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Lexis And Semantics. Flashcards

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1
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Lexical item

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A word

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Semantics.

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Meanings of words

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Lexical word

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Has a meaning

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Functional word

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Links words to other words.

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Noun

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Name of objects, places, people, feelings and attitudes.

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Verb

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Actions, events or states of being

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Adjectives.

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Add detail to noun

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Adverbs

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Add detail to verbs and other adverbs.

Usually end in ly

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Determiner

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Positioned in front of nouns to add detail or to clarify.

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Conjunction.

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Links words, phrases and clauses together.

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Preposition.

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Show relationship in terms of time and place.

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Pronoun.

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Replace nouns.

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Proper nouns.

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Names of people and places.

Have a capital letter.

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Common noun.

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Anything or object without a name.

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Concrete noun.

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Anything you can physically touch

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Abstract noun.

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No physical existence

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Countable and uncountable.

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Things you can/cannot count

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Collective noun.

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A group of something

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Types of pronouns.

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Personal
Demonstrative
Relative
Reflexive
Possessive
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20
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Auxiliary verbs.

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Assists main verb in a phrase.

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Primary auxiliary verb example

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Be, do, have

22
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Primary auxiliary verb.

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Used to disguise tense

23
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Epidemic modality.

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Likelihood and certainty

You MUST be starving.

24
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Deontic modality.

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Possibility and necessity- strong and powerful

You MUST leave now.

25
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Lexical connector examples.

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Therefore, firstly, later.

26
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Anaphoric referencing.

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Subject then noun.

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Cataphoric referencing.

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Noun then subject.

28
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Ellipsis.

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Not answering fully.

E.g. What’s your next lesson
English (instead of my next lesson is English)

29
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Substituting.

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Stops repeating.

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Material verb.

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Describes actions or events.

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Material verb examples.

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Hit, run, push, read, paint, remove, hold

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Relational verbs

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Describes a state of being or used to identify.

33
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Relational verbs examples.

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Be, appear, seem, become.

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Dynamic verb process.

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There is a change in state over time.

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Dynamic verb process examples.

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Paint, remove, erase, eat

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Mental verbs.

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Describes perception, thought or speech.

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Mental verb examples.

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Think, believe, love, speak, sing

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Intransitive verbs.

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Don’t require an object.

39
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Intransitive verbs examples.

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Die, sleep, yawn

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Transitive verbs.

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Require an object.

41
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Transitive verbs examples.

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Give, see

42
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Stative verb processes.

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The situation remains constant.

43
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Stative verb processes examples.

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Hold, love, believe.

44
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Auxiliary verb examples.

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Was
Must
Should (followed by verb) e.g. Run

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Concrete noun example.

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Table.

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Abstract noun example.

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Fear, love

47
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Uncountable nouns examples.

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Furniture

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Collective noun examples.

A

Swarm, herd

49
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Lexis

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The vocabulary system of language

English Language AS (2 decks)

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