LEXIS AND SEMANTICS

• Concrete noun

  Objects which are considered to have a physical existence
• proper noun

  names of people or places
• abstract noun

  refers to states, feelings or concepts that are not tangible
• collective noun

  denotes a group
• Dynamic verb

  describes action
• state verb

  describes a state of being
• auxiliary verb

  supports main verb in sentence
• modal verb

  verb of possibility

  epistemic - possibility and prediction

  deontic - obligation and permission
• factual adjective

  identifies facts about the noun
• opinionated adjective

  identifies opinions about the noun
• comparative adjective

  identifies a comparison between nouns
• superlative adjective

  identifies an extreme when comparing nouns
• compound adjective

  when two or more words join together to form an adjective
• definite article

  using the to determine the noun
• indefinite article

  using a or an to determine the noun
• manner adverb

  identifies how the verb is done
• time adverb

  identifies when the verb is done
• frequency adverb

  identifies how often the verb is done
• personal pronoun

  refers to people

  1st - I or We

  2nd - you

  3rd - he or she
• possessive pronoun

  shows belonging
• demonstrative determiner

  identified which noun is being spoken about
• quantifier determiner

  shows quantities of the noun
• subordinate connective

  connectives which make the subordinate clause of a complex sentence
• coordinating connectives

  FANBOYS which make compound sentences (for, and, not, but, or, yet, so)
• semantic field

  Collection of words related by topic
• synonyn

  words with similar meanings
• antonym

  words with opposite meanings
• dysphemism

  blunt and direct option over the polite one
• euphemism

  more socially acceptable word or phrase
• pejoration

  word developing a more negative meaning over time
• amelioration

  word developing a more positive meaning over time