Idiots Guide Flashcards
What is a semantic field
A group of words/phrases with a common meaning
What is a denotation
Dictionary definition
What is a connotation
The associated ideas with a word
What is a collocation
Two words that go together - salt and pepper
What is a euphemism
A less harsh way of saying things
What is a dyphemism
A blunt way of saying something
What is a hypernym
An umbrella term, such as animal
What is a hyponym
A part of.a larger collection, such as dog
What is grice’s maxim of quality
What is said must be truthful
What is grice’s maxim of quantity
What is said should be the right length
What is grice’s maxim of relevance
What is said should be relevant
What is grice’s maxim of manner
What is said should be clear and not ambiguous
What is deixis
Where the meaning of a word is completely reliant on the context
For example I went there yesterday, there and yesterday are deictic
What is a minor sentence
An incomplete sentence, missing one or more of SVO
What is a simple sentence
A main clause on its own
