAIC LEXIS Older words that are no longer in common use 27 of 35 SYNONYM A word that has the same meaning as another 28 of 35 ANTONYM A word that has opposite meaning to another 29 of 35 HIGH FREQUENCY LEXIS Words that are commonly used and understood by most people 30 of 35 LOW FREQUENCY LEXIS Words that are not commonly used and understood by most people 31 of 35 LEXICAL (SEMANTIC) FIELD A group of words that are all associated with the same topic 32 of 35 SYNTAX The linguistic term for sentences and how they are organised 33 of 35 CLAUSE Part of a sentence that contains a noun and a verb 34 of 35 PHRASE A group of words linked together that do not make a complete sentence 35 of 35
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