Lexico Semantics Mode

Lexico Semantics Mode

1. Old English

   • Affects linguistic register

2. Archaism

   • Old words 'thee' 'thou'

3. Dialect

   • Non-standard lexis used in regional areas

4. Subject Specific Lexis

   • Provides clues about target audience

5. Colloquialisms

   • Informal language used everyday

6. Taboo Language

   • Words that are not polite

7. Neolodism

   • A new word/expression

8. Euphenism

   • Inoffensive
   • Dysphenism
     • Offesive

9. Connotation

   • Associated meaning

10. Denotation

    • Literal Meaning

11. Idiom

    • Everyday metaphors

12. Simile

    • A figure of speech comparing with 'like' or 'as'

13. Metaphor

    • One thing is used to denote another

14. Semantic Field

    • A set of words with related meaning

15. Collocation

    • Words that normally occur together

16. Unusual Collocation

    • Words that don't normally occur together

17. Hypernym

    • Name of a category
    • Hyponym
      • Objects in a category

18. Irony

    • The use of words to express something which is different that the original meaning

19. Satire

    • When humour is used to criticise

20. Parody

    • Where one style of a text imitates another text

21. Olfactory Imagery

    • Appeals to sense of smell

22. Aural Imagery

    • Appeals to sense of hearing

23. Tactile Imagery

    • Appeals to sense of touch

24. Oral Imagery

    • Appeals to sense of taste

25. Oxymoron

    • Adjective noun phrase with a contradiction

26. Paradox

    • A statement which contradicts itself

27. Antithesis

    • Ranges