semantic pragmatics and a little bit

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  • Created by: Shelasah
  • Created on: 02-10-17 14:30
semantics fields
Are a group of words connected by a similar meaning e.g. lost missing
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Synonyms
Words that have equivalent meanings (when you're on word and you right click and choose a better word that's what it is)
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Antonyms
Words that have contrasting meanings e.g. black, white
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hypernyms
words that are used for a group of other words e.g. animal contains dog cat tiger
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Hyponyms
the reverse of Hypernyms
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Semantic change
it is the changing of the word from its original usage
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levels of formality
vocabulary styles including, colloquial, taboo, formal and frozen levels
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Jargon
technical vocabulary that is unique to a occupation or activity e.g. over the top football
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sociolect
a language style associated with a particular social group
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Dialect
a language style associated with a country
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Neology
A new formation
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Denotative and connotational meanings
the literal (denotative) and associated (connotational) meanings of words.
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Phoneme
basic unit of sound
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Diphthong
a vowel sound that is made by 2 separate sounds like Shelasah
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voicing
the vocal cords either vibrating voiced or not unvoiced
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implicature
an implied meaning that has to be inferred
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inference
understanding of implied meanings
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irony
using language to signal an attitude
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deixis
words that are context-bound where meaning depends on who is using them, and where and when they are being used.
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speech acts
apologies and promises
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cooperative principles
how interaction is generally based upon various kinds of cooperative behaviour between speakers.
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