Semantics

Question 1

semantics

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meaning of words

Question 2

lexicon/lexis

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total words in a language/ your vocabulary

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dialect words

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words specific to different regions

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register

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formality of words

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idiolect

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speech habits peculiar to a particular person

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dramatic

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performative words/ used for drama. Often mimic speech

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emotive

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strong connotations and impact on readers’ feelings/ describe author’s feelings

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euphemism/euphemistic

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indirect word/expression used as a ‘polite term’

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dysphemism/dysphemistic

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unpleasant term used to replace a more pleasant/ neutral one

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colloquial

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conversational, everyday language

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neologism

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newly coined words

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taboo

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prohibited/ restricted by social custom

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specialist

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possessing/ involving detailed knowledge of a restricted topic

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slang

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restricted to a particular context or group of people. Informal, more common in speech

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context

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the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement or idea and in terms of which it can be fully understood

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intrinsic

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belonging naturally, essentially

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archaic

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old-fashioned and out-dated words

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polysyllabic

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more than two syllables

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hyperbolic

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deliberately exaggerated

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latinate

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language deriving from/ having characters of latin

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anglo-saxon

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language deriving from/ having characters of anglo-saxon