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What is Lexicology?
the study of the form, meaning, and behavior
What the types of meaning?
grammatical, lexical, part-of-speech, denotational, conotational
Polysemy is...
the coexistence of many possible meanings for a word
Homonyms are...
two or more words with the same spelling or pronunciation, but with different meanings.
Synonyms are...
words that are similar to another word or have a related meaning.
Antonyms is...
a word that means the opposite of another word
Affixation is...
the morphological process when morphemes are attached to a roots or stems to mark changes in meaning, part of speech, or grammatical relationships.
Prefixes...
we add to the beginning of a word to make a new word with a different meaning
Suffixes...
added at the end of a word which makes a new word.
Archaisms are...
words which are no longer used in everyday speech
Neologism is...
a newly coined word or term that has emerged into everyday usage.
Euphemism is...
is a figure of speech commonly used to replace a word or phrase
In the 1st century B.C. Europe is occupied by the...
Roman Empire
In the 5th century A.D. who was the original inhabitants of the Isles?
Celts.
Borrowed words are different from native ones by their...
phonetic structure, morphological structure, grammatical forms
