Lexis and Semantics
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- Created on: 24-08-17 21:20
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Clues
- A derogatory, harsh or unplesant term used to cause more offence e.g. Bog - toilet, knocked up - pregnant (9)
- A language style associated with a particular social group (9)
- A pair or group of words that are often used together and sound natural to native speakers however can be challenging for foreign students e.g. Fast collated with food but not meat, Cup of tea, Big mistake (11)
- Expressions to say something in a polite way to make it less offensive usually used for topics surrounding death and sex e.g vertically challenged - short, passed away - died (9)
- Groups of words connected by a shared field of reference e.g. medicine (8, 5)
- Language used in a non literal way to describe something in other terms e.g. simile, metaphor (10, 8)
- The process of words changing meaning including : narrowing, broadening, amelioration, semantic reclamation (8, 6)
- The way you greet someone (10)
- Vocabulary styles including slang, colloquialisms, taboo, formal and fixed levels (6, 2, 9)
- Words that label categories e.g. animals including dog, cat and rabbit (9)
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