lexis features Flashcards
lexical fields
words grouped together that are connected
->medical lexis: ward, coronary, ICU
collocations
2 existing words habitually put together to form new expression
->fish and chips
euphemisms
vague/mild used to soften
harsh alternative
->passed away
dysphemisms
blunt language to shock/offend
-> dead
figurative language
used to create imagery
literal language
what something is e.g the colour
colloquialisms
slang
emotive language
used to create emotion
eponym
create new name based on the person/brand name
initialism
word said as the individual letters
->BBC
acronymisation
forming a word out of the initials and saying as a new word
borrowing
words taken from another language
neologisms
making up a brand new word
reduplication
repetition of words that are the same/similar
->nitty-gritty
back formation
removal of a morpheme to change the word class of an existing word
-> verb ‘enthuse’ comes from noun ‘enthusiasm
affixation
adding a bound morpheme to change word class
-> add -ing to noun ‘text’ to become ‘texting’
conversion
changing word class of word
compounding
two existing words stuck together to form a new word
-> skateboard
clipping
when part of a word is removed but the meaning stays the same
->’sync’ from ‘synchronise’
blending
two existing words fused to create a new word
->brunch
shortening
end of word chopped off
->chillin
code mixing
generations of families use different languages amongst themselves and share them
