Semantics

Question 1

Semantic Domain

Answer 1

When lexemes can be grouped with others that have interrelated meanings

Question 2

Semantic Overgeneralisation

Answer 2

Extending the meaning of a word beyond its accepted use

Question 3

Inference

Answer 3

Conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

Question 4

Etymology

Answer 4

Study of the origins of words and the historic devleopment of their form and memory

Question 5

Semantic Change

Answer 5

Any change in the meaning of a word over the the course of time

Question 6

Broadening

Answer 6

When a lexeme widens its meaning

Question 7

Narrowing

Answer 7

When the meaning of a lexeme becomes limited

Question 8

Shift

Answer 8

When a lexeme takes on a new meaning and loses its original meaning

Question 9

Elevation

Answer 9

When a lexeme takes on a more positive meaning then it once had

Question 10

Deterioration

Answer 10

When a lexeme takes on a more negative meaningq

Question 11

Denotation

Answer 11

The literal meaning of a word

Question 12

Changing connotation

Answer 12

The change of emoitional associations over time

Question 13

Semantic patterning

Answer 13

Figurative language, irony, metaphor, oxymoron, simile, hyperbole, personification, animation, lexical ambiguity and puns

Question 14

Irony

Answer 14

Occurs when a speaker says one thing but means another, typically the opposite.

Question 15

Oxymoron

Answer 15

When contradictory words are sued in combination to create a contrasting effect

Question 16

Animation

Answer 16

Technique of bringing inanimate objects or fictional characters to life through language

Question 17

Idiom

Answer 17

Commonly used phrases which have a non-literal meaning