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affixes
prefixes and suffixes that are added to base words
compound
words made from two separate words (headache)
antonym
has an opposite meaning
connotation
an idea or feeling that a word suggests, which is more than just its meaning. (pig-headed).
morpheme
the smallest meaningful unit in a language (root\affixes\inflections
blending
mixing words to make a new one (brunch)
collocation
words which are frequently used together (sleep peacefully\well\badly)
lexical phrase (chunk)
two or more words join together and TOGETHER act as if they are one unit of meaning (run out of\ not sleep a wink)
idiom
a group of words that has a special meaning that is different from the ordinary meaning of each separate word. For example, ‘under the weather’ is an idiom mean
calque
a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal word-for-word or root-for-root translation. (I very like ... ).
