lexis terminology

Question 1

(in)definite article

Answer 1

A or an (indefinite); definite = the

Question 2

1st person pronoun

Answer 2

I, we, and us

Question 3

abstract noun

Answer 3

a noun denoting an idea, quality or state rather than a concrete object

Question 4

adjective

Answer 4

a word or phrase naming/describing an attribute

Question 5

adverb

Answer 5

a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb or other adverb

Question 6

antithesis

Answer 6

a person or thing that is the exact opposite of something/someone else

Question 7

auxiliary verb

Answer 7

a verb used in forming the tenses, moods and voices of other verbs e.g. have, will, am

Question 8

collective pronoun

Answer 8

collection of people/things as a whole

Question 9

colloquial language

Answer 9

informal language, often using slang

Question 10

comparative adjective/adverb

Answer 10

a comparative compared to another adjective/adverb e.g smoother

Question 11

compound adjective

Answer 11

adjectives made up of more than one word

Question 12

concrete noun

Answer 12

a noun denoting something material (not abstract)

Question 13

conjunction

Answer 13

a word which joins two clauses

Question 14

determiners

Answer 14

one/a group of words that begin noun phrases

Question 15

dynamic verb

Answer 15

a verb that denotes an action, sensation or process

Question 16

emotive language

Answer 16

language that provokes an emotional response in the reader/audience

Question 17

formal register

Answer 17

a more professional-sounding style of language/grammar/words

Question 18

high-frequency lexis

Answer 18

words that are commonly used

Question 19

idiolect

Answer 19

a form of language that a particular person speaks

Question 20

informal register

Answer 20

a more conversational style of language/grammar/words

Question 21

intensifiers

Answer 21

adverbs that make words stronger or more emphatic

Question 22

juxtaposition

Answer 22

two things being seen or placed close together with opposite or contrasting effect

Question 23

low-frequency lexis

Answer 23

words that are less commonly used

Question 24

modal verb

Answer 24

an auxiliary verb that expresses necessity or possibility e.g. should, will

Question 25

neologism/coinage

Answer 25

a newly invented word or phrase

Question 26

non-standard english

Answer 26

an informal version of English, usually containing slang and colloquialisms not used in formal settings

Question 27

possessive pronouns

Answer 27

a pronoun used to express ownership or possession

Question 28

post modifier

Answer 28

often adverbs, prepositional phrases or certain types of clause

Question 29

pre modifier

Answer 29

a descriptive word/phrase placed before the subject of a sentence

Question 30

preposition

Answer 30

indicate relationships between other words in a sentence e.g. telling you where something is or when it happened.

Question 31

qualifiers/mitigators

Answer 31

used to attribute a quality to another word, especially a noun

Question 32

quantifiers

Answer 32

shows how many things are being talked about

Question 33

semantic field

Answer 33

a lexical set of semantically related items

Question 34

sociolect

Answer 34

a form of language that someone from a particular social group or class speaks

Question 35

stative verb

Answer 35

a verb that describes a state of being

Question 36

superlative language

Answer 36

the highest quality or degree

Question 37

taboo language

Answer 37

refers to words and phrases that are generally considered to be rude and out of place in a polite setting

Question 38

tense

Answer 38

a verbal category relating the time of a narrated event to the time of the speech event

Question 39

tmesis

Answer 39

the separation of parts of a compound word by (an) intervening word(s)

Question 40

verb

Answer 40

a word used to describe an action, state or occurrence