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Lang level 1 - Lexis and semantics Flashcards

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Lexis?

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Vocabulary

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Noun?

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A word naming a thing or concept

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Proper noun?

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Name people/places and are always capitalised

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Abstract noun?

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Refers to states of being/feeling/concepts which do not have a physical existence (you cannot hold love)

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Concrete nouns?

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Do have a physical existence (you can hold a rock)

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Verb?

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A word that shows a state of being (e.g. I AM tired)

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Dynamic verb?

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Shows physical actions

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Stative verb?

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Shows states of being/mental processes

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Adjective?

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A word which modifies a noun

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Subjective adjectives?

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Subject to personal opinion (e.g. she’s bitchy)

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Objective adjectives?

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Based of facts or shared assumptions (e.g. She’s good at maths)

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Comparrative adjectives?

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e.g. The better/faster/nicer car

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Superlative adjectives?

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e.g. The best car

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Adverb?

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A word that modifies a verb (e.g. she ran QUICKLY)
an adjective (e.g. it was RIDICULOUSLY warm)
and other adverbs (e.g. INCREDIBLY badly behaved)

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Pronouns?

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A word which substitutes a noun (she instead of Kate/ it instead of dog)

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Singular & personal pronouns?

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I or me

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Pleural and personal pronouns?

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We or us

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Demonstrative pronouns?

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Indicating something to the reader (e.g. this/these/that)

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Indefinite pronouns?

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Referring to non-specific people/things/ideas (e.g. someone/everywhere/anywhere)

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Determiner?

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Adds detail and clarity to nouns (THE house, MY dog, SOME rain)

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Definite article?

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‘The’

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Indefinite article?

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A/an

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Possessive determiners?

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Showing ownership over the noun (My/his/your dog)

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Quantifiers?

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Show either specific quantities (44 dogs), or non-specific quantities (some/a few)

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Conjunctions?

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Connecting phrases/clauses (but/because/and)

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Coordinating conjunctions?

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Linking classes of equal status (and/but/yet)

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Subordinating conjunctions?

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Linking dependent clauses (because/although/while)

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Collocates?

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Words commonly used together (sweet and sour, not sour and sweet/round of applause)

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What are latinate words?

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Complicated words, many syllables, odd syntax (consumption)

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What are anglo Saxon words?

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Simple, easy to read, one syllable (eat)

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Fixed expressions?

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Similar to collocates, longer phrases which are commonly used and accepted (at the end of the day)

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Synonym?

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Word with an equivalent meaning to another

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Antonym?

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Word with opposite meaning to another

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Euphemism?

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A socially accepted phrase to avoid any possible offence/rudeness (need the loo/had a few too many)

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Dysphemism?

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Using a blunt word/phrase (often taboo - I need a shit)

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Hyponymy?

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Setting up a chain of words, meanings become more specific as it goes on

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Etymology?

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The origin of a word e.g Anglo Saxon

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Dialect?

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Variety of language that is a characteristic of certain groups

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Sociolect?

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Dialect associated with a particular social class

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Ethnolect?

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Dialect associated with a particular ethnic group

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Regiolect?

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Dialect associated with a particular region

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Metaphor?

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Presenting one thing as another, offers implied comparison and conveying some a particular way

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Metonymy?

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A figure of speech where a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it (The White House is a metonymy for the president and inner circle, not just a house that is white)

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Synecdoche?

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When naming a part of something but referring to the whole (New faces appeared - meaning people)

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Allegory?

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Story with double meaning

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