Change - Semantics is the study of meaning in language and of _______ in meaning, Speech community - Name for a geographically or socially defined group who share a common language variety, Graphemes - A sign is a sequence of phonemes and _______-emes, Arbitrary - The connection between signifier and signified is _________, Bowls - What semantic field is described in this group of lexemes: jack, ditch, the drive, bias, blocker, weight , Inference - What do call the gap between what is said and what is really meant?, Over Generalisation - A child calls a tiger 'kiity'. This is an example of ______________, Etymology - What do we call the study of the change of meaning of words over time?, Silly - What word used to mean 'happy' and now means 'foolish'?, Codification - Word which means collecting or writing down specific agreed upon meanings, Greenies - Give a word that suggests a negative connotation of the word 'green', Broadening - 'Cache' originally meant a hiding place for treasure. How do we describe the process that builds on this to mean 'an auxiliary memory from which high-speed retrieval is possible.', Narrowing - 'Skyline' formerly referred to any horizon, but now it has changed to a horizon decorated by skyscrapers. By what process?, Elevation - 'Dude' is now a 'guy' or a person. The word once meant a 'man who affects an exaggerated fastidiousness in dress, speech and deportment', a dandy'. What semantic change process is this an example of?, Deterioration - 'Disease' once meant merely discomfort ('dis-ease'). Semantic change process?, Shift - Originally meaning "lighthearted", "joyous" or "happy", the word has undergone a complete shift in meaning to now refer to a homosexual person.,

Semantics Quiz 1

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