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frameworks - Lexis and semantics
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- 1Antonymsdifferent meanings of words e.g. good and bad
- 2HypernymsA word that has categories e.g Animal
- 3Hyponymswords that go into Hypernym e.g. Hippo
- 4NarrowingA word becomes more specialist e.g. 'mete' used to refer to food in general but meat today refers to specific food
- 5AmeliorationA word loses an original sense of disapproval e.g. 'mischevious'
- 6PejorationA word develops sense of disapproval e.g. 'notorious'
- 7ShiftA word moves from one set of circumstances to another e.g. Navigator once only applied to ships but now used for cars etc
- 8Anaphoric referencingReferring back to what you have already said e.g "The Prime Minister spent his last day in office and at 3pm he left Downing Street"
- 9Cataphoric referencingReferencing forward to what has not been said yet e.g "I believe him. Tony would never lie"
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- A level English (AS English) Flashcards on frameworks - Lexis and semantics, created by olivia jenkins on 23/03/2017.
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