Terminology Quiz

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  • Created on: 01-12-19 14:44
What is 'The study of language'?
Linguistics is the study of language.
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What is the study of 'spoken sounds'?
Phonetics is the study of spoken sound.
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What is interrogation?
Interrogation is asking a question.
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What is the 'study of meaning'?
Semantics is described as the study of meaning.
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What is a hyperbole?
Hyperbole is deliberate over-exaggeration.
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What is lexicology?
Lexicology studies the collection of words in a language.
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Ambiguity is... ?
... a word, phrase or statement which has more than one meaning.
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Personification is...?
... giving human characteristics to a non human (object).
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Onomatopoeia is...'
...a word that suggests a described sound. i.e. 'meow' for cats.
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Alliteration is...
... the use of the same letter/sound at the beginning/adajent to connected words.
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Phonetics is the study of spoken sound.

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What is interrogation?

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What is a hyperbole?

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