Lexis and Semantics

Question 0

Word class:

Shows actions, events or states of being, feeling or thinking. E.g. Seems

Answer 0

Verb

Question 1

Word class:

Names of objects, feelings, attitudes, people or places. E.g. Cottage

Answer 1

Noun

Question 2

Word class:

Adds detail to nouns. E.g. Bleak

Answer 2

Adjective

Question 3

Word class:

Adds details to verbs or other adverbs. E.g. Extraordinarily

Answer 3

Adverb

Question 4

Word class:

Positioned in front of nouns to add detail or to clarify. E.g. The, a, an

Answer 4

Determiner

Question 5

Lexis

Answer 5

The method that deals with the vocabulary system of a language

Question 6

Semantics

Answer 6

The method that deals with meaning and how that is generated within texts

Question 7

Textual cohesion

Answer 7

The term used to describe how a text is logically structured to create a coherent sense of meaning

Question 8

Conjuction

Answer 8

Links words, phrases and clauses together. E.g. And, but, or

Question 9

Preposition

Answer 9

Shows relation in terms of time or place. E.g. In, at, by

Question 10

Pronoun

Answer 10

Replaces nouns and can also refer forwards and backwards to them in longer stretches of text. E.g. I, me, you

Question 11

Classification of pronouns:

Personal

Answer 11

I, you, she, they

Question 12

Classification of pronouns:

Possesive

Answer 12

My, his, our, their

Question 13

Classification of pronouns:

Reflexive

Answer 13

Myself, himself, themselves

Question 14

Classification of pronouns:

Relative

Answer 14

Who, whom, which

Question 15

Subject pronoun

Answer 15

A pronoun that usually occurs as the actor in a verbal process

Question 16

Object pronoun

Answer 16

A pronoun that usually appears as being affected by a verb process

Question 17

Lexical words

Answer 17

Words that carry explicit meanings and represent the word classes that are open to new additions and derivations

Question 18

Functional words

Answer 18

Words that have less explicit meaning and serve to highlight relationships between other words

Question 19

Classification of nouns:

Proper

Answer 19

Refers to names of people or places. E.g. London, Paris

Question 20

Classification of nouns:

Abstract

Answer 20

Refers to states, feelings and concepts that have no physical existence. E.g. Pain, happiness

Question 21

Classification of nouns:

Concrete

Answer 21

Refers to objects that have physical existence.
E.g.
Countable: Table
Non-countable: Furniture