Commencement Week Flashcards
What is Taboo?
Words or subjects that are distasteful, frightening, or make people feel uncomfortable.
What is Euphemism?
Polite or sweet-sounding terms and phrases that are substituted for harsh or abrasive terms. For example: ‘Gone to heaven’ instead of ‘dead.’
What is Dysphemism?
Being harsh, abusive or offensive as a substitute for a less offensive term. For example: ‘Nazi’ for strict person.
What is Phonology?
The study of the sounds of language.
What is Lexicology?
The study of words.
What is Morphology?
The study of the formation of words.
What is Syntax?
How words, phrases and clauses are put together to form sentences and text.
What are Semantics?
The study of the meaning of language.
What is Discourse?
The text.
What is register?
Language according to use.
What is context?
The situation or circumstances in which the discourse or utterance takes place.
What is Etymology?
The study of the history of words and word origins.
