Semantics
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
Areas within Semantics
Phonetics and phonology
Speech sounds and sound systems.
5 wordsMorphology and syntax
Word structure and sentence structure.
7 wordsSemantics and pragmatics
Meaning in language and meaning in context.
6 wordsCorpus linguistics
The analysis of language using large structured collections of texts.
0 wordsHistorical linguistics
Language change and relationships between languages over time.
5 wordsSociolinguistics
Language variation and its relationship with society and identity.
8 wordsMorphology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
32 wordsPhonetics
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
59 wordsPhonology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
36 wordsPragmatics
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
329 wordsSemantics
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
15 wordsSyntax
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
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a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the anto…
Equivalent wordnountwo words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
Hypernymnouna word that is more generic than a given word
Hyponymnouna word that is more specific than a given word
Lexical ambiguitynounthe ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings
Oppositenouna word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the anto…
Opposite wordnouna word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the anto…
Polysemynounthe ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings
Subordinatenouna word that is more specific than a given word
Subordinate wordnouna word that is more specific than a given word
Superordinatenouna word that is more generic than a given word
Superordinate wordnouna word that is more generic than a given word
Synonymnountwo words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
Direct antonymnounantonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., ‘wet’ and ‘dry’)
Indirect antonymnounantonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of ‘wet’ and ‘parched’ is mediated by the similarity of ‘parched’ to ‘dry’)