Grammar

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Free morphemes
words with complete meaning that can stand alone in a sentence e.g girl
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Bound morphemes
incorporated into word as dependent part e.g -ment
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pre-fixes
attached to the start of a lexical item e.g ex, dis, im
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suffixes
attached to end of lexical item e.g ness, ment, -ly
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semantics
study of meaning past dictionary definition
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semantic field
group of words based around a similar topic or theme
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collocations
words that are commonly used or associated together e.g cosmestic surgery
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fixed expression
when words recently used together they become accepted as one structure e.g football match
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euphemisms
used to give a word a more pleasant and positive meaning e.g died - passed away
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dysphemism
used to describe a word in a more unpleasant and unappealing way e.g died - brutally murdered
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antonyms
words meaning opposite e.g rich/poor
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morphology
study of the structure of words
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morphemes
parts of words
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common nouns
general names e.g girl
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proper nouns
particular names e.g Emma
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Precise nouns
poodle, teenager, toddler
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Collective nouns
using singular noun for plural group e.g herd, crowd, flock
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abstract nouns
can't see/hear/touch e.g justice/ happiness
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noun phrase
group words built around a noun
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determiners
used to home you in on a noun e.g all monsters, any monster, the monster
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Hypophora
raising question and immediately answering it
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Negation
inverts the meaning of another lexical item
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lexical asymmetry
words are unequal in associations or connotations
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denotation
dictionary definition of word
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amelioration
becomes more positive over time
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perjoration
becomes more negative over time
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lexis
total stack of words in a language
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structure/discourse
genre, mode and context of piece of text how it is put together
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connatation
emotional or psychological associations a word may have
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Bound morphemes

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incorporated into word as dependent part e.g -ment

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pre-fixes

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suffixes

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semantics

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