Lexis and Semantics 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageFrameworksA2/A-levelOCR Created by: chikomanuelCreated on: 06-05-19 01:22 Euphemism making sound nicer 1 of 20 Dysphemism making sound worse 2 of 20 Polysyllabic educated, reading terms 3 of 20 Monosyllabic uneducated, speaking terms 4 of 20 Slang e.g lol 5 of 20 taboo unmainstream topics 6 of 20 archaisms old terms 7 of 20 abbreviation e.g blates, obvs 8 of 20 acronym e.g NASA 9 of 20 neologism new word e.g Keyboard 10 of 20 blend 2 words together e.g smog 11 of 20 loan word borrowed foreign word e.g crepe 12 of 20 jargon words associated with profession 13 of 20 synonym similar words e.g walk, strut, stroll 14 of 20 antonym opposite words e.g under, above 15 of 20 polysemes words with more than one meaning 16 of 20 Pre and Post modifier adjectives/adverbs used before/after noun to alter meaning 17 of 20 semantic field words all related to the same topic/theme 18 of 20 denotation direct meaning of word 19 of 20 connotation hidden/implied meaning of word 20 of 20
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