Chapter 1 Flashcards
Affix
Either a prefix or suffix added to a root word
Derivative
A word created through affixation, but which has a different meaning than the root word.
Inflextion
The different grammatical forms of a word (created through affixation)
Word family
A root word plus its inflexitons and most common derivatives
Affixation
One way new words are formed, by adding affixes
Compounding
One way new words are formed, by joining two or more words together
Blended
One way new words are formed, by combining the parts of two or more words
Conversion
One way new words are formed, by changing a word from one part of speech to another
Clipping
One way new words are formed, by shortening an existing word
Multi-word units
Lexical chunks
Sentence frame
A lexical chunk upon which you can hang a sentence
Lexeme
A word or group of words that functions like a single word
Homonyms
Words that have the same form but different meanings
Homophones
Words that have the same sound but different spellings
Homographs
Words that have the same spelling but different sounds
Polyseme
A different but related meaning of a word
Hyponyms
Words that are related in kind
Co-hyponyms
Hyponymy whose relationship is in the same level in a hierarchy
Superordinate
A hyponym which is one level above another in a hierarchy
Meronymy
A relationship where one hyponym is a part of another
Lexical field
A set of lexical items which share a thematic relationship
Word class
There’s 8:
Noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, conjunction, preposition, determiner
