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semantics Flashcards

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polysemous words

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words with multiple meanings
eg mouse (animal and computer object)

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semantic patterning

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SLAP MOPIF
simile, lexical ambiguity, animation, personification, metaphor, oxymoron, puns, irony, fig lang

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lexical meaning- sense relations

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HAS DIC
hyponymy, antonymy, synonymy, denotations, idiom, connotations

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euphemism

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milder/ more polite word or phrase to refer to a taboo or unpleasant topic eg they’re peachy, he did a number 2

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dysphemism

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harsher/ more direct/ impolite word or phrase to refer to taboo/ unpleasant topic eg they’re blasted, he did a shit

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collocation

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words that naturally go together eg Merry Christmas
Happy Birthday
fast food
quick shower

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