semantics

Question 1

denotations

Answer 1

actual meaning of words

Question 2

connotations

Answer 2

associations with emotions, feelings and attitudes - interpretations

Question 3

literal language

Answer 3

every word said goes by dictionary definition

Question 4

figurative language

Answer 4

a figure of speech, not literal

Question 5

figures of speech

Answer 5

metaphors
similes
hyperboles
personification

Question 6

metonym

Answer 6

refer to someone as a place or thing they are associated with

Question 7

synecdoche

Answer 7

referring to a part of something to represent a whole

Question 8

literal language

Answer 8

synonyms
acronyms
hypernyms
semantic field

Question 9

semantic field

Answer 9

a group of words which relate to same topic

Question 10

hypernym

Answer 10

umbrella term e.g. cutlery

Question 11

hyponym

Answer 11

falls under a topic e.g. forks

Question 12

euphemism

Answer 12

a pleasant term for subsituting one with negative connotations

Question 13

dysphemism

Answer 13

a pleasant term for substituting one with positive connotations

Question 14

semantic change

Answer 14

• neologism
  acronym
  initialism
  eponym
  pejonation
  amelonation