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Denotative meaning
Meaning that describes the thing or idea
behind the vocabulary item. Literal
meaning.
E.g.
Tree = a large plant with a
wooden trunk, branches
and leaves.
Figurative meaning
Meaning related to
context
We couldnt see the house because of
the tall trees in front of it.
How tall are the trees?
Suffixes vs prefixes
ROOT
WORD =
BASE
WORD
COLLOCATIONS
Types of collocation
Idioms
A group of words that are used
together in which the meaning of the
whole word group is different from
the meaning of each individual word.
E.g. She felt under the weather.
Its raining dogs and cats.
CHUNKS
Language that occurs in (semi) fixed units and that we usually learn
as one piece.
E.g. have a good trip
Id like to
How about
My names
Fixed expressions (expressions which cant be changed) are a kind of
chunks.
E.g. to tell you the truth
new born
its up to you
Word relationships
Synonyms: words with the same or different
meanings. (brilliant, clever, intelligent)
Antonyms: words with opposite meanings. (alive,
dead)
Lexical sets / word families: a group of words or
phrases that are about the same content topic or
subject. (weather storm, rain, wind, cloudy)
Word relationships II
False friends: A word in the target language
which looks or sounds as if it has the same
meaning as a similar word in the learners first
language but does not.
E.g. embarrassed, library
Homonym: A word with the same spelling and
pronunciation as another word in the same
language, but which has a different meaning.
E.g. bit (past of bite) and bit (a little)
Register
Variety of a language used for a
particular purpose or in a particular
social setting, formal or informal.
E.g. things - stuff
Lexical features
clear (adjective)
paper (noun)
Denotations
1.
Easy to understand
1.
2.
3.
Having no doubt
2.
A newspaper
3.
A document containing
information
Synonyms
Simple (denotation 1)
none
Certain (denotation 3)
Antonyms / opposites
Confusing (denotation 1)
none
Unsure (denotation 3)
Well-written (denotation 1)
Word families
none
Homophones
none
None
Homonyms
none
none
False friends
Unclear
None
Clearly, a clearing
Paperless
Compounds
Clear-headed
Collocations
Figurative meanings
A clear head
On paper
Idioms